Dell vostro 2520 switch off bluetooth

Question

I've got vostro 2520. The thing that annoys me is that by default it switches on bluetooth as addition to wifi & i have to switch it off after every reboot :(
Can i save the state switched of for bluetooth as a default? this is to prolong battery life.
I didn't find an answer to this googling. Could you help me?

Answer 1

1. Open /etc/rc.local in a text editor, e.g.

   gksudo gedit /etc/rc.local
   

2. Just above the exit 0 line, add a line

   rfkill block all
   

3. Save the file and close the editor.

4. Reboot and notice Bluetooth and WiFi are switched off (as well as other radios - see below).

For other readers who want to script radios individually, it's possible to replace all with wifi (same as wlan), bluetooth, uwb (same as ultrawideband), wimax, wwan, gps and fm.

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Addendum - as OP edited his answer.

The contents of this in /etc/rc.local (complete) works for disabling Bluetooth every boot:

#!/bin/sh -e
rfkill block bluetooth
exit 0