(switched to email. Please respond via emailed reply-to-all, not via the bugzilla web interface). (tap, tap - is this thing turned on?) On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:55:03 -0700 (PDT) bugme-daemon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11779 > > Summary: No way to disable bluetooth > Product: Drivers > Version: 2.5 > KernelVersion: 2.6.27 > Platform: All > OS/Version: Linux > Tree: Mainline > Status: NEW > Severity: normal > Priority: P1 > Component: Bluetooth > AssignedTo: drivers_bluetooth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ReportedBy: rbrito@xxxxxxxxxx > > > Distribution: Ubuntu intrepid > Hardware Environment: Notebook Itautec N8320 > Software Environment: Ubuntu userland > Problem Description: > > (This mail was sent to the linux-bluetooth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on the 8th of > October no answer was received). > > Dear developers, > > I got this past july a notebook that has what seems to be a strange way > of dealing with wireless devices: there is a button (which I suspect is > called rfkill) that, when pressed, enables *both* bluetooth and wifi, > with the respective leds being lit. > > I don't have any bluetooth device. Saving energy here is paramount as > the battery life is quite short. > > According to the manual, under Windows Vista (which is what came with > the box, but which I never used), this button is supposed to cycle > between 4 states: > > * both disabled; > * bluetooth enabled & wifi enabled; > * bluetooth disabled & wifi enabled; > * bluetooth enabled & wifi disabled. > > Unfortunately, under Linux (tested with Ubuntu's 8.10 pre-releases, > which includes a kernel based on 2.6.27-rc*, if I understand it > correctly), it is all or nothing: both disabled or both enabled. > > If I launch powertop, it recommends to disable bluetooth with > "hciconfig hci down; rmmod hci_usb", but the led of bluetooth is still > lit and I fear that the device is still drawing power from the battery. > (Actually, it seems that the modules for bluetooth go renamed also). > > Is there any way to get it to disable completely the device? > > Just as extra information, this is an Itautec Note N8320 notebook, with > a Core 2 Duo T7250 CPU, ICH8 chipset and Intel's 3945abg wifi and a > Realtek GigE driven by r8169 module (which I still have not had the > opportunity to use). > > If any further information is desired, please let me know. I can post > the dmesg logs, lspci output, lsusb, as I am really willing to get this > situation settled (and possibly working as on Windows as it was reported > by the support people from the manufacturer). > > Again, if any further information is needed, please let me know. I can > recompile the kernel to use a vanilla kernel, if needed. > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-bluetooth" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
