Re: bluez-gnome: how to turn adapter off?

Stefan Seyfried
2008-09-29T16:20:31Z

Bastien Nocera wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-09-29 at 17:59 +0200, Stefan Seyfried wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> 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?
--
Stefan Seyfried
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