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On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 02:43:15PM +0200, pat wrote: |
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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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Try net-wireless/rfkill |
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You may need to have kernel support compiled (CONFIG_RFKILL, if I |
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remember right). It also depends on rfkill support to have been coded |
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into the drivers for your bluetooth and/or wifi devices. |
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Cheers, |
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W |
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Willie W. Wong wwong@××××××××××××××.edu |
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Data aequatione quotcunque fluentes quantitae involvente fluxiones invenire |
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et vice versa ~~~ I. Newton |
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