bluetooth stopped working Xubuntu 18.04LTS, regression [solved] revert

bluetooth functions just stopped and will not return
rebooted twice

uname -a
Linux dell-Inspiron-1525 4.15.0-88-lowlatency #88-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT Tue Feb 11 20:51:55 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
unchanged

recent updates
Commit Log for Tue Mar 3 10:06:56 2020
Upgraded the following packages:
apache2-utils (2.4.29-1ubuntu4.11) to 2.4.29-1ubuntu4.12
chirp-daily (20200226~bionic~1) to 20200227~bionic~1
libegl-mesa0 (19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.2) to 19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.3
libegl1-mesa (19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.2) to 19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.3
libgbm1 (19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.2) to 19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.3
libgl1-mesa-dev (19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.2) to 19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.3
libgl1-mesa-dri (19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.2) to 19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.3
libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 (19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.2) to 19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.3
libgl1-mesa-glx (19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.2) to 19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.3
libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 (19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.2) to 19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.3
libglapi-mesa (19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.2) to 19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.3
libglapi-mesa:i386 (19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.2) to 19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.3
libgles2-mesa (19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.2) to 19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.3
libglx-mesa0 (19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.2) to 19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.3
libglx-mesa0:i386 (19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.2) to 19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.3
libosmesa6 (19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.2) to 19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.3
libosmesa6:i386 (19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.2) to 19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.3
libwayland-egl1-mesa (19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.2) to 19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.3
libxatracker2 (19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.2) to 19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.3
linux-firmware (1.173.14) to 1.173.15
mesa-common-dev (19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.2) to 19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.3
mesa-va-drivers (19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.2) to 19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.3
mesa-vdpau-drivers (19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.2) to 19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.3
riot-web (1.5.10) to 1.5.11
unattended-upgrades (1.1ubuntu1.18.04.13) to 1.1ubuntu1.18.04.14

syslog shows
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Mar 3 14:09:33 dell-Inspiron-1525 bluetoothd[866]: Unable to get io data for Headset Voice gateway: getpeername: Transport endpoint is not connected (107)
Mar 3 14:09:33 dell-Inspiron-1525 systemd-rfkill[16619]: Failed to open device rfkill6: No such device
Mar 3 14:09:33 dell-Inspiron-1525 systemd[1]: Started Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status.
Mar 3 14:09:33 dell-Inspiron-1525 bluetoothd[866]: Endpoint unregistered: sender=:1.68 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource
Mar 3 14:09:33 dell-Inspiron-1525 bluetoothd[866]: Endpoint unregistered: sender=:1.68 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink

running blueman-manager
report
bluez not installed, it was not removed

reinstalled bluetooth support packages, still nothing

bluetooth 5.48-3.3

computer is T500 laptop with no BT killswitch

disk space is fine

what should I try to fix this issue?