Whenever I turn my bluetooth off from the settings menu, it's back on after reboot. I know this has already been asked but I've tried all answers that have been provided and nothing seems to work.
The most popular suggestion is: Run sudoedit /etc/rc.local
and add this before line with exit 0:
rfkill block bluetooth
When I do this, an empty file opens up and it's not even rc.local
if I'm correct. (see screenshot).
I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
If I run ls -l /etc/rc.local
this comes up:
If I run: sudo rfkill list all
:
I've tried everything in this link except installing BUM: How can I deactivate Bluetooth on system startup?
Best Answer
I've tested this and it's persistent across reboots.
Click the bluetooth logo between the keyboard and battery icons on the system tray. Then click the "Bluetooth ON" selection and it changes to "Bluetooth OFF":
After comments I discovered that Ubuntu 18.04 with Gnome interface doesn't work like Ubuntu 16.04 with Unity interface.
The solution is to edit
/etc/default/tlp
and find:Edit the last line to read: