This also affects my Amilo Si 1520 32-bit machine. Restarting the bluetooth daemon does the trick. People complain about that on alt.os.linux.ubuntu newsgroup as well.
The problem began during the upgrade from Maverick to Natty, as probably some new package makes the whole mess... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/740090 Title: Bluetooth dongle requires restart of bluetooth service -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs