InterfaceLED README file. What is it? ----------- InterfaceLED is a program that uses the keybord LEDs to indicated various things about a specified interface. For example if a network card is sending or receiveing data. How do i install it? -------------------- Put it into /usr/bin, /usr/sbin or some other directory. How do i use it? ---------------- Just run "ifled [tty here] [interface here]" to use the default settings. Use "console" as tty to use the current tty, as interface use the interface you would like to monitor eg: eth0, ppp0. To run the ifled in background add -f to the command line. Example command: ifled console eth0 -f You will probebly need to run ifled as root user. How do i config the LEDs? / How do i get ifled not to touch my num-lock etc? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Look in the list of options from the help (start ifled with no arguments). For exmaple "-c crt" will make num-lock indicate collisions, caps-lock indicate receiveing of data and scroll-lock indicate transmitting of data. A popular LED config is "-c nna" this will make num-lock and caps-lock work as normal (hopefully) and scroll-lock indicate activity (the interface is receiving or transmitting data) Note: You can't use arguments like "-ic nna", use "-i -c nna" insted. How do i get the none option to work in console? ------------------------------------------------ If you can't use your (num,caps,scroll)-lock as normal when you use the none option on them, try the "-a" option it may work. How do i get the none option to work in X? ------------------------------------------ Run ifled before you start X with the same terminal and same user that you will start X with, this seams to work. Any other solution?, mail me. The keybord is weird, keys get stuck etc ---------------------------------------- Try to increase the LED update delay by use the -d parameter. 100ms should solve the problem, if not try to increase even more. Note that the LEDs will flash slower at higher LED update delays. How to i monitor more then one interface? ----------------------------------------- Use the "n" option with the "-c" parameter for example: ./ifled console eth0 -c nna -f // Scroll-lock will flash on activity on eth0 ./ifled console eth1 -c nan -f // Caps-lcok will flash on activity on eth1 ./ifled console eth2 -c ann -f // Num-lock will flash on activity on eth2 The LEDs does not work on some terminals ---------------------------------------- A user in most cases can't change the LED status on a terminal owned by another user even if you run ifled as root user, and I don't know why. Do you know more about this? Mail me. The terminal LEDs gets fu*ked up after i have run ifled ------------------------------------------------------- Try to type "reset", this will do a terminal initialization. Have fun!, and remember to look away every half hour. Mattias Wadman <napolium@sudac.org>
