windows device manager equivalent for bazzite?
context: I am not a linux pro. I literally installed bazzite today for the first time and it is my first linux distro ever, I just want to finally get rid of windows before they force me into windows 11
the problem: I want to disable the bluetooth part of my bluetooth/wifi card because the bluetooth part is for whatever reason very bad in terms of range. on windows I just disabled it within the device manager. without disabling that it's prioritizing my bluetoothcard instead of the usb dongle I want to use. I'd just unplug the whole card, but I need wifi.
the question: is there a device manager equivalent for bazzite? or another potentially better way of dealing with my problem?
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you can outright disable the bluetooth device by unbinding it from the driver using a udev rule (i have to do this on my machine as i use it for passthrough)
file: /etc/udev/rules.d/98-disable-bt-device.rules
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Have you seen the solutions utilizing udev rules for this type of thing? You might have to play with the exact details to disable to correct device, but something like this: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1423750/how-to-disable-the-onboard-bluetooth-but-keep-the-new-add-on-usb-bluetooth-enabl
(you don't actually need to reboot, just do a "sudo udevadm control --reload-rules && sudo udevadm trigger" after you write the rule)
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I would hope that wouldn't also disable the wifi, but not sure how that shows up. Alternatively, you might be able to use rfkill to sort that out.
On kde plasma you can turn off BT adapters individually
That's considerably easier 🙂
I am on kde, where exactly can I Turn off each Adapter individually?
I think you're looking at settings -> bluetooth -> configure in the upper right corner
I only have one BT controller, but my guess is you'll see 2?
Yes, you see 2 and can switch between them
okay yeah found it must've been blind because I was in these settings for hours yesterday.
for full transparency I've found another way I worked on this morning: I've unplugged the bluetooth/wificard -> started pc -> paired and connected all my devices with the dongle -> shut down pc -> plugged in the wifi/bluetooth card again -> started pc -> profit
Solution
you can outright disable the bluetooth device by unbinding it from the driver using a udev rule (i have to do this on my machine as i use it for passthrough)
file: /etc/udev/rules.d/98-disable-bt-device.rules
7-7:1.0 will be different for you, you will have to figure out the pci path for it
you can find the different paths inside ls /sys/bus/usb/drivers/btusb/
each number set is a different deviceworked like a charm 👍🏻