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Requirements: gcc libc6 bash or compatible shell linked to /bin/sh for kbdleds-control perl for kbdleds-server /dev/console

Installation: Unzip the tarball. make su root make install make install-tools

Uninstallation: Either delete the file /usr/bin/kbdleds manually or cd into the directory containing the makefile and do a make uninstall.

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General Usage: From the command line

kbdleds requires read and write access to /dev/console to run. Arguments passed to it on the command line are processed in the order that they are specified. To see a list of supported options, run kbdleds with the -h switch.

Using kbdleds like a system daemon:

Use the kbdleds-control script to control kbdleds like a system daemon.

/usr/local/etc/kbdleds-control {start|stop|restart}

To get it to work properly, you will need to edit the line starting with PATTERN= to set the pattern (or set it to cat path/to/pattern.file to use a file.)

Using kbdleds in a server:

Use the kbdleds-server script to run kbdleds as a tcp server. After connecting to the server, data sent by the client is put onto the command line after kbdleds. It also allows non-privelidged processes access to the leds. NOTE: Log messages generated by the script and sent to STDERR.

/usr/local/etc/kbdleds-server