In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: > >I have a program called 'bl' that does make the keyboard lights blink, but >it only works if I'm logged on and I'm using the same tty as where it was >executed -- ie, "sleep 3; bl -c console" doesn't work when I switch to >another VC before sleep expires.. I don't know how it would work in X...
I think your problem here is that the kernel keeps state for each VC independently, including the state of the keyboard LEDs. You may be able to get round this by running a script as root that calls bl or similar for all the visible VCs... -- Steve McIntyre, CURS CCE, Cambridge, UK. [EMAIL PROTECTED] <a href=http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~stevem/>My home page</a> "Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky, +------------------ "Tongue-tied & twisted, Just an earth-bound misfit, I..." |Finger for PGP key -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
