I had the same issue on a Lenovo laptop. The command sudo rfkill unblock all
mentioned by @vanvugt solved the issue for me. Linux 4.13.0-16-generic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to bluez in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1728385 Title: Failed to set mode: Blocked through rfkill (0x12) Status in bluez package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Ubuntu 17.10, bluetooth disabled, get error in Logs: bluetoothd: Failed to set mode: Blocked through rfkill (0x12) --- ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-24 (6 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018) InterestingModules: rfcomm bnep btusb bluetooth MachineType: LENOVO 20GJ001HMH Package: bluez 5.46-0ubuntu3 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.13.0-16-generic.efi.signed root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4 Tags: artful wayland-session Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 06/13/2016 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: R0CET26W (1.14 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 20GJ001HMH dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: S dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: None dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrR0CET26W(1.14):bd06/13/2016:svnLENOVO:pn20GJ001HMH:pvrThinkPadS2:rvnLENOVO:rn20GJ001HMH:rvrS:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNone: dmi.product.family: ThinkPad S2 dmi.product.name: 20GJ001HMH dmi.product.version: ThinkPad S2 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO hciconfig: hci0: Type: Primary Bus: USB BD Address: E4:B3:18:52:20:69 ACL MTU: 1021:4 SCO MTU: 96:6 DOWN RX bytes:14933 acl:0 sco:0 events:2414 errors:0 TX bytes:596764 acl:0 sco:0 commands:2412 errors:0 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/1728385/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
