Re: Das blinkenlights
Daniel Pittman <[email protected]>
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On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 03:13, cr <[email protected]> wrote: > My laptops (Thinkpad A20m, R50) talk to my wireless router using Dick Smith / > TP-Link PCMCIA cards (Atheros chipset). Usually the Status light stays > steady and the Activity light almost never blinks. > > But I just installed Debian 6 Squeeze and the Activity and Status lights flash > together, full brightness, at about 1-second intervals. The card works > fine, but the steady blinking is a bit distracting. > > Has anyone experienced this? Is this a bad sign? A bunch of the wireless drivers picked up the ability to flash the activity LED, rather than just let it stay still, over time. The upgrade probably just pulled in a newer driver and turned on that "feature". I had the same thing happen with the Intel wireless card in my Thinkpad a while back. Daniel -- ♲ Made with 100 percent post-consumer electrons _______________________________________________ NZLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nzlug