[Pkg-bluetooth-maintainers] Bug#552185: Bug#552185: read/write access to the /dev/rfkill device is required

[Andrea Veri]

On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:10:36 +0200
Apelete Seketeli <apelete at seketeli.org> wrote:


> I've tested the kernel 2.6.31 from experimental which introduce the
> new /dev/rfkill device. The lack of read/write access to this device
> makes the user unable to switch bluetooth on/off (depending on its
> initial state). Thus I'm asking if it would be possible to bump the
> bug severity and provide a way for users to enable rfkill as Fabian
> suggested.


I had a talk with Alexander (gnome-bluetooth's maintainer for Ubuntu):

<asac> its kind of a temporary solution
<asac> thats why putting it in gnome-bluetooth is right
<asac> in the end it should be wrapped in bluez api
<asac> the rationale for adding it now is that otherwise nothing will
work ;)

So in the end it should be included into bluez API but for now I guess
I'll have to use Ubuntu's workaround. 

What do you guys think?