Comment 0 for bug 1248720

I am on ThinkPad T61 with Ubuntu 13.10 installed. I disabled bluetooth on startup by adding:

"echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth"

to /etc/rc.local. When I open gnome-control-center -> Bluetooth and click on the "ON/OFF" switch button, it switches on for a fraction of a second and then switches back to off. Below are dmesg lines corresponding to this event:

[ 94.028110] usb 3-1: new full-speed USB device number 5 using uhci_hcd
[ 94.194320] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0a5c, idProduct=2110
[ 94.194325] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 94.194328] usb 3-1: Product: BCM2045B
[ 94.194330] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: Broadcom Corp
[ 94.388169] usb 3-1: USB disconnect, device number 5

The workaround is to type "turn connectivity on/off" combination of my keyboard (FN+F5) -- then both wireless and bluetooth go off, and when I type it again, bluetooth comes back ON.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu45
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Nov 6 20:41:45 2013
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-18 (19 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
usr_lib_gnome-control-center:
 activity-log-manager 0.9.7-0ubuntu4
 deja-dup 27.3.1-0ubuntu1
 gnome-control-center-datetime 13.10.0+13.10.20131023.2-0ubuntu1
 gnome-control-center-signon 0.1.7~+13.10.20130724.1-0ubuntu1
 gnome-control-center-unity 1.3+13.10.20131004-0ubuntu1