I had this issue with a fresh install of Ubuntu Server 12.10. It turns out, dbus must be running in order for bluez to configure successfully.
# service dbus start dbus start/running, process 24551 # dpkg --configure bluez Setting up bluez (4.101-0ubuntu6) ... # apt-get -f install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 2 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Setting up bluez-alsa:i386 (4.101-0ubuntu6) ... Setting up ia32-libs-multiarch (20090808ubuntu36) ... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/900512 Title: ia32-libs-multiarch:i386 is not installable To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ia32-libs/+bug/900512/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs