Radio Device Switching

This section contains settings to switch builtin bluetooth, Wi-Fi and WWAN devices on system boot or shutdown and depending on the power source.

For more event based switching refer to Radio Device Wizard.

RESTORE_DEVICE_STATE_ON_STARTUP

This parameter is deprecated since version 1.10, do not use anymore

RESTORE_DEVICE_STATE_ON_STARTUP=0

Restores radio device state (builtin Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, WWAN) from previous shutdown on boot:

0 – disable
1 – enable

Default when unconfigured: 0

Important

The parameters DEVICES_TO_DISABLE_ON_STARTUP/SHUTDOWN below are ignored when this feature is enabled
Debian and Ubuntu packages mask systemd-rfkill.service because it implements identical functionality; to mimic the systemd default behavior, set RESTORE_DEVICE_STATE_ON_STARTUP=1

DEVICES_TO_DISABLE_ON_STARTUP

DEVICES_TO_DISABLE_ON_STARTUP="bluetooth nfc wifi wwan"

Disables builtin radio devices on boot:

bluetooth
nfc – Near Field Communication (NFC)
wifi – Wireless LAN (Wi-Fi)
wwan – Wireless Wide Area Network (3G/UMTS, 4G/LTE, 5G)

Multiple devices are separated with blanks.

DEVICES_TO_ENABLE_ON_STARTUP

DEVICES_TO_ENABLE_ON_STARTUP="wifi"

Linux enables all builtin radio devices by default. In case of exception you can use this setting to enable the missing devices on boot. Possible values are as above.

Note

The following settings apply only at the moment where the TLP profile (or power source) actually changes.

DEVICES_TO_ENABLE_ON_AC

DEVICES_TO_ENABLE_ON_AC="bluetooth nfc wifi wwan"

Version 1.9 and newer

Enables builtin radio devices when changing to the performance profile.

Version 1.8 and older

Enables builtin radio devices when AC power is plugged in.

Possible values are as above.

DEVICES_TO_DISABLE_ON_BAT

DEVICES_TO_DISABLE_ON_BAT="bluetooth nfc wifi wwan"

Version 1.9 and newer

Disables builtin radio devices regardless of their connection state when changing to the balanced or power-saver profile.

Version 1.8 and older

Disables builtin radio devices regardless of their connection state when changing to battery power.

Possible values are as above.

DEVICES_TO_DISABLE_ON_BAT_NOT_IN_USE

DEVICES_TO_DISABLE_ON_BAT_NOT_IN_USE="bluetooth nfc wifi wwan"

Version 1.9 and newer

Disables builtin radio devices that are not connected when changing to the balanced or power-saver profile.

Version 1.8 and older

Disables builtin radio devices that are not connected when changing to battery power.

Possible values are as above.

Note

Do not use both DEVICES_TO_DISABLE_ON_BAT and DEVICES_TO_DISABLE_ON_BAT_NOT_IN_USE for the same radio device because DEVICES_TO_DISABLE_ON_BAT always has precendence.