Re: Das blinkenlights

cr <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.org.user-groups.linux.new-zealand.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Friday 07 October 2011 09:19:26 Nick Rout wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 11:13 PM, 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.
>
> I hear that black nail polish is good for fixing annoying leds.

I'd thought of that, but I prefer to be a little less drastic.   A small bit 
of a Post-it note stuck in the right place should do (same as I use over the 
far-too-bright 'high beam' warning light on my car dash.   It lets through 
some light at a non-distracting intensity.)

> > Has anyone experienced this?    Is this a bad sign?
> >
> > cr

I gather from the comments that my wireless card is not about to catch fire...

cr

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