Cool Hack for the SparcStation (when running OpenBSD)

Started by curtis, February 16, 2003, 11:37:07 AM

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February 16, 2003, 11:37:07 AM
neat trick for any SparcStation running OpenBSD.

In /etc/sysctl.conf set machdep.led_blink=1 and reboot the machine.

This makes the power LED blink (it actually reflects the load average: the slower the blinking the higher the load, the higher the blinking the lower the load!). Sort of the reverse of what you'd expect, but still a handy indicator!

This has been tested on IPX's, SS2's, SS4's, SS5's, and I believe SS10's/SS20's as well -- so it likely works everywhere.... Try it out!
March 13, 2003, 02:11:08 AM #1
Sweet man. Nice little trick.
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April 29, 2003, 06:36:58 PM #2
seems to work on a ultra 10....

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