Subject: Re: Controlling the Qube light and other hardware adventures
To: Ted Unangst <tedu@stanford.edu>
From: Mind <mindphunked@yahoo.com>
List: port-cobalt
Date: 01/24/2003 02:05:37
Wow that's excellent! I found your post. I'll give it
a try. Thanks!

-Mind


--- Ted Unangst <tedu@stanford.edu> wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Mind wrote:
> 
> > I notice when the Qube boots it flashes it's front
> > light on and off. Has anyone tried to control the
> > light? I would love to be able to turn it on and
> off
> > or have it as an HD activity indicator.
> 
> i had some code that let me blink it on and off.  if
> you pull the old
> kinda driver from the archives, there's a
> LED_ADDRESS define.  writing a 1
> to that address turns the light on, writing a 0
> turns it off.  it's not
> the best interface, but you can add it to the ioctl
> and control it with
> a program.  hth.
> 
> 
> 
> --
> "If you take out the killings, Washington actually
> has a very very
> low crime rate."
>       - M. Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC
> 


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