Same problem here. I upgraded to xubuntu 18.04 and now have no bluetooth adaptor.
Linux me 4.15.0-20-generic #21-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 24 06:16:15 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux dmesg | grep Blue [ 9.349903] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.22 [ 9.349994] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized [ 9.356787] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized [ 9.356798] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized [ 9.356821] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized [ 9.648950] Bluetooth: hci0: don't support firmware rome 0x31010000 [ 9.799444] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3 [ 9.799449] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast [ 9.799459] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized lsusb: Bus 002 Device 003: ID 2232:1054 Silicon Motion Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0cf3:3004 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub rfkill list 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no The amd64 laptop is dual-booted, Windows 10, and bluetooth still works there. On xubuntu I was on artful, and it worked there. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1764645 Title: Bluetooth not working To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1764645/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs