Bluetooth stopped working / device adapter isn't found

[shachafgo]

Binary package hint: bluez

A few days ago my bluetooth stopped working on my new Samsung r580, it was working at first and then suddenly the bluetooth applet dissappeared and the device adapter isn't found.

system info:
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samsung r580 laptop
ubuntu 10.10

package info:
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bluez:
  Installed: 4.69-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 4.69-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 4.69-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://nl3.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

lspci:
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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express x16 Root Port (rev 02)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 05)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 05)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev 05)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 05)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Manhattan [Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series]
01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Manhattan HDMI Audio [Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series]
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
3f:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
3f:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
3f:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
3f:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
3f:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
3f:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)

bluetoothd -nd:
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bluetoothd[4714]: Bluetooth deamon 4.81
bluetoothd[4714]: src/main.c:parse_config() parsing main.conf
bluetoothd[4714]: src/main.c:parse_config() discovto=0
bluetoothd[4714]: src/main.c:parse_config() pairto=0
bluetoothd[4714]: src/main.c:parse_config() pageto=8192
bluetoothd[4714]: src/main.c:parse_config() name=%h-%d
bluetoothd[4714]: src/main.c:parse_config() class=0x000100
bluetoothd[4714]: src/main.c:parse_config() discov_interval=0
bluetoothd[4714]: src/main.c:parse_config() Key file does not have key 'DeviceID'
bluetoothd[4714]: Unable to get on D-Bus

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: bluez 4.69-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-23.41-generic 2.6.35.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx wl
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Dec 12 23:37:23 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
InterestingModules: rfcomm sco bnep l2cap bluetooth
MachineType: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. R540/R580/R780/SA41/E452/E852
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-23-generic root=UUID=3f2a27cf-43f5-4579-b0dd-79690dabd1a3 ro splash vga=789 quiet quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: bluez
dmi.bios.date: 09/27/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 03KP.M008.20100927.LDG
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: R540/R580/R780/SA41/E452/E852
dmi.board.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
dmi.board.version: 03KP
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 9
dmi.chassis.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr03KP.M008.20100927.LDG:bd09/27/2010:svnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:pnR540/R580/R780/SA41/E452/E852:pvr03KP:rvnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:rnR540/R580/R780/SA41/E452/E852:rvr03KP:cvnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:ct9:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: R540/R580/R780/SA41/E452/E852
dmi.product.version: 03KP
dmi.sys.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
hciconfig:

rfkill:

[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.