Re: Bluetooth turned on?

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:17:01 -0500
"Jared D. McNeill" <jmcneill%invisible.ca@localhost> wrote:

> Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> > The Bluetooth light is glowing on my laptop, which I assume means
> > that the device is enabled and hence using power.  How can I
> > disable and/or prevent that?  All of the bt variables default to
> > "NO" in /etc/defaults/rc.conf, and I don't change any of them in
> > rc.conf. Running 'btconfig ubt0 down' doesn't turn off the light.
> > This is 4.99.49/amd64 from Monday.
> 
> Fn+F5 should toggle this if you have thinkpad(4) in your kernel. Let
> me know if it works, as I didn't order my T61 with the bluetooth
> option.
> 
That did it; thanks.


                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb