[Dell Vostro 1015] Bluetooth-applet shows in panel even though system has no bluetooth adapter

[Jeff Lane ]

Binary package hint: gnome-bluetooth

Installed Natty on a Dell Vostro 1530. For some reason, the bluetooth-applet icon is appearing in the panel even though the system does not have bluetooth.

According to bluez:
ubuntu@201010-6649:~$ bluez-test-adapter
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/bluez-test-adapter", line 23, in <module>
    adapter_path = manager.DefaultAdapter()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/dbus/proxies.py", line 68, in __call__
    return self._proxy_method(*args, **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/dbus/proxies.py", line 140, in __call__
    **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/dbus/connection.py", line 630, in call_blocking
    message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.bluez.Error.NoSuchAdapter: No such adapter

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: gnome-bluetooth 2.91.2.is.2.32.0-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic-pae 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun May 1 15:39:51 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-bluetooth
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Jeff Lane  (bladernr)]

hwcert tag added for reference, this isn't necessarily a blocker, just makes for confusing user experience.

Here's a screen shot showing the bt indicator

[Ara Pulido (ara)]

Small cosmetic issue, although it would be nice to be looked at.

[Victor Tuson Palau (vtuson)]

you should only use blocks-hwcert if indeed is a blocker.

thanks for reporting the bug though!

[Olli Ries (ories)]

thanks for your report - please reopen if this issue still exists in 12.04

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for gnome-bluetooth (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for Ubuntu network, Bluetooth, keyboard menus because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Jeff Lane  (bladernr)]

Natty is dead

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

(This bug recurred with the new Bluetooth menu, bug 1116289.)