Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 06:31:10 -0400 From: Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca> To: Alex Kosorukoff <alex@3form.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Console ioctl in FBSD Message-ID: <20000513063110.A8456@mad> In-Reply-To: <391CD124.C8EAAEBD@3form.com>; from Alex Kosorukoff on Fri, May 12, 2000 at 10:51:00PM -0500 References: <391CD124.C8EAAEBD@3form.com>
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On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 10:51:00PM -0500, Alex Kosorukoff wrote: > > I try to control keyboard LEDs with ioctl calls but they don't work. > Despite ioctl returns success, LEDs will not turn on/off. The same code FWIW, it worked for me on ~3.4-R. > works fine on Linux (with a change of <machine/console.h> to > <linux/kd.h>. Is it a bug or feature of FBSD? How to make it work? > > The code is following: > > #include <stdio.h> > #include <stdlib.h> > #include <fcntl.h> > #include <sys/ioctl.h> > #include <machine/console.h> > > main(int argc, char *argv[]) { > char leds; > > if ( ioctl( 0, KDGETLED, &leds ) ) { > fprintf(stderr,"Can't get leds\n"); > exit(1); > } > if ( ioctl( 0, KDSETLED, leds | LED_CAP ) ) { > fprintf(stderr,"Can't set leds\n"); > exit(1); > } > printf("Caps lock should glow\n"); > getchar(); > ioctl( 0, KDSETLED, leds ); > exit(0); > } > > Sincerely, > Alex > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- Signature withheld by request of author. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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