Show me your state, linux!

[chrizzo]

Hi, I have a question:
How can Linux signalize me its status with the LEDs on the keyboard?
My Linux Box doesn't have a Screen, so i cant see, if he has finished booting or something.
I want 2 things to do:
1. Whe he has finished booting, and ready to login, he should switch a LED on the Keyboard on. (Numlock or the others).
2. When he is shut down, and when its safe to turn off, he should switch that LED off.

THX

[njcajun]

telnet to the box. If you can't telnet to it, then get a Belkin 4-Port Cube so you can share use one monitor with more than one computer.

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Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will use it.

[Pierre Lambion]

Check man setleds. With something like setleds +num you should be able to light you num led from rc.local.
You could also imagine a small bash script to flash n times your leds at regular interval (using cron maybe).

You could then turn leds off in your shutdown runlevel.

P.

[This message has been edited by Pierre Lambion (edited 19 January 2001).]