This happens for me on an eeepc 1000 (Fedora 17, XFCE).
For this device, the adapter is attached to the USB bus internally.
From lsusb:
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0b05:b700 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. Broadcom Bluetooth 2.1
I don't have a hardware indicator to tell me if it's actually on or not, but regardless of whether I tell it to turn off or not, it's back up on the next boot.
This happens for me on an eeepc 1000 (Fedora 17, XFCE).
For this device, the adapter is attached to the USB bus internally.
From lsusb:
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0b05:b700 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. Broadcom Bluetooth 2.1
I don't have a hardware indicator to tell me if it's actually on or not, but regardless of whether I tell it to turn off or not, it's back up on the next boot.