How to disable on/off led lights?

vilarinux · 2021-01-04 22:37:23

Ok my computer case (sorry, don't know how do you call the piece of metal that "covers" the computer hardware itself, here we call it gabinet) has AWFUL leds, and they just blink right into my face. I know when my computer is on (sounds), I don't need'em. Tried right now to remove the cables and this would be even harder than wait for an answer:

is there any entry on /sys/ or wathever that control these lights? How can I turn them off?

Roken · 2021-01-04 22:41:17

On a n ATX or variant MB they tend to be hardware rather than software controlled. However, how hard is it to remove two pin connectors from the MB?

If you are using a moulded block for your front panel, you can buy individual leads to distance them from the MB and just leave the power/HD LEDs unplugged.

vilarinux · 2021-01-04 22:46:27

The difficult is that this "awesome" gabinet put two sides internally and the external one, causing me to unmount the gabinet in order to reach the correct cable. It's really next to HDD/SDD too

I do have one easy alternative, and this would be remove all cables from the frontal part, meaning inutilizing usb/audio too

Trilby · 2021-01-04 23:12:01

There most likely is an entry in /sys/, but you'd have to explore to find it.

Of course the easiest solution would be to find a nice sticker, and put it over the leds. Get some arch stickers if you want.

Or another alternative would be a bit of paint, or nail polish, or shoe polish, etc.

Last edited by Trilby (2021-01-04 23:17:49)

vilarinux · 2021-01-04 23:15:57

I tried to cover with some paper for now, if I don't find anything I think I'm going to paint it, thanks

icar · 2021-01-05 00:17:08

I'd personally try something like grep -r or similar to search the entire /sys/ for, say, "led"

Last edited by icar (2021-01-05 00:17:39)

Trilby · 2021-01-05 01:38:16

icar, that would not be very productive. The relevant (pseudo-)files will not contain the string "led". There's a fair chance that part of the file path with include the "led" in directory name, but grep will not find this. `find` can, but be sure to include a -depth constraint on any find command you run in the /sys/ filesystem.

Last edited by Trilby (2021-01-05 01:39:00)

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#1 2021-01-04 22:37:23

How to disable on/off led lights?

#2 2021-01-04 22:41:17

Re: How to disable on/off led lights?

#3 2021-01-04 22:46:27

Re: How to disable on/off led lights?

#4 2021-01-04 23:12:01

Re: How to disable on/off led lights?

#5 2021-01-04 23:15:57

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