This must be a weird race condition in the upgrade path. The binary package has the init script listed as executable:
# dpkg --contents bluez-utils_3.7-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb | grep init drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2006-10-11 15:39 ./etc/init.d/ -rwxr-xr-x root/root 6963 2006-10-11 15:39 ./etc/init.d/bluetooth Try to remove /etc/init.d/bluetooth and re-install the package. -- /etc/init.d/bluetooth not executable https://launchpad.net/bugs/65520 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs