After a little googling it turns out that executing: 'rm /tmp/.X0-lock' solves the problem. Now the output is : [20:04][claudiu:/>~]$ sudo kate /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf QObject::disconnect: Unexpected null parameter [20:04][claudiu:/>~]$ So there is no need to reopen this bug.
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