set LED command 1

[we2aresame]

Anyone can tell me the command use to set LED, for example make the LED show 888 even the box is runing very well, thanks.

 

[unixtechie]

HUH?

 

[franksoprano]

What I think he means is that he wants to be able to display something on the LED panel while the system is up to play a pratical joke on someone..

 

[usige]

we2aresame,
The command you are looking for is:

/usr/lib/methods/showled

If you wan't it to appear that the system has crashed you could do something like:

while [ 0 ]
do
  /usr/lib/methods/showled 0x888
  sleep 1
  /usr/lib/methods/showled
  sleep 1
done

I did this on a test system to one of my junior SA's when I was going on vacation. System was still blinking 2 weeks later. Oh well guess most people don't look.

Hope that helps.

 

[Morsing]

Hmm... Just tried this but 0x888 gives "0888" not "888".
How would you show a whole string like "888 102 700"? It only shows 0888?

Cheers

Henrik Morsing
Certified AIX 4.3 Systems Administration
& p690 Technical Support