---
name: "strobelight"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "rocklight"
version: "0.1-1"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/strobelight"
---

# strobelight(1)

a standalone strobelight for Thinklights on IBM Thinkpads

## NAME

**strobelight - a standalone strobelight for Thinklights on IBM Thinkpads**

## SYNOPSIS

rocklight *\<start time\>* *\<stop time\>*

## DESCRIPTION

rocklight is a standalone strobelight which uses the Thinklight present on several IBM Thinkpads, through the ibm-acpi kernel module.

## OPTIONS

**start time, stop time** Time to start and stop the strobelightning.

## AUTHOR

rocklight was written by Benedikt Heinz (hunz@hunz.org).

This manual page was written by Jose Parrella \<joseparrella@cantv.net\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).