Blinking KB LEDs meaning?

[Matt Alexander]

I remember reading on Slashdot about a Morse Code kernel patch...  do you
know Morse Code?  ;-)

On Fri, 2 Aug 2002, Alan Dayley wrote:

> This is interesting so I am taking a side step from my real task to learn
> something more about Linux...
>
> I have been using Linux to test a SCSI storage device.  The device is known
> to not be behaving well, hence the need for testing.  I had to Konsole
> shells up, both of them running sg_read commands to the SCSI device.  The
> device caused it's problem.  While Linux was trying to recover, I decided
> to resize the Konsole windows.  Suddenly, everything froze solid.  No
> mouse, no keyboard, screen frozen.
>
> However, the LEDs on the keyboard are now blinking.  The CapsLock and
> ScollLock LEDs are blinking together and the NumLock stays off.  "Cool,
> maybe an error code when my broken test device induces some kernel error,"
> I thought.  A quick search of the internet did not show a decoder ring for
> this blink code.
>
> Anyone know where a decoder ring could be found?
>
> In the mean time, I have some coding to do...
>
> Alan
>
>
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