On 18 April 2012 22:56, Barry Drake <ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com> wrote: > 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 >> 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.
Does switching it off in System Settings > Bluetooth not do it? If not can someone explain why? Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
