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I'm new to Ubuntu but somewhat familiar with PCI. I noticed that when I disable networking (by unchecking the 'Enable Networking') the eth controller moves to D3 state (sudo lspci -vv), but that also means I have no WiFi and it too moves to D3.

Is it possible to 'decouple' the two? I never use the eth, and would like to have it turned off / in D3 in order to save power, but would still like to have WiFi.

Thanks in advance...

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  • possible duplicate of Disable Ethernet permanently to speed up boot time
    – papukaija
    Jul 6, 2013 at 21:18
  • The proposed duplicate question was asked for a different purpose (improve boot time) than yours (save battery time) but it answers your question.
    – papukaija
    Jul 6, 2013 at 21:19
  • @papukaija I don't think that question is relevant here since when I rmmod the driver the device is still on (D0).
    – Nabeel
    Jul 6, 2013 at 21:44
  • @papukaija I've tried the method described in your link, and still in D0. So this is definitely not a duplicate.
    – Nabeel
    Jul 6, 2013 at 22:01

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try sudo ifdown eth0 which disables the interface

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  • I get ifdown: interface eth0 not configured since eth0 is not up. Dstate remains D0 anyway.
    – Nabeel
    Jul 6, 2013 at 21:10

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