How to disable Bluetoothd

[AnotherUser]

My laptop has bluetooth hardware which I am not using. According to

ps -elf |grep bluetoothd

the daemon is running. I cannot find a service which starts it at boot time. How can I disable it from starting at all?

[russell.eberhardt]

Does it get listed if you go to PCC > Network & Internet > Remove a connection?

Russell.

[AnotherUser]

Does it get listed if you go to PCC > Network & Internet > Remove a connection?

No, it does not. The only listed interfaces are eth0 and wlan0 which are my hard wired and wireless ethernet interfaces respectively.

[JohnW_57]

Guess you need blacklist the driver/module in /etc/modprobe.conf (If I'm correct?)

Code: blacklist driver/module name (must be done as su).

From a another site:

    Note: blacklisting will not work for modules which are built into the kernel image (i.e. not loaded via a separate .ko file. The only way to disable such modules is via a kernel parameter (if available) or by recompiling the kernel.

Just open your /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist file and add drivername using following syntax:

blacklist driver-name

Reboot your box and use lsmod command to show the status of modules in the Linux Kernel

Note: here driver-name is the name of your desired blacklist driver. For example, If you wanted to disable the NIC card driver, you can find the name of kernel driver for your LAN card by using the command lspci -v command in a terminal.

JohnW

[AnotherUser]

Guess you need blacklist the driver/module in /etc/modprobe.conf (If I'm correct?)

Code: blacklist driver/module name (must be done as su).

JohnW

which driver needs to be blacklisted? If I run

Code: [Select]

smod |grep blue
bluetooth             134084  23 rfcomm,bnep,btusb
rfkill                 12586  4 bluetooth,cfg80211,dell_laptop
crc16                   1069  2 bluetooth,ext4
This would seem to imply that I need to blacklist bluetooth, rfkill, crc16, btusb, etc ... It seems like a long list

[JohnW_57]

If the Bluetoothd is listed in PCC hardware section you can find the driver/module in the list.
As example: Module: ‎ata_piix (ata_piix is the module/driver)

JohnW

[AnotherUser]

I wound up blacklisting btusb in /etc/modprobe/blacklist. Now, bluetooth does not appear in PCC --> Hardware. Thanks!

[DeBaas]

rfkill-qt-gui a handy tool for swiching
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,110950.msg947181.html#msg947181

[menotu]

Could mebbe try looking in

Config Your Desktop > Network and Connectivity > Bluetooth > Devices - Enable KDE Bluetooth integration
Config Your Desktop > Network and Connectivity > Bluetooth > File transfers
Config Your Desktop > Network and Connectivity > Bluetooth > Adapters

[AnotherUser]

rfkill-qt-gui a handy tool for swiching
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,110950.msg947181.html#msg947181

rfkill-qt-gui sounds great, but it's in testing right now. I don't want to pollute my main install with "unstable" content. I'll wait for it to migrate to the regular sections.

[pclinmike]

I'm just setting up my daughters new laptop and I had a job to turn ON wifi/bluetooth    ,I found there is a setting in the 'Bios' settings.
Once that box was 'ticked' I can use a 'keyboard function switch' to turn it on  and off.