[ltp] Bluetooth module disappeared

Rainer Rehak linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:41:24 +0100


Henrique de Moraes Holschuh schrieb:
> On Thu, 05 Nov 2009, Rainer Rehak wrote:
>> Yes, it cannot be found by any means:
> 
> Enable it on /sys/class/rfkill... 

/sys/class/rfkill is empty

> or in network manager.

How can I do that? Network manager does not deal with bluetooth
devices, it just deals with bluetooth based network interfaces. But
there is
no bluetooth interface and therefore not bt-network interface.

>  If nothing is
> actively trying to break it, thinkpad-acpi will tell the firmware to
> remember you want it enabled across shutdowns and reboots.
> 
>> Could there be a "hidden" software killswitch or so?
> 
> It is anything but hidden :P

I don't know, if I made myself clear: The only reason why I know,
that my laptop has bluetooth is my own human memory. There are
absolutely no traces of existence in the system... doesn't look like
"anything but hidden to me" ;-)

Rainer

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