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On 17 June 2010 13:43, pat <pat@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> I have Dell Latitude E4300 notebook where the wifi and bluetooth (BT) is |
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> turned on by one HW switch. So, on windows if the switch is turned on there is |
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> possible to turn off one of these devices (from windows try stop the device). |
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> Is there something similar in Linux? Some application which is opened right |
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> after turning on of the switch and the application allow me to choose to turn |
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> on wifi or bt or both? Or is there a script which can be used to turn of the |
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> device even if the switch is on? |
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> In common I don't want to turn on BT when using wifi and vice versa. |
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Emerge net-wireless/rfkill and check if there are different switches |
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for your bt (there should be at least one device for the wireless). |
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Alternatively, if you would rather 'switched off' control of wifi/bt |
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at a software level you could run: |
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/etc/init.d/bluetooth stop |
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Regards, |
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Mick |