You shouldn't need to manually start the applet as its automatically started during login by /etc/xdg/autostart/bluetooth-applet.desktop. Do you have bluez-utils package installed ?
** Changed in: bluez-gnome (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- [Hardy] bluetooth-applet fails to start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206549 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs