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    G1 Wireless Indicator Light

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Confy, Jan 27, 2007.

  1. Confy

    Confy Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi Guys,

    Apologies if this has been posted before. I've been reading a lot about the G1 over the last couple of months and I've yet to come across this question but if it's out there just point me in the right direction.

    When using a wireless network connection, the indicator light flashes orange to indicate activity. Is there any way to disable this or change it to a static state?

    Thanks
    Confy
     
    Confy, Jan 27, 2007
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    m477hew Notebook Consultant

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    I don't believe there's an easy way to do that...may i suggest duck tape? lol
     
    m477hew, Jan 27, 2007
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    Confy Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hehe, I've actually already put electrical tape over it :)
     
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    It is possible to disable this LED in Linux - by telling the driver to do so. So it should probably be possible to do in Windows, but I have no idea how.

    By the way, it is also possible in Linux, using asus_acpi, to control the "evil eye" next to the touchpad, and green "gaming" leds on sides of the LCD :)
     
    tanis, Jan 28, 2007
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    I'm running Kubuntu and I was wondering what I have to do turn these lights on and off. Could you help me out?
     
    specialbuddy, Jan 28, 2007
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    tanis Notebook Enthusiast

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    As for Wireless LED, the file to control it is:
    /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw3945/0000:03:00.0/led
    (0000:03:00.0 might be different in your case)

    You just do echo 0 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw3945/0000:03:00.0/led to disable this led, and echo 1 > (...) to enable it.

    I am not sure if everything is fine after the led has been disables, but the LED is not blinking anymore, and the device still can scan networks in range. Haven't tested if it can connect to the AP yet - I don't have wireless yet.

    If you want to control other LEDs, the only acpi4asus version which lets you do this on G1 is this one:
    http://xf.iksaif.net/acpi4asus/experimental/asus_acpi-0.33-experimental-20070113.tar.bz2
    But it is highly experimental so far. And it doesn't support the gaming led yet, I had added it by myself, but expect the new version of acpi4asus to have that led supported :)

    I don't know what version of kubuntu you are running, but you should expect problems with kernel, alsa and audio card after kernel upgrade, see this thread for details on how to fix it (unfortunatelly it requires recompilation of the kernel, or at least its modules):
    http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-3868687.html
     
    tanis, Jan 29, 2007
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