First check to make sure its installed, then look in "/etc/unit.d" for the bluez start/stop script. If its there try to restart it by running "./bluez restart" (or whatever the blue* script is called). See ya' Howard Coles Jr. John 3:16! Choose Life! <blockquote type="cite">On Feb 6, 2010 7:32 PM, "Eric" <<a href="mailto:ejazzkatt@gmail.com">ejazzkatt@gmail.com</a>> wrote: I'm trying to get bluetooth running on my 9.10 installation of Kubuntu. I get an error message saying that bluez isn't running. How can I straighten out this problem? I guess I need to know how to start bluez. Eric Jackson -- kubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users</a> </blockquote>