You might want to try this instead: http://lcdproc.omnipotent.net/
it's a little lcd display going for about $70 which will show you all kinds of system information, including whether you have mail, etc. -thomas On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Paul Miller wrote: > From: Paul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian User <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 22:19:31 -0400 (EDT) > Subject: biff/new mail - blink LED indicators on keyboard > > > Anyone know how I could have a cool LED animation when new mail arrives > (when I'm logged in or not)? Something like a bouncing effect for the > first couple seconds and then have the scroll lock blink once every five > minutes or so... > > I have a program called 'bl' that does make the keyboard lights blink, but > it only works if I'm logged on and I'm using the same tty as where it was > executed -- ie, "sleep 3; bl -c console" doesn't work when I switch to > another VC before sleep expires.. I don't know how it would work in X... > > Anyone else tried this? > > -Paul > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
