[ltp] Problems with (non-Lenovo) battery

[Robert Tomsick]

On Sun, 2010-12-12 at 21:34 +0000, Ted Frater wrote:
> Robert Tomsick wrote:
> > On Sun, 2010-12-12 at 15:27 +0100, Arno Trautmann wrote:
> >> Two questions, short one first:
> >> The wifi-light of my machine keeps blinking. The connection is ok and
> >> stable, but it blinks with about 2Hz frequency. This is quite annoying
> >> when I try to concentrate. Any idea to prevent it from blinking?
> >>     
> >
> > That is normal operation.  IIRC the blink behavior is controlled by
> > drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-led.c for Intel cards.
> >
> > I'm not sure if there's a way to control the LED without patching the
> > driver.  /proc/acpi/ibm/led allows control over most of the LEDs, but I
> > don't think it allows you to control the wireless one.
>
> Can you  not stick a patch over the offending led?

This appears to be a classic case of the clash between the software and
hardware folks. ;)

On a serious note, yes, obviously that would work.