With bluez version 5.48-0ubuntu3 from Kubuntu 18.04 Beta1 (Bionic), the issue is still there :
The command 'bluetoothctl' displays 'Waiting to connect to bluetoothd...', then hangs. ** Tags added: bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1565940 Title: bluetoothctl systematically hangs when there is no bluetooth hardware To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/1565940/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs