blinkd8
Blinks keyboard leds for various purposes.
Usage
blinkd [-c]
[--capslockled]
[-f
t]
[--off-time=t]
[-h]
[--help]
[-n]
[--numlockled]
[-o
t]
[--on-time=t]
[-p
t]
[--pause=t]
[-r]
[--no-reopen]
[-s]
[--scrolllockled]
[-t
n]
[--tcp-port=n]
[-v]
[--version]
Overview
The programs blink(1) and blinkd(8) help you to count or to monitor things like incoming calls on your voice box or incoming faxes. E.g. they blink Scroll-Lock LED for incoming voice calls and Num-Lock LED for incoming faxes. Normally, all three LEDs (Num-Lock, Caps-Lock, and Scroll-Lock) are handled. The blink client will ask the blinkd server to blink the specified LED with the given rate.
Options
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-c --capslockled -
Handle the Caps-Lock LED. If none of the three LEDs is specified, the default is to handle all of them.
-f t --off-time=t
Set the off blink time to the value t. The unit is one tenth of a second.
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-h --help -
Gives a short help on the command line options and exit.
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-n --numlockled -
Handle the Num-Lock LED. If none of the three LEDs is specified, the default is to handle all of them.
-o t --on-time=t
Set the on blink time to the value t. The unit is one tenth of a second.
-p t --pause=t
Set the pause time between blinking to the value t. The unit is one tenth of a second.
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-r --no-reopen -
Don´t allow blinkd to close and re-open /dev/console all the time. This is to prevent disk activity, but may lead to inaccuracy when switching between virtual consoles.
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-s --scrolllockled -
Handle the Scroll-Lock LED. If none of the three LEDs is specified, the default is to handle all of them.
-t n --tcp-port=n
Use the tcp port n.
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-v --version -
Give a short version information and exit.
Files
/etc/init.d/blinkd starts and stops the blinkd daemon. All options have to be set in /etc/default/blinkd.
Thanks
All important code is taken from tleds and xtleds, made by Jouni Lohikoski <[email protected]>, only the bugs are mine alone. Paul Slootman <[email protected]>; corrected some of my typos.
Date
Version 0.4.8 released on 2008-01-18.
Releases
5 releases since Debian 2.2 (Potato); the text changed 3 times.
--no-reopen since Debian 3.0 (Woody);
-r since Debian 3.0 (Woody).