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chakag

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From: Hong Kong, China

Registered: 2017-01-21

Posts: 6

[SOLVED] How to disable LED indicators on laptop?

The disk-activity led always distracts me from the content of the document I am viewing (maybe I am a sensitive person). I should do something to stop this.

Thanks for any helps.

Last edited by chakag (2017-01-22 13:43:29)

c00ter

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From: Alaskan in Washington State

Registered: 2014-08-28

Posts: 395

Re: [SOLVED] How to disable LED indicators on laptop?

Tape.

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chakag

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From: Hong Kong, China

Registered: 2017-01-21

Posts: 6

Re: [SOLVED] How to disable LED indicators on laptop?

Tape.

The Tape. This is the simplest answer I have ever had.

P/S: But I also want a better answer cause the black tape doesn't make things beatiful.

Last edited by chakag (2017-01-22 13:46:41)

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 19,789

Re: [SOLVED] How to disable LED indicators on laptop?

You may need to do some exploring, but look around in /sys/class/leds for things that sound related to the LED in question.  Follow links to other directories in /sys.  See if you can find a "file' in the sys structure that relates to disabling the LED, setting its state off, maybe turn its brightness down.  Often you can, as root, write to these pseudo files and change the behavior.  YMMV.

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