After running "rfkill unblock 3" please then run: rfkill list
and send us the output. ** Also affects: gnome-bluetooth (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: gnome-bluetooth (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-bluetooth in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1782893 Title: Bluetooth not working on Dell XPS 15 Status in bluez package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in gnome-bluetooth package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Bluetooth doesn't work on the Dell XPS 15 laptop, with Ubuntu 18.04. expected behavior: in Settings, one goes to the Bluetooth tab, slides the 'ON' button to 'ON', and then Bluetooth is enabled, and one can pair devices what is happening: in Settings, when clicking on the 'ON' button in the Bluetooth tab, it seems to turn on, that falls back to off some relevant output: $ uname -a; lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net; lsusb; dmesg | grep -i bluetooth; dmesg | grep -i firmware; lsmod | grep bluetoothLinux Linux dell-xps15 4.15.0-23-generic #25-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 23 18:02:16 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux 02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [168c:003e] (rev 32) Subsystem: Bigfoot Networks, Inc. QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [1a56:1535] Kernel driver in use: ath10k_pci Kernel modules: ath10k_pci Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 004: ID 138a:0091 Validity Sensors, Inc. Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0cf3:e300 Atheros Communications, Inc. Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0c45:6713 Microdia Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:c534 Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub [ 3.905518] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.22 [ 3.905532] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized [ 3.905534] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized [ 3.905536] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized [ 3.905539] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized [ 0.028000] Spectre V2 : Enabling Restricted Speculation for firmware calls [ 0.068684] ACPI: [Firmware Bug]: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored [ 1.460567] [drm] Finished loading DMC firmware i915/kbl_dmc_ver1_01.bin (v1.1) [ 3.857792] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/pre-cal-pci-0000:02:00.0.bin failed with error -2 [ 3.857799] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/cal-pci-0000:02:00.0.bin failed with error -2 [ 3.860582] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: firmware ver WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00079-QCARMSWPZ-1 api 6 features wowlan,ignore-otp crc32 fd869beb --- ProblemType: Bug ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: am 5501 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=2e64cf71-cb2d-491f-b8cd-fef8c3aeb582 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-23 (272 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801) MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS 15 9560 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia Package: linux (not installed) ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-23-generic root=UUID=a991df19-cc0a-4108-b718-c90ef7113f52 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-23.25-generic 4.15.18 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.15.0-23-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.15.0-23-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.173.1 Tags: bionic Uname: Linux 4.15.0-23-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-06-20 (32 days ago) UserGroups: adm cdrom dialout dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 04/23/2018 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1.9.4 dmi.board.name: 05FFDN dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.9.4:bd04/23/2018:svnDellInc.:pnXPS159560:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn05FFDN:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct10:cvr: dmi.product.family: XPS dmi.product.name: XPS 15 9560 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/1782893/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp