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    How do I turn Bluetooth off?

    Hello There,

    I have found the same problem. I have got an Acer Aspire 5630, and recently installed kubuntu 10.4.

    When I start the laptop the bluetooth's blue led at the front of the laptop is always on, and the bluetooth icon on the system tray is in blue, which means active.

    I would like to have my bluetooth switched off by default, but keeping the option of switch it on when required, as I have it configured in WinXP.

    In order to do it I first tryed to change the line Autostart in ~/.kde/share/config/kbluetoothrc from true to false:

    Code:
    $ grep Autostart ~/.kde/share/config/kbluetoothrc 
    Autostart=false
    But it didn't work, and when re-starting the laptop it always started with the bluetooth active and the led on.

    Secondly I tried to modify the file /etc/bluetooth/main.conf, there is a line "InitiallyPowered = true" which I change to false:

    Code:
    # What value should be assumed for the adapter Powered property when
    # SetProperty(Powered, ...) hasn't been called yet. Defaults to true
    # InitiallyPowered = true
    InitiallyPowered = false
    Always with the same result, when rebooting, after the linux grub, the light turns on, and once in the desktop, the bluetooth is active in the system tray.

    When I perform the command:

    Code:
    olmo@olmo-laptop:/etc/bluetooth$ sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth stop
    [sudo] password for olmo: 
    olmo@olmo-laptop:/etc/bluetooth
    I get the system tray bluetooth icon greyed out, but the bluetooth led still on!!

    There is a slider button which controls bluetooth, when I use it, I get my bluetooth off, as the light. This one is the only way I have found to perform the operation I want, although I need to do it manually after reboot.

    To succeed in getting my bluetooth switched off by default I have thought a workaround, which would be "to catch" the signal that the slide button performs, and add it when booting. But I don't know if this is possible/good idea.

    I have been working a few days in this issue, but I didn't find a solution. As far as I know people with DELL computers are having a similar issue. When I read Kmetamorphosis I started to think there is a bug.

    Any idea?


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