The same happens to me. After some time it automatically turns off and is unable to turn back on. The button in Bluetooth settings does nothing. I am using Ubuntu 20.04 on Acer Aspire E5-552G-T21P.
-- 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/1774640 Title: Bluetooth turns off automatically Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Status in bluez package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Whenever I start up my laptop and connect my JBL-speaker, the device stays connected. However, when I turn de speaker off, and try to reconnect to the speaker, the Bluetooth automatically turns off. I then need to restart my laptop and then only Bluetooth works again. --- ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7:ubuntu DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-27 (39 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426) InterestingModules: rfcomm bnep btusb bluetooth Lsusb: Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:57b5 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. X555LAB Package: bluez 5.48-0ubuntu3 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-22-generic root=UUID=2c696fdd-83b4-4daf-b864-3c9a68f8c2dc ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-22.24-generic 4.15.17 Tags: bionic Uname: Linux 4.15.0-22-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 08/04/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: X555LAB.503 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: X555LAB dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrX555LAB.503:bd08/04/2015:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnX555LAB:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnX555LAB:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0: dmi.product.family: X dmi.product.name: X555LAB dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. hciconfig: hci0: Type: Primary Bus: USB BD Address: 00:1A:7D:DA:71:0A ACL MTU: 310:10 SCO MTU: 64:8 UP RUNNING PSCAN RX bytes:55347 acl:67 sco:0 events:7591 errors:0 TX bytes:4599486 acl:14880 sco:0 commands:100 errors:0 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/1774640/+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
