[ltp] Re: Default bluetooth to off

Peter Jordan linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:00:38 +0100


Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>, Mon Dec 22 2008 18:31:27
GMT+0100 (CET):
> On Sun, 21 Dec 2008, Joachim Breitner wrote:
>> Am Sonntag, den 21.12.2008, 18:56 +0100 schrieb Petr Praus:
>>> Why don't you just add "echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth" to
>>> rc.local or boot.local (or whatever that file is named in your
>>> distro)?
>> because I was wondering if there is a cleaner way (e.g. one that will
>> make that setting before the bluetooth device is brought up at all).
>> Sure, this is a sensible approach until, for example, 2.6.29 is out
>> which will remember the state.
> 
> Get the stuff from ibm-acpi.sf.net, it already does that.  And tell me
> if it works, nobody reported THAT yet :)
> 

With latest kernel 2.6.28 and thinkpad_acpi 0.21-20081111 that does not
work on my Lenovo T400 (7UET49WW). After disabling bluetooth (echo
disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth) and restarting debian, bluetooth is
still enabled.

PJ