Turn off the leds

[Račka]

Hi everyone!👋

 

I would like to turn off the leds on my Orange Pi 5.
I already tried this with no success, since I can't find the mentioned files (I have /sys/class/leds/status_led instead of red/orangepi etc.).

Any tips? Thank you in advance! 🙂

[Werner]

Since there are no standards vendors of more or less cheap boards follow names are not standardized. Try something like find /sys |grep led|grep trigger

[royk]

echo none | sudo tee /sys/class/leds/status_led/trigger

 

To set it "permanent" add this line to rc.local

echo none > /sys/class/leds/status_led/trigger

 

The red LED you can't turn off by software, the ethernet LED I expect it is possible, but I don't know how.

Edited February 26, 2023 by royk

[Tony3]

Cover it with a piece  of plastic? Lol

[Werner]

14 hours ago, Tony3 said:

Cover it with a piece  of plastic? Lol

I assume OP is preferring a software-based solution but I like your thinking

[Račka]

Thank you all!
Is there any chance to turn off also the ethernet LED?

[royk]

I guess this needs to be done in the driver, so no easy switch unless you could make that. I've seen there is some information (GitHub commits) how they did with the RPI4.

 

Tony's advice will be easier😁

[Arturo Alee]

Try with

echo none | sudo tee /sys/class/leds/green_led/trigger
echo none | sudo tee /sys/class/leds/blue_led/trigger

I'm running Ubuntu on Orange Pi 5 Plus, but should be similar.