Public bug reported: I disabled bluetooth on my laptop in indicator-bluetooth and now whenever I try to re-enable it, the switch flips off again after I flip it to "on". I had to resort to the command line to enable my bluetooth again.
alan@deep-thought:~$ sudo rfkill list [sudo] password for alan: 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 2: tpacpi_bluetooth_sw: Bluetooth Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: no alan@deep-thought:~$ sudo rfkill unblock all alan@deep-thought:~$ sudo rfkill list 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 2: tpacpi_bluetooth_sw: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 27: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no At this point it was re-enabled in the indicator and I can now use bluetooth again. Possibly related to bug 1126108 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: indicator-bluetooth 0.0.6+13.10.20131016-0ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 3.12.0-031200-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Dec 26 21:01:58 2013 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-06-29 (545 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: indicator-bluetooth UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-07-12 (167 days ago) ** Affects: indicator-bluetooth (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug saucy -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to indicator-bluetooth in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1264375 Title: Can't re-enable bluetooth after disabling Status in “indicator-bluetooth” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I disabled bluetooth on my laptop in indicator-bluetooth and now whenever I try to re-enable it, the switch flips off again after I flip it to "on". I had to resort to the command line to enable my bluetooth again. alan@deep-thought:~$ sudo rfkill list [sudo] password for alan: 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 2: tpacpi_bluetooth_sw: Bluetooth Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: no alan@deep-thought:~$ sudo rfkill unblock all alan@deep-thought:~$ sudo rfkill list 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 2: tpacpi_bluetooth_sw: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 27: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no At this point it was re-enabled in the indicator and I can now use bluetooth again. Possibly related to bug 1126108 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: indicator-bluetooth 0.0.6+13.10.20131016-0ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 3.12.0-031200-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Dec 26 21:01:58 2013 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-06-29 (545 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: indicator-bluetooth UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-07-12 (167 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-bluetooth/+bug/1264375/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp