Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 18:44:09 -0500 From: Benjamin Lewis <bhlewis@gte.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Keyboard LEDs Message-ID: <199801152344.SAA13025@gte.net>
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Hi-
I've tried to find the answer to this question in the mailing list archives,
but the hub.freebsd.org disk failure seems to have put the archives out of
business for the past few days. Hopefully this isn't a question that gets
asked twice a week.
I've gotten vgetty working pretty well on my system, and I've been trying to
get one of the keyboard LEDs to blink when there is a message.
The problem is that the LEDs only seem to change state when there is some
other reason to do so, e.g. the Caps Lock key is pressed. That is, I can
do the following:
% xset led 3
<nothing happens>
Press Caps Lock
<both "Caps Lock" and "Scroll Lock" light>
Press Caps Lock
<"Caps Lock" goes out, "Scroll Lock" still lit>
% xset -led 3
<again, nothing>
Press Caps Lock
<"Caps Lock" lights, "Scroll Lock" goes out>
So, I can get the Scroll Lock LED to blink, but only if I'm sitting there
pressing the Caps Lock key repeatedly. Obviously, this does not really help
me see whether I have messages from across the room :)
Any suggestions? Anyone else with this problem? Is it just my (admittedly
cheap-o) keyboard?
Configuration information:
FreeBSD ylana.gte.net 3.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT #0: Thu Dec 18 03:06:42
EST 1997 bhlewis@ylana.gte.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/YLANA i386
XFree86 Version 3.3.1 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
Release Date: August 4 1997
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer
than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Operating System: FreeBSD 3.0-970520-SNAP i386
Configured drivers:
Mach64: accelerated server for ATI Mach64 graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0)
Keyboard: Mitsumi KPQ-E99ZC-13/ USA Model KPQEA4ZA (both model numbers appear
on the bottom of the keyboard) 104-key AT
Thank you,
-Ben
--
Benjamin Lewis
bhlewis@gte.net -or- bhlewis@purdue.edu
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