On Friday, 20 August, 2010 @04:38 zulu, JD scribed: > $ ps -ef | grep blue > root 1200 1 0 18:30 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/bluetoothd > --udev > jd 1441 1230 0 18:31 ? 00:00:00 > bluetooth-applet > It is the gnome applet that does not show up after I log in. Just to clarify, had you already unplugged/plugged-in the bt adapter before grep'ing that output?