It turns out the problem was the blueman package. I deleted it an now bluetooth is working as before. Its been installed for a very long time, but apparently something recent caused a problem when a bluetooth audio device disconnected.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to bluez in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1212287 Title: bluetooth will not reconnect after first disconnect Status in “bluez” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Bluetooth had been working well for me until recently. I'm running Ubuntu 13.04 with a bluetooth USB dongle that I use to pair with various headphones. Suddenly, after the first successful connection to the headphone, once I disconnect either from the headphone side or the computer side, the headphones will no longer reconnect. I've found that to reconnect, I need to stop bluetooth;rmmod bnep btusb rfcomm bluetooth ; start bluetooth then remove and reinsert the bluetooth USB dongle. Then I can reconnect. I've been using the same hardware for quite a while and this problem is very recent. The only software changes are by the patches which I always accept. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: bluez 4.101-0ubuntu8b1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-29.42-generic 3.8.13.5 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-29-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Aug 14 10:34:08 2013 ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/bluetoothd InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-14 (242 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) InterestingModules: btusb rfcomm bnep bluetooth MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Z210 Workstation MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) TERM=linux ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-29-generic root=UUID=0659f1b3-4361-442f-bf62-b9b3393a3b95 ro quiet splash SourcePackage: bluez UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-27 (109 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 11/27/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: J51 v01.44 dmi.board.asset.tag: 2UA145126W dmi.board.name: 1588h dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 2UA145126W dmi.chassis.type: 6 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrJ51v01.44:bd11/27/2012:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPZ210Workstation:pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1588h:rvr:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct6:cvr: dmi.product.name: HP Z210 Workstation dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard hciconfig: hci0: Type: BR/EDR Bus: USB BD Address: 00:18:E4:0D:18:12 ACL MTU: 192:8 SCO MTU: 64:8 UP RUNNING PSCAN RX bytes:87163 acl:36 sco:1679 events:79 errors:0 TX bytes:86224 acl:41 sco:1666 commands:22 errors:0 rfkill: 1: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/1212287/+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
