Thread: Unable to find and access bluetooth on Ubuntu 10.04

i able see bluetooth icon in notification area , working. today noticed not there , when trying open bluetooth system -> preferences, shows note--- no bluetooth adapter present; computer doesnot have bluetooth adapters plugged in. when open bluetooth manager , note comes ---- bluez daemon not running.

when run command --- lspci -v on terminal, following things come up:

00:00.0 host bridge: intel corporation n10 family dmi bridge
subsystem: dell device 048e
flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
capabilities: <access denied>
kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
kernel modules: intel-agp

00:02.0 vga compatible controller: intel corporation n10 family integrated graphics controller
subsystem: dell device 048e
flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, irq 28
memory @ f0200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512k]
i/o ports @ 18d0 [size=8]
memory @ d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256m]
memory @ f0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1m]
capabilities: <access denied>
kernel driver in use: i915
kernel modules: i915

00:02.1 display controller: intel corporation n10 family integrated graphics controller
subsystem: dell device 048e
flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
memory @ f0280000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512k]
capabilities: <access denied>

00:1b.0 audio device: intel corporation n10/ich 7 family high definition audio controller (rev 02)
subsystem: dell device 048e
flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, irq 22
memory @ f0300000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16k]
capabilities: <access denied>
kernel driver in use: hda intel
kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

00:1c.0 pci bridge: intel corporation n10/ich 7 family pci express port 1 (rev 02)
flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
i/o behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
memory behind bridge: 80000000-803fffff
prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f0f00000-00000000f0ffffff
capabilities: <access denied>
kernel driver in use: pcieport
kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.1 pci bridge: intel corporation n10/ich 7 family pci express port 2 (rev 02)
flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
bus: primary=00, secondary=07, subordinate=07, sec-latency=0
i/o behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff
memory behind bridge: f0100000-f01fffff
prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000080400000-00000000805fffff
capabilities: <access denied>
kernel driver in use: pcieport
kernel modules: shpchp

00:1d.0 usb controller: intel corporation n10/ich7 family usb uhci controller #1 (rev 02)
subsystem: dell device 048e
flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, irq 23
i/o ports @ 1820 [size=32]
kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.1 usb controller: intel corporation n10/ich 7 family usb uhci controller #2 (rev 02)
subsystem: dell device 048e
flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, irq 19
i/o ports @ 1840 [size=32]
kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.2 usb controller: intel corporation n10/ich 7 family usb uhci controller #3 (rev 02)
subsystem: dell device 048e
flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, irq 18
i/o ports @ 1860 [size=32]
kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.3 usb controller: intel corporation n10/ich 7 family usb uhci controller #4 (rev 02)
subsystem: dell device 048e
flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, irq 16
i/o ports @ 1880 [size=32]
kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.7 usb controller: intel corporation n10/ich 7 family usb2 ehci controller (rev 02) (prog-if 20)
subsystem: dell device 048e
flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, irq 23
memory @ f0504000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1k]
capabilities: <access denied>
kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:1e.0 pci bridge: intel corporation 82801 mobile pci bridge (rev e2) (prog-if 01)
flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
bus: primary=00, secondary=11, subordinate=11, sec-latency=32
capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.0 isa bridge: intel corporation nm10 family lpc controller (rev 02)
subsystem: dell device 048e
flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.2 sata controller: intel corporation n10/ich7 family sata ahci controller (rev 02) (prog-if 01)
subsystem: dell device 048e
flags: bus master, 66mhz, medium devsel, latency 0, irq 26
i/o ports @ 18e8 [size=8]
i/o ports @ 18dc [size=4]
i/o ports @ 18e0 [size=8]
i/o ports @ 18d8 [size=4]
i/o ports @ 18c0 [size=16]
memory @ f0504400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1k]
capabilities: <access denied>
kernel driver in use: ahci
kernel modules: ahci

00:1f.3 smbus: intel corporation n10/ich 7 family smbus controller (rev 02)
subsystem: dell device 048e
flags: medium devsel, irq 10
i/o ports @ 18a0 [size=32]
kernel modules: i2c-i801

05:00.0 ethernet controller: realtek semiconductor co., ltd. rtl8101e/rtl8102e pci express fast ethernet controller (rev 05)
subsystem: dell device 048e
flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, irq 27
i/o ports @ 2000 [size=256]
memory @ f0f2c000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4k]
memory @ f0f18000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16k]
capabilities: <access denied>
kernel driver in use: r8169
kernel modules: r8169

07:00.0 network controller: realtek semiconductor co., ltd. device 8176 (rev 01)
subsystem: dell device 9198
flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, irq 4
i/o ports @ 3000 [size=256]
memory @ f0100000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16k]
capabilities: <access denied>
kernel modules: r8192ce_pci

please me locate bluetooth or probleam , how did arise in mini laptop?

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