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    Disable Dell Bluetooth / Turn Off at Startup [SOLVED]

    Hi,

    My ubuntu 9.04 works great on my Dell Vostro 1400, everything works flawlessly! I can turn off bluetooth manually if I right click the Bluetooth icon > Preferences > "General Tab" > Uncheck "Dell Bluetooth Switch" and that will correctly turn off my bluetooth.

    Is there any way to have it unchecked at startup? As I would only like to turn it on when I need to.

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    Q: Bluetooth works fine, how do I turn it off (saving power) while still having the option to enable it when I need it?

    A:
    Turn OFF bluetooth:
    Code:
    sudo /usr/lib/hal/hal-system-smbios --bt 0
    Turn ON bluetooth:
    Code:
    sudo /usr/lib/hal/hal-system-smbios --bt 1
    Check bluetooth status:
    Code:
    /usr/lib/hal/hal-system-smbios --st_bt ; echo $?
    Append "/usr/lib/hal/hal-system-smbios --bt 0" to /etc/init.d/bluetooth to turn bluetooth off at startup

    If you need to use bluetooth, goto: System > Preferences > Bluetooth, this will re-enable Bluetooth.

    Works perfectly on Dell Vostro 1400
    Last edited by encore2097; May 31st, 2009 at 07:16 PM.

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    Re: Disable Dell Bluetooth / Turn Off at Startup

    If you want, you can disable it altogether in the BIOS. That's what I've done for my Dell laptop
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    Re: Disable Dell Bluetooth / Turn Off at Startup

    I'd rather not do that because I use it from time to time and it would not be efficient to have to go into the BIOS everytime I need to use it.

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    Re: Disable Dell Bluetooth / Turn Off at Startup

    System>Preferences>Startup Applications

    uncheck Bluetooth
    Last edited by Mirages; May 30th, 2009 at 05:47 PM.

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    Re: Disable Dell Bluetooth / Turn Off at Startup

    No, disabling the bluetooth-applet from startup just disables the control while leaving my bluetooth on. That is not a solution.

    If someone could tell me a terminal command for bluetooth-applet that will let me turn off the "Dell Bluetooth Switch" then i could just add it to a startup script or something. Effectively resolving my issue

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    Re: Disable Dell Bluetooth / Turn Off at Startup

    Edit /etc/default/bluetooth and change the line "BLUETOOTH_ENABLED=1" to "BLUETOOTH_ENABLED=0"

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    Re: Disable Dell Bluetooth / Turn Off at Startup

    Same issue...

    going through the bluez source right now to figure out how their "killswitch" works... its the only thing that actually turns off the BT module correcetly (light goes off BT app unloads because it is set to "Only when adapter is present")

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    Re: Disable Dell Bluetooth / Turn Off at Startup

    Solved: see first post

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    Re: Disable Dell Bluetooth / Turn Off at Startup [SOLVED]

    Maybe you can help me. I veified that bluetooth is on using the command listed above and it returned a "1". My Dell BT Travel mouse is on and blinking, but the computer (XPS M1330) does not see it in "Device Search". Any ideas?

    Thanks

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    Re: Disable Dell Bluetooth / Turn Off at Startup [SOLVED]

    Quote Originally Posted by davethebald View Post
    Maybe you can help me. I veified that bluetooth is on using the command listed above and it returned a "1". My Dell BT Travel mouse is on and blinking, but the computer (XPS M1330) does not see it in "Device Search". Any ideas?

    Thanks
    Bluetooth devices do not automatically pair up. Click on the bluetooth icon on the taskbar, and then use the manager or wizard to pair up your device with your computer.

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