For me, this problem was caused by bluetoothd not being executable, so was not running.
I fixed this by running: $ sudo chmod +x /usr/sbin/bluetoothd $ sudo start bluetoothd -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-bluetooth in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/954758 Title: can't turn on bluetooth To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-bluetooth/+bug/954758/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs