Comments on: Linux Disable Bluetooth [ Bluetooth Input Devices (hidd) ]

By: Philippe Petrinko

Philippe Petrinko — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:32:57 +0000

To Vivek:
> Yes, this section intended for RHEL / CentOS / Fedora / Red Hat users only.

Than, it would be better to make it clearer in labelling each section with the corresponding distribution name. Otherwise, it is unclear and brings to misunderstanding, as long as the main title says “Linux”.

TIA,

– Philippe

By: Vivek Gite

Vivek Gite — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:26:34 +0000

@ Philippe

Yes, this section intended for RHEL / CentOS / Fedora / Red Hat users only.

By: Philippe Petrinko

Philippe Petrinko — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:51:00 +0000

Another tool: [sysv-rc-conf]: this command has a text-based user interface, (no need for X11-X Window).
It allows to choose more precisely which service will run under which runlevel.
It can interactively start or stop any installed service. (use the + / – key).
It is not or less Linux distribution-specific.

– Philippe

By: Philippe Petrinko

Philippe Petrinko — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:37:38 +0000

Hello Vivek,

Thanks for the article.
I would like to ask you:

1) Section : “If you are using Debian / Ubuntu Linux use rcconf command to disable bluetooth
service”
It seems to be odd to present a [update-rc.d] command after mentionning [rcconf].
/* I know that [rcconf] is just a text-interface to [update-rc.d] */

I mean if you use a update-rc.d command, you can do it without rcconf.

2) Section “Disable hidd Service”
This seems to be distribution-specific.
Under Debian Lenny 5.0.x, bluetooth service is named “bluetooth”, not hidd.

Command is (under root login or via sudo command of course)
/etc/init.d/bluetooth stop

Was this section intended for a specific distribution?

Thanks for you work and your answer in advance.

– Philippe