Linux LED Commands

Michael Haney thezorch at gmail.com
Fri Apr 17 14:21:26 UTC 2009


On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Steve Reilly <sfreilly at roadrunner.com> wrote:
> Michael Haney wrote:
>> What are the commands for turning on and off LEDs in Linux, if any.  I
>> have a program that lets you turn them on or off but you need to know
>> the commands.  A Google search hasn't helped.  Any ideas?
>>
>
> have a look at xset? not sure what led's your looking at, i think these
> are mainly for keyboard maybe monitor didnt read that far
>

I posed the same question to the Ubuntu Users Group I'm on and they
pointed me to a blog that suggested.

xset led 3
xset -led 3

For turning off and on the Scroll Lock LED light on the keyboard.
This is what I was looking for.

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