> after each byte, downloaded from the internet, the CAPS LOCK led blinks. [poor you - you must have a slow connection] Two possibilities: (i) blink from user space, (ii) blink from kernel space. There is a program setleds in the kbd distribution that sets the leds. Source fragment: int setleds(char leds) { if (ioctl(0, KDSETLED, leds)) { perror("KDSETLED"); return -1; } return 0; } There is also a kernel routine that accepts kernel calls: See keyboard.c, routines register_leds(), setledstate(). In ancient times people used this for "blinkenlights". Have not checked recently whether this still works. Andries cc'd to l-k -- no doubt there are people that'll want to play with the lights again - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/