blinkd(8)

NAME

blinkd - Blinks keyboard LEDs for various purposes.

SYNOPSIS

blinkd [-c] [--capslockled] [-f t] [--off-time=t] [-h] [--help] [-n]
       [--numlockled] [-o t] [--on-time=t] [-p t] [--pause=t] [-r]
       [--no-reopen] [-s] [--scrolllockled] [-t n] [--tcp-port=n] [-v]
       [--version]

DESCRIPTION

The programs blink(1) and blinkd(8) help you to count or to monitor
things like incoming calls on your voice box or incoming faxes. E.g.
they blink Scroll-Lock LED for incoming voice calls and Num-Lock LED
for incoming faxes. Normally, all three LEDs (Num-Lock, Caps-Lock, and Scroll-Lock) are handled. The blink client will ask the blinkd server
to blink the specified LED with the given rate.

BLINKD OPTIONS

-c --capslockled

Handle the Caps-Lock LED. If none of the three LEDs is specified,
the default is to handle all of them.

-f t --off-time=t

Set the off blink time to the value t. The unit is one tenth of a second.

-h --help

Gives a short help on the command line options and exit.

-n --numlockled

Handle the Num-Lock LED. If none of the three LEDs is specified,
the default is to handle all of them.

-o t --on-time=t

Set the on blink time to the value t. The unit is one tenth of a second.

-p t --pause=t

Set the pause time between blinking to the value t. The unit is one tenth of a second.

-r --no-reopen

Don´t allow blinkd to close and re-open /dev/console all the time. This is to prevent disk activity, but may lead to inaccuracy when
switching between virtual consoles.

-s --scrolllockled

Handle the Scroll-Lock LED. If none of the three LEDs is specified, the default is to handle all of them.

-t n --tcp-port=n

Use the tcp port n.

-v --version

Give a short version information and exit.

FILES

/etc/init.d/blinkd starts and stops the blinkd daemon. All options have to be set in /etc/default/blinkd.

AUTHOR

Blinkd/blink is made by W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org>, as well as this manual page.

THANKS

All important code is taken from tleds and xtleds, made by Jouni
Lohikoski <Jouni.Lohikoski@iki.fi>, only the bugs are mine alone. Paul Slootman <paul@debian.org>; corrected some of my typos.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 1998-2001 W. Martin Borgert and released under the GNU
General Public License (GPL). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public
License, Version 3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

A copy of the GNU License is available in this Debian package as
/usr/share/doc/blinkd/copyright.

BUGS

See blink(1) for information on bugs.

DATE

Version 0.4.8 released on 2008-01-18.

AUTHOR

W. Martin Borgert

Author.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 1999-2008 W. Martin Borgert

1999-06-01 BLINKD(8)