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    WIFI led blinking

    Discussion in 'HP' started by amazing-boy, Apr 1, 2009.

  1. amazing-boy

    amazing-boy Notebook Evangelist

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    I have an HP 6510b qith Arch Linux and whenever there are available wifi nets the led blinks continuosly.
    This is average annoying.
    Ho Can I force it to stay on without blinking ?
     
    amazing-boy, Apr 1, 2009
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    weirdo81622 Notebook Evangelist

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    Does it blink the same way on other operatic systems? If so, it's probably a motherboard "feature". One thing you can do if you really don't want the light to blink, and don't mind loosing the light altogether, is to take the computer apart and put a piece of black tape over the LED to stop it from showing.
     
    weirdo81622, Apr 1, 2009
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  3. amazing-boy

    amazing-boy Notebook Evangelist

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    Obvoiusly no.
    It blinks only with Arch Linux.

    When I used Xubuntu the light was off at all.

    But I'd like to see it on when a connection is established.
     
    amazing-boy, Apr 2, 2009
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    ---- uppi !! ----
     
    amazing-boy, Apr 8, 2009
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  5. Convoluted

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    Green sticker over the LED?
     
    Convoluted, Apr 8, 2009
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