[Bug 913736] [NEW] Thinkpad 410s -- Cannot re-enable Bluetooth after it's been disabled

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During UDS-P I was experimenting with various settings to reduce power
consumption on my Lenonvo Thinkpad 410s.

I turned Bluetooth off via the System Settings - Bluetooth panel.  I
also removed the icon from the panel by turning visibility to Off.
This all works great except for the simple fact that I cannot re-enable
my Bluetooth anymore.

When I re-launch System Settings - Bluetooth, both toggle switches are
"Off", and the left hand column below includes the text "No Bluetooth
Adapters found".   There seems to be no way to re-enable my Bluetooth
now as both switches are disabled and grayed out.

I believe this is due to the fact that when BT is disabled, the device
disappears from the bus, which leaves nothing for the code to grab in
order to re-enable the device.  This is a guess on my part, as I haven't
yet taken a look at the code...

My machine is running 11.10 with all of the latest updates.

The version of gnome-control-center on my machine is:

gnome-control-center:
  Installed: 1:3.2.2-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:3.2.2-0ubuntu1
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ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.2.2-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic-pae 3.0.9
Tags:  oneiric running-unity
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic-pae i686
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-29 (71 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
usr_lib_gnome-control-center:
 deja-dup           20.1-0ubuntu0.2
 gnome-bluetooth    3.2.0-0ubuntu2
 indicator-datetime 0.3.1-0ubuntu1

** Affects: gnome-bluetooth (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-collected oneiric running-unity
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Thinkpad 410s -- Cannot re-enable Bluetooth after it's been disabled
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/913736
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