Can confirm seeing the same issue with 13.10 and Dell Wireless 350 Bluetooth adaptor. Likely this is a kernel issue and will need reporting upstream.
#182101 is now marked 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/1068436 Title: Bluetooth led isn't being turned off when bluetooth is disabled Status in “bluez” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Hardware: Dell Inspiron 6400 Problem: I disable bluetooth in bluetooth applet. Bluetooth icon becomes 'grey' but bluetooth led on the laptop is still on. Expected: bluetooth led to go off when bluetooth is disabled. This used to work fine in 11.04 and problem exists in 12.10.\\Please let me know if I can provide any more information. Thanks! ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: bluez 4.101-0ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Oct 18 23:50:28 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/bluetoothd InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) InterestingModules: rfcomm bnep btusb bluetooth MachineType: Dell Inc. MM061 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) TERM=linux ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic root=UUID=e83e9674-73ea-4dc4-adef-cca46ed5cd26 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: bluez UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 06/13/2007 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A17 dmi.board.name: 0XD720 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA17:bd06/13/2007:svnDellInc.:pnMM061:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0XD720:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr: dmi.product.name: MM061 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. hciconfig: hci0: Type: BR/EDR Bus: USB BD Address: 00:16:CF:D9:89:BE ACL MTU: 1017:8 SCO MTU: 64:8 DOWN RX bytes:454 acl:0 sco:0 events:16 errors:0 TX bytes:70 acl:0 sco:0 commands:16 errors:0 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/1068436/+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