This is reported against an old version of Ubuntu and many things has changed since then. Because of that we won't fix this issue however if this behavior repeats on a modern version please fill a bug report against it and we will take it from there.
** Changed in: bluez (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- 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/871460 Title: Bluetooth does not enable properly after disabling Status in bluez package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: When I disable bluetooth in oneric and enable it again, it shows enabled but actually does not work. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: bluetooth (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Oct 9 16:02:23 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110921.2) InterestingModules: rfcomm bnep btusb bluetooth MachineType: LENOVO IdeaPad Y460p ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=6f62ce39-c262-459f-b817-b8177865e6ed ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: bluez UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 02/11/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 3FCN19WW dmi.board.name: KL2 dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Rev 1.0 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Rev 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr3FCN19WW:bd02/11/2011:svnLENOVO:pnIdeaPadY460p:pvrRev1.0:rvnLENOVO:rnKL2:rvrRev1.0:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrRev1.0: dmi.product.name: IdeaPad Y460p dmi.product.version: Rev 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO hciconfig: hci0: Type: BR/EDR Bus: USB BD Address: 00:00:00:00:00:00 ACL MTU: 0:0 SCO MTU: 0:0 DOWN RX bytes:0 acl:0 sco:0 events:0 errors:0 TX bytes:3 acl:0 sco:0 commands:1 errors:0 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/871460/+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