---
name: "blinkd"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "blinkd"
version: "0.4.8-0.1"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/blinkd/8"
---

# blinkd(8)

Blinks keyboard LEDs for various purposes.

## NAME

blinkd - Blinks keyboard LEDs for various purposes.

## SYNOPSIS

**blinkd** \[**-c**\] \[**--capslockled**\] \[**-f** *t*\] \[**--off-time=***t*\] \[**-h**\] \[**--help**\] \[**-n**\] \[**--numlockled**\] \[**-o** *t*\] \[**--on-time=***t*\] \[**-p** *t*\] \[**--pause=***t*\] \[**-r**\] \[**--no-reopen**\] \[**-s**\] \[**--scrolllockled**\] \[**-t** *n*\] \[**--tcp-port=***n*\] \[**-v**\] \[**--version**\]

## DESCRIPTION

The programs [blink(1)](/blink/1.md) and [blinkd(8)](/blinkd/8.md) help you to count or to monitor things like incoming calls on your voice box or incoming faxes. E.g. they blink Scroll-Lock LED for incoming voice calls and Num-Lock LED for incoming faxes. Normally, all three LEDs (Num-Lock, Caps-Lock, and Scroll-Lock) are handled. The blink client will ask the blinkd server to blink the specified LED with the given rate.

## BLINKD OPTIONS

- **-c** **--capslockled**

  Handle the Caps-Lock LED. If none of the three LEDs is specified, the default is to handle all of them.

**-f** *t* **--off-time=***t*

Set the off blink time to the value *t*. The unit is one tenth of a second.

- **-h** **--help**

  Gives a short help on the command line options and exit.

- **-n** **--numlockled**

  Handle the Num-Lock LED. If none of the three LEDs is specified, the default is to handle all of them.

**-o** *t* **--on-time=***t*

Set the on blink time to the value *t*. The unit is one tenth of a second.

**-p** *t* **--pause=***t*

Set the pause time between blinking to the value *t*. The unit is one tenth of a second.

- **-r** **--no-reopen**

  Don´t allow blinkd to close and re-open */dev/console* all the time. This is to prevent disk activity, but may lead to inaccuracy when switching between virtual consoles.

- **-s** **--scrolllockled**

  Handle the Scroll-Lock LED. If none of the three LEDs is specified, the default is to handle all of them.

**-t** *n* **--tcp-port=***n*

Use the tcp port *n*.

- **-v** **--version**

  Give a short version information and exit.

## FILES

*/etc/init.d/blinkd* starts and stops the blinkd daemon. All options have to be set in */etc/default/blinkd*.

## AUTHOR

Blinkd/blink is made by W. Martin Borgert \<debacle@debian.org\>, as well as this manual page.

## THANKS

All important code is taken from tleds and xtleds, made by Jouni Lohikoski \<Jouni.Lohikoski@iki.fi\>, only the bugs are mine alone. Paul Slootman \<paul@debian.org\>; corrected some of my typos.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 1998-2001 W. Martin Borgert and released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

A copy of the GNU License is available in this Debian package as */usr/share/doc/blinkd/copyright*.

## BUGS

See [blink(1)](/blink/1.md) for information on bugs.

## DATE

Version 0.4.8 released on 2008-01-18.

## AUTHOR

**W. Martin Borgert**

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  Author.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 1999-2008 W. Martin Borgert\