Before installing 4.13.12, I reverted the change in comment #17.
$ uname -r
4.13.12-041312-generic
I see these errors in the logs:
bluetoothhd : Failed to add UUID: Not Powered (0x0f)
...and...
Bluetooth: hci0 command 0x0c52 tx timeout
Also, bluetooth is turned off in the gnome-shell topbar. If I try to open go to Blue Tooth settings from the gnome shell top bar, I get an error that system settings can not be opened; I have an option to Force Quit or Wait. Wait doesn't produce results.
$ rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
Going into directly system settings first, and then selecting Bluetooth from the left panel shows that Bluetooth is turned off. If I activate it, nothing shows up in the list of devices. If I navigate away from this in System Settings, and return, again Bluetooth shows as deactivated, but rfkill list does show that it is no longer soft blocked.
Hummm... doesn't look good...
Before installing 4.13.12, I reverted the change in comment #17.
$ uname -r 041312- generic
4.13.12-
I see these errors in the logs:
bluetoothhd : Failed to add UUID: Not Powered (0x0f)
...and...
Bluetooth: hci0 command 0x0c52 tx timeout
Also, bluetooth is turned off in the gnome-shell topbar. If I try to open go to Blue Tooth settings from the gnome shell top bar, I get an error that system settings can not be opened; I have an option to Force Quit or Wait. Wait doesn't produce results.
$ rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
Going into directly system settings first, and then selecting Bluetooth from the left panel shows that Bluetooth is turned off. If I activate it, nothing shows up in the list of devices. If I navigate away from this in System Settings, and return, again Bluetooth shows as deactivated, but rfkill list does show that it is no longer soft blocked.