Public bug reported:
The parameter led_mode on the iwlcore module defaults to 0 (blink on
traffic). Having two blue, constantly blinking LEDS (this HP laptop
duplicates the wireless LED) is unfathomably annoying.
I fixed it by installing an /etc/modprobe.d/wlan.conf with these
contents:
# 1 means do not blink
options iwlcore led_mode=1
This disables all blinking, including when associating. (It would be
nice to keep the associating-blink, but I have no idea if this is
possible.)
I think this file should be shipped by default (possibly under a
different name), especially as the Intel wireless chipsets are most
common on laptops, where a blinking LED in the peripheral vision is
rarely a good thing.
In summary:
1) Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
2) linux-backports-modules-wireless-2.6.32-23-generic, 2.6.32-23.16
3) I expected the wireless LED on my Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG, with the
iwl3945/iwlcore driver, to default to not blinking.
4) It defaulted to blinking, possibly giving me a good start on a fatal
aneurysm.
** Affects: linux-backports-modules-2.6.32 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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iwl3945 LED defaults to blinking on traffic
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/605982
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