On Sun, Sep 19, 1999 at 11:42:09PM -0700, Robbie Stone wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I just recompiled my kernel to support ethertalk and I added the BLINK
> to see what it was and if it was cool. Well it's neat and all...but how
> do I mess with the blink rates? 

Actually the blink rate is dependant on the load average:

period = 1s + load average

that is, you'll get 1hz blink with an idle machine, but 0,1hz at 9 units
of load average ... I once bumped mu IPC to a 1mn period :)

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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