Tim Chen, as per http://www.dell.com/support/troubleshooting/us/en/19/Product/inspiron-14-amd-m4040 an update is available for your BIOS (A05). If you update to this, does it change anything?
If not, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command: sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful. Thank you for your understanding. ** Tags added: bios-outdated-a05 needs-upstream-testing ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Assignee: Chris Van Hoof (vanhoof) => (unassigned) ** Summary changed: - [Dell Vostro 1440, Dell Inspiron M4040] BIOS reports the wrong availability of bluetooth + [Dell Dell Inspiron M4040] BIOS reports the wrong availability of bluetooth ** Summary changed: - [Dell Dell Inspiron M4040] BIOS reports the wrong availability of bluetooth + [Dell Inspiron M4040] BIOS reports the wrong availability of bluetooth -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/834589 Title: [Dell Inspiron M4040] BIOS reports the wrong availability of bluetooth Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: The bluetooth is not installed, but "/sys/kernel/debug/dell_laptop/rfkill" says bluetooth is installed as below. Such behavior can be observed on Dell Inspiron M4040(EN4-E3-A1) While unit is under this issue, the bluetooth icon on the task panel will be grayed-out, and can't be turn on. --------- status: 0x1031D Bit 0 : Hardware switch supported: 1 Bit 1 : Wifi locator supported: 0 Bit 2 : Wifi is supported: 1 Bit 3 : Bluetooth is supported: 1 Bit 4 : WWAN is supported: 1 Bit 5 : Wireless keyboard supported: 0 Bit 8 : Wifi is installed: 1 Bit 9 : Bluetooth is installed: 1 Bit 10: WWAN is installed: 0 Bit 16: Hardware switch is on: 1 Bit 17: Wifi is blocked: 0 Bit 18: Bluetooth is blocked: 0 Bit 19: WWAN is blocked: 0 hwswitch_state: 0x7 Bit 0 : Wifi controlled by switch: 1 Bit 1 : Bluetooth controlled by switch: 1 Bit 2 : WWAN controlled by switch: 1 Bit 7 : Wireless switch config locked: 0 Bit 8 : Wifi locator enabled: 0 Bit 15: Wifi locator setting locked: 0 ---------------- ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: linux-image-2.6.38-11-generic-pae 2.6.38-11.48 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.48-generic-pae 2.6.38.8 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic-pae i686 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23. Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 1: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: ubuntu 1494 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xfeb44000 irq 42' Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI' Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200' Controls : 4 Simple ctrls : 1 Card0.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfeb40000 irq 16' Mixer name : 'IDT 92HD87B1/3' Components : 'HDA:111d76d1,102804d0,00100205' Controls : 14 Simple ctrls : 9 Date: Fri Aug 26 06:13:42 2011 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=44885a5b-08d8-41ff-9882-c2a0ffaa378d InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron M4040 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-11-generic-pae root=UUID=ece0dcb9-ae5d-425f-8f0b-935fcd7fb1e9 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.38-11-generic-pae N/A linux-backports-modules-2.6.38-11-generic-pae N/A linux-firmware 1.52 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 06/22/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: X20 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: X20 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrX20:bd06/22/2011:svnDellInc.:pnInspironM4040:pvrNotSpecified:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvrX20:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrNotSpecified: dmi.product.name: Inspiron M4040 dmi.product.version: Not Specified dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/834589/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp