In article <20080123212309.59e37957@cs.columbia.edu> Steven wrote:
: The Bluetooth light is glowing on my laptop, which I assume means that
: the device is enabled and hence using power.  How can I disable and/or
: prevent that?  All of the bt variables default to "NO"
: in /etc/defaults/rc.conf, and I don't change any of them in rc.conf.
: Running 'btconfig ubt0 down' doesn't turn off the light.  This is
: 4.99.49/amd64 from Monday.

  What kind of laptop is it?

  On my IBM Thinkpad T42p the light is on, even if I don't have a
device driver for the bluetooth adapter compiled into the kernel.
IIUC you can turn it off using the new thinkpad@acpi driver.

					yours,
					dillo