Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!pacbell.com!decwrl!claris!UUCP!peirce From: peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Keyboard light wierdness Message-ID: Date: 22 Jun 91 16:44:37 GMT Reply-To: peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) Organization: Peirce Software Lines: 24 X-Mailer: uAccess - Mac Release: 1.5 In article <1991Jun22.032730.26062@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, ml27192@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Mark Lanett) writes: > resnick@cogsci.uiuc.edu (Pete Resnick) writes: > > >I was always disappointed that the keyboard lights for num lock and > >scroll lock did not do anything too nifty with most programs. Well, > >now, under system 7, all three lock lights, seem to like to go on and > >off in different wonderful patterns whenever the heck they feel like > >it. Has anyone else seen such behavior? I am not running anything > >particularly strange, so I would like to hone in on what is causing > >this. > > Probably someone's dropped an init like KeyLights into your machine. Leaving > your machine unprotected, Pete? Could be, but on my machines at home (completely protected - except from cats!) I've often observed my num lock LED getting turned on. This behavior predates System 7. -- Michael Peirce -- outpost!peirce@claris.com -- Peirce Software -- Suite 301, 719 Hibiscus Place -- Macintosh Programming -- San Jose, California 95117 -- & Consulting -- (408) 244-6554, AppleLink: PEIRCE