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

Marcel Holtmann
2008-09-29T23:43:08Z

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