bluetooth adapter not found

[tec]

Binary package hint: bluez

I upgraded from karmic to lucid and expected bluetooth to keep working,
instead /usr/bin/bluetooth-properties does only show me that bluwtooth adapter hasnt been found. it is annoying because i cannot use my wireless headphones which worked fine before upgrade.

myrelease:
Description: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Release: 10.04

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: bluez 4.60-0ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: e46be310dbc940c46ba2f8df9c28b9f4
CheckboxSystem: 9c26adf6eed2f681ba41f94dd24c07e4
Date: Fri May 7 21:21:17 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook-Remix 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.4)
InterestingModules: bluetooth
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer INC. 1008HA
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=2f6bbe6b-01a7-4d49-a41a-c06e39924662 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: bluez
dmi.bios.date: 08/18/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1103
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: 1008HA
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: x.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0x00000000
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.chassis.version: x.x
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1103:bd08/18/2009:svnASUSTeKComputerINC.:pn1008HA:pvrx.x:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rn1008HA:rvrx.xx:cvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:ct10:cvrx.x:
dmi.product.name: 1008HA
dmi.product.version: x.x
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
hciconfig:

rfkill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: yes
syslog:

[Baptiste Mille-Mathias (bmillemathias)]

Hi Tec,

Could you confirm you're using a eeepc ?
If so, it seems you have to upgrade the firmware to have bluetooth back.

[Andy (andy-xillean)]

I have a Dell Mini 10 same problem. It looks like lucid is not for netbooks?

[Baptiste Mille-Mathias (bmillemathias)]

Andy,

please open a new bug (with the command "ubuntu-bug- bluez" in a terminal), because I want a bug per person, as each one is different.

thanks.

[tec (tec-turboprinz)]

Hi Baptiste,

thanks for the quick answer!

yes, I have an asus eeepc 1008ha.

By firmware, did you mean BIOS? I logged into windows and and used the ASUS Update tool to try and upgrade the BIOS, but it told me that I already have the latest version 1103 (08/18/2009). Is that what youj meant by firmware?

I am quite new to Linux, therefore i might have understood something wrong.

Is there a way of upgrading the firmware from ubuntu?

Thanks a lot for your support, its reassuring!

[Konrad Zapałowicz (kzapalowicz)]

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.