[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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