[olpc-help] lights next to screen rotation button

[spider3]

phigan wrote:
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> lacrosse wrote:
> > I can't find any explanation of the two lights to the right of the screen rotation button.  I assume they have something to do with connecting the internet but I can't find an explanation anywhere as to how they work.
> 
> 
> I believe  their function -could- change in the future, but from what I've noticed: the left one is the regular wireless interface, it lights up solid when you are connected to an access point (it may flash on activity or connection, not 100% sure on why it flashes). the right one is the mesh wireless interface (mine is called msh0_rename), which i'm assuming flashes every once in a while because it's searching for other nodes to mesh with.
> 
> I'm no expert, so this stuff is just a guess.
> 
> - Joe


Here's a fairly definitive statement on these two indicators:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Power_Management
(it's about 1/3 of the way down the page)

Joe's supposition was correct.
jay