Bluetooth - cannot find device, cannot be found by another device

[Deafboy]

Binary package hint: bluez

1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu:

[deafboy@deafboy-notas log]$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10
[deafboy@deafboy-notas log]$

2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy pkgname' or by checking in Software Center:

[deafboy@deafboy-notas log]$ apt-cache policy bluez
bluez:
  Nainštalovaná verzia: 4.69-0ubuntu2
  Kandidát: 4.69-0ubuntu2
  Tabuľka verzií:
 *** 4.69-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://sk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
[deafboy@deafboy-notas log]$

3) What you expected to happen:

I expect the device can search for another device and can be found by another devices

4) What happened instead:

Device cannot search for another devices, and cannot be found by another devices - no file transfers possible, hid devices connections

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: bluez 4.69-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-24.42-generic 2.6.35.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Feb 5 13:59:02 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/bluetoothd
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
InterestingModules: rfcomm sco bnep l2cap btusb bluetooth
MachineType: Acer Aspire 5520
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-24-generic root=UUID=1e3acc67-5c11-44e2-a21f-dbf8b31c9d9f ro quiet splash vga=0x0318
ProcEnviron:

SourcePackage: bluez
dmi.bios.date: 01/09/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
dmi.bios.version: V1.31
dmi.board.name: Fuquene
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: N/A
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV1.31:bd01/09/2008:svnAcer:pnAspire5520:pvrV1.31:rvnAcer:rnFuquene:rvrN/A:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Aspire 5520
dmi.product.version: V1.31
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
hciconfig:
 hci0: Type: BR/EDR Bus: USB
  BD Address: 00:1E:4C:EE:CE:10 ACL MTU: 1017:8 SCO MTU: 64:8
  UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN
  RX bytes:965 acl:0 sco:0 events:27 errors:0
  TX bytes:361 acl:0 sco:0 commands:27 errors:0

[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.