Hi,
Yes, I didn't think about it but its pretty natural that the back light is actually the Scroll Lock LED (there are no leds on this keyboard). Using "setleds" while in X shouted back at me: "KDGKBLED: Invalid argument. Error reading current flags setting. Maybe you are not on the console?" (it worked while NOT in X) but searching at bit more about this in Google (how to turn on/off leds in X), I learned that's achievable with "xset led 3" (and '-led' to turn it off). So, Thanks a lot for the help! BTW, That's a 100nis slim TEAC keyboard sold in Office Depot. Pretty comfortable too, IMHO, other than the light feature. Boaz. Ilya Konstantinov wrote: > On 8/5/07, *Boaz Rymland* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > wrote: > > I have this new keyboard which has a nice blue backlight. To > operate it, > one is supposed to press the useless "Scroll lock" key. It works, > but as > I press this key, the light turns on, but the console locks up, ... > > > > Any suggestions? > > > Maybe the backlight functionality actually depends on the Scroll Lock > LED being turned on? > > When you press the Scroll Lock key, the LED isn't turned on by the > keyboard itself, but rather by the computer telling the keyboard to > turn it on. In the same fashion, you can use the setleds(1) utility to > toggle the LEDs (without the effects of actually pressing the > Scroll/Caps/Num-Lock). > > Try setleds +scroll and tell us if it works. > > P.S. Could be useful if you told us the keyboard model. It sounds like > a curious product. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
