Bug 185625

Summary: notification method: keyboard scroll lock light blinking
Product: [I don't know] kde Reporter: Dimitris Karnoutsos <dkarnout>
Component: generalAssignee: Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: wishlist CC: ktzanida
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Ubuntu   
OS: Unspecified   
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Attachments: Script that blinks the scroll lock LED

Description Dimitris Karnoutsos 2009-02-26 17:35:26 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE 4.2.0)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

I find it a nice idea, to have another choice to notify the user by blinking the keyboard's scroll lock light for some seconds maybe. It might be the most distinctive notification.

Thank you
Comment 1 Tz. Konstantinos 2009-02-26 21:45:38 UTC 
That would be nice, as an alternative. In specific cycles with no pop-ups.
Comment 2 Dimitris Karnoutsos 2009-02-27 15:09:42 UTC 
Created attachment 31684 [details]
Script that blinks the scroll lock LED

This file can be excecuted by knotify (manually added at notification settings of every application (e.g. kopete). See remarks for execution.
Uses "xset led". In my machine needs "xset led 3" to work for scroll lock, but this can be adopted easily.