Re: Das blinkenlights
cr <[email protected]>
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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 _______________________________________________ NZLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nzlug