Bluetooth on laptop...working but...

(SOLVED) Bluetooth on laptop...working but...

Hey all I have an Acer TravelMate C110, running Ubuntu 8.10, everything works great. My problem is the way I get the bluetooth on is by running this command each time the laptop boots up:

Code:

echo "1" > /proc/driver/acerhk/blueled

My question is, how can I have that command run automatically as the system starts up?


Thanks


--Steve

 

You can add the command to /etc/rc.local. Might also be possible enable this in /etc/sysctl.conf, although I don't know the directive.

 

thanks, I will try this as soon as I get home.

 

i pasted the command into /etc/rc.local, and nothing happens.

 

Before the exit line?

 

Yes......

Code:

#!/bin/sh -e
#
# rc.local
#
# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
# value on error.
#
# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
# bits.
#
# By default this script does nothing.
setserial /dev/ttyS0 port 0x06f8 irq 6 autoconfigure
modprobe acerhk
echo "1" > /proc/driver/acerhk/blueled

exit 0

I did read this and it says ubuntu does not really use the rc.local file anymore....Here 11.6 It looks as if Debian does not use rc.local to customize the boot process; what facilities are provided?

So I tried it it mentions there and still no go....here is what is in that file...maybe I syntax or directive is wrong...not too sure...

/etc/init.d/bluet

Code:

#!/bin/bash
echo "1" > /proc/driver/acerhk/blueled

when I try and run /etc/init.d/bluet start I get this:

Code:

steve@steve-laptop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/bluet start
[sudo] password for steve: 
sudo: /etc/init.d/bluet: command not found
steve@steve-laptop:~$ 

any other ideas?

 

Please use full paths in /etc/rc.local (e.g. /sbin/modprobe instead of modprobe).

 

well tried adding /sbin/modprobe instead but still dont work? thanks....

 

Did you make /etc/init.d/bluet executable?

 

I did not think I did, so I did it and still nothing. I went ahead a made a new file and did the following and still no go....

Code:

steve@steve-laptop:~$ sudo chmod -x /etc/init.d/bluetoo
steve@steve-laptop:~$ ls /etc/init.d/bluetoo
/etc/init.d/bluetoo
steve@steve-laptop:~$ ls -l /etc/init.d/bluetoo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51 2009-02-26 12:25 /etc/init.d/bluetoo
steve@steve-laptop:~$ sudo update-rc.d bluetoo defaults 19
update-rc.d: warning: /etc/init.d/bluetoo missing LSB style header
 Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/bluetoo ...
   /etc/rc0.d/K19bluetoo -> ../init.d/bluetoo
   /etc/rc1.d/K19bluetoo -> ../init.d/bluetoo
   /etc/rc6.d/K19bluetoo -> ../init.d/bluetoo
   /etc/rc2.d/S19bluetoo -> ../init.d/bluetoo
   /etc/rc3.d/S19bluetoo -> ../init.d/bluetoo
   /etc/rc4.d/S19bluetoo -> ../init.d/bluetoo
   /etc/rc5.d/S19bluetoo -> ../init.d/bluetoo
steve@steve-laptop:~$ /etc/init.d/bluetoo start
bash: /etc/init.d/bluetoo: Permission denied
steve@steve-laptop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/bluetoo start
sudo: /etc/init.d/bluetoo: command not found
steve@steve-laptop:~$ 

 

Solved

falko, thanks for all the help, you got me digging in all the right places. It is now working. For some reason when I ran:

Code:

sudo chmod -x /etc/init.d/bluetoo

it did not make it executable as an application. I had to run nautalis as root and check the box that says run as application or something to that effect, did a reboot and the bluetooth started up perfectly.

Thanks again.

--Steve