Add option to completely switch off & on bluetooth device

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This is fixed upstream in gnome-bluetooth which replace bluez-gnome

Is that upstream release already available in Jaunty alpha?

It would be nice to see it in Kubuntu, too.
Kbluetooth works quite well. (Except no audio and no kbluelock, because of crappy bluez backend)..

HiM,
please stick with the subject of the bug.
For a new request open another bug, adding such comment here won't be useful.

thanks.

@ Baptiste Mille-Mathias.
Made a new bugreport for kdebluetooth. Bug #359751
Sry I thougt bluetooth is governed together.

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, I am closing it because the bug has been fixed in the latest development version of Ubuntu - Karmic Koala. It won't be fixed in previous versions of Ubuntu because the package doesn't fit the requirements for backporting. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports for more information.

Good to know! Thanks

Ubuntu Karmic Koala Beta + all upgrades.

The Systems > Preferences > Bluetooth applications does not seem to have an option to switch bluetooth off.

This is located in the applet.

Maybe this is related to my hardware (Thinkpad X61s), but in the applet's preferences menu I have only the following options: "Make computer discoverable" and "Show Bluetooth icon". Nothing related to switching off.

This bug does not seem to be fixed in my case (see the attached snaphots of the screen).

Recent wave of upgrades fixed the bug.