Bluetooth workaround for Ubuntu 11.04

Bluetooth functionality was broken after upgrading my old Dell Inspiron 8600 to Ubuntu 11.04. The Bluetooth icon was greyed out and I could not get the service running. After Googling around a bit, I saw this:

sudo killall bluetoothd
sudo bluetoothd

That worked. But I had to type this in manually every time I rebooted. Google found a better suggestion. Edit the rc.local file:

sudo vim /etc/rc.local

by adding the following line before "exit 0":

sudo service bluetooth restart

Make it executable:

sudo chmod 755 /etc/rc.local

Tested with a restart and the Bluetooth mouse came back online with no fuss :-). Great!

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Finally, a straight seatpost

The adjustments to the Principia are almost complete. Individually, they might be too small to make a difference, but the sum is greater than its parts. So with a really short reach Sel-Cof stem, a few degrees of sweep in the ITM handlebars and a straight Aerozine seatpost, the old Principia now bits better than it did when I first built it up. Not exactly brand name parts, but they look well made and are light to boot.

What's left? I'm still eyeing the Tubus Logo rack and QR skewer adaptors. And perhaps a front SKS fender? The rack stops most of the spray from the rear wheel, but the front wheel kicks spray right up to my eyes. That needs fixing.

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