bluetooth no go on Maverick, worked on Karmic

[hatalar205]

On 06/08/2011 11:12 PM, Karl Auer wrote:
> Bluetooth worked on my Dell Vostro 1720 with Karmic installed. I
> upgraded some time ago to Maverick and only just got around to trying
> Bluetooth - to find it now doesn't work!
>
> It looks like the bluetooth device is just not enabled or switched on or
> whatever. There is no external switch and no labelled key combination to
> switch it on. The is no BIOS setting that I can see, either. Bit there
> *is* a bluetooth light above the keyboard - it's just not lit. Things
> like hcitool report no devices. Google instructions all assume the
> device is present and ready to go.
>
> When I run System->Preferences->Bluetooth, it says no adapters were
> found.
>
> So I'm stumped, with no real clue as to where to begin. Any ideas
> welcomed.
>
> Regards, K.
>
Try this
sudo killall bluetoothd
sudo bluetoothd

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