From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Subject: Re: bluez-gnome: how to turn adapter off? From: Marcel Holtmann To: Stefan Seyfried Cc: Bastien Nocera , linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <48E1004F.20605@suse.de> References: <48E0FB63.4000601@suse.de> <1222704357.3311.87.camel@cookie.hadess.net> <48E1004F.20605@suse.de> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:43:08 +0200 Message-Id: <1222731788.1825.24.camel@violet.holtmann.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-bluetooth-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Stefan, > >> I now got several bugreports from people searching for the button to turn > >> their bluetooth device off in the bluetooth-applet. I seem to remember that > >> there was the setting "off" (in addition to "Hidden", "Always visible", > >> "Temporary visible") in previous versions. So what's the rationale for > >> removing it (users seem to expect to find it there)? And if I remember > >> incorrectly: could we place such a button there? > > > > There was never an "off" switch. There was: > > - Other devices can connect > > - Visible and connectable for other devices > > - Limited discoverable and connectable > > > > The last 2 were folded into a single option. > > Ok, so I remembered wrong ;-) How about adding a "disable this adapter" > option? Would a patch that implements this be welcome? you might have been right, because some distros shipped a patch to add an "off" selection to it. This wouldn't have done anything useful on the desktop, but they did it without knowing what they are doing. Regards Marcel