[SOLVED] What is starting this disabled service?

lxs602 · 06-12-2019, 01:39 PM

I have disabled the bluetooth service using:

Quote:

systemctl disable bluetooth.service

and using systemd-manager, but it still starts at boot-time. I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 amd64.

If it is being activated by another service, how can I find and stop it?

I would like to stop it from loading in the first place, rather than stop it afterwards, for example by putting a line in /etc/rc.local.

I also want to activate it when needed, and so I would prefer not make bluetooth.service unexectuable or use similar hacks.

Thanks very much.

ferrari · 06-12-2019, 02:50 PM

To prevent it starting at all you could mask it with

Code:

systemctl mask bluetooth.service

However, to find other services that rely on it (and so start it) examine the dependency chain with

Code:

systemctl list-dependencies bluetooth --reverse

lxs602 · 06-14-2019, 09:38 AM

Thanks. It turned out to be tlp. I edited the entry for it, according to the post by Hod here, to stop it from starting bluetooth:

https://superuser.com/questions/1447...-at-boot-linux

ferrari · 06-14-2019, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Thanks. It turned out to be tlp.

There you go.

ondoho · 06-15-2019, 02:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lxs602

Thanks. It turned out to be tlp. I edited the entry for it, according to the post by Hod here, to stop it from starting bluetooth:

https://superuser.com/questions/1447...-at-boot-linux

great!
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