This is reported against an old version of Ubuntu and many things has changed since then. Because of that we won't fix this issue however if this behavior repeats on a modern version please fill a bug report against it and we will take it from there.
** Changed in: bluez (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to bluez in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/628656 Title: bluetooth adaptor in compaq cq40 is not recognized Status in bluez package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Binary package hint: bluez im new to lucid 10.04 my bluetooth isn't recognized. maybe you can help..tx ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: bluez 4.60-0ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Sep 2 14:01:20 2010 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429) InterestingModules: bluetooth MachineType: Hewlett-Packard Compaq Presario CQ40 Notebook PC ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=/dev/sda7 ro quiet splash ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: bluez dmi.bios.date: 10/22/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde dmi.bios.version: F.60 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 3607 dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: 99.BF dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsyde:bvrF.60:bd10/22/2009:svnHewlett-Packard:pnCompaqPresarioCQ40NotebookPC:pvr0493130000000D10000000000:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn3607:rvr99.BF:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: Compaq Presario CQ40 Notebook PC dmi.product.version: 0493130000000D10000000000 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard hciconfig: rfkill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no syslog: Sep 2 13:54:07 hartman-ubuntu kernel: [ 7418.592672] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.15 Sep 2 13:54:07 hartman-ubuntu kernel: [ 7418.592748] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized Sep 2 13:54:07 hartman-ubuntu kernel: [ 7418.592751] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/628656/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp