Looking through the code, it appears that bluetoothd does start up connectable, but the UI doesn't reflect this from the first boot. This patch should address it.
Mario Limonciello
Dell | Linux Engineering
Mario_Limonciello@xxxxxxxx
diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*~' bluez-gnome-1.5/properties/adapter.c bluez-gnome-1.5.new/properties/adapter.c
--- bluez-gnome-1.5/properties/adapter.c 2008-08-24 16:14:24.000000000 -0500
+++ bluez-gnome-1.5.new/properties/adapter.c 2008-09-27 03:52:57.000000000 -0500
@@ -408,9 +408,8 @@
_("Other devices can connect"));
group = gtk_radio_button_get_group(GTK_RADIO_BUTTON(button));
gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(vbox), button, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
-
- if (mode && g_ascii_strcasecmp(mode, "connectable") == 0)
- gtk_toggle_button_set_active(GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON(button), TRUE);
+
+ gtk_toggle_button_set_active(GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON(button), TRUE);
adapter->button_connect = button;
