Fwd: [ubuntu-uk] Stopping bluetooth .....

[Phill Whiteside]

Hi guys,

can someone who uses bluetooth check and see if this method works for
lubuntu.

regards,

Phill.

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From: Barry Drake <ubuntu-advertising at gmx.com>
Date: 19 April 2012 03:26
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stopping bluetooth .....
To: ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com


On 18/04/12 17:16, Phill Whiteside wrote:

> AFAIK, bluetooth is the same across all flavours, have a look at
> https://help.ubuntu.com/**community/Lubuntu/**Documentation/FAQ/Guides#**
> Disable_Bluetooth<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/FAQ/Guides#Disable_Bluetooth>to see if that successfully blacklists it for you.
>

I didn't try - I don't actually want to 'blacklist' as I want to be able to
turn it on from time to time.  Blacklist would give me the same as 'rfkill
block bluetooth' did in the .profile file.  What I have now discovered
comes from carefully looking at the source code for gnome-control-center
bluetooth and found that it uses rfkill - though through changing access to
the /dev/rfkill file.

I now have the following notes:
the command 'rfkill block bluetooth' stops bluetooth

Can put in the ~/.profile file
But note that bluetooth cannot then be started by any method without
commenting the above out, and re-booting.

HOWEVER if the above command is put into /etc/rc.local then 'sudo rfkill
unblock bluetooth' will do a proper restart, and restart will also take
place from the Bluetooth icon, or the Bluetooth settings application.

Feel free to put in any Ubuntu wiki or notes.


Regards,        Barry.

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