Yeah it's really weird and a total pain in the butt. I'm goin to keep it in this state for another day or so and see how it behaves.

The test script I use is:

#!/bin/sh
pattern=PatternCommunicationSMS
dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=com.nokia.mce /com/nokia/mce/request com.nokia.mce.request.req_led_pattern_activate string:$pattern
sleep 10
dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=com.nokia.mce /com/nokia/mce/request com.nokia.mce.request.req_led_pattern_deactivate string:$pattern

Is there a command or a flag for dbus-send to make it much more verbose? When it works I can obviously see the LED pulse.

When I have this problem, the script runs as normal but I'd like to see some debug info. Might help to shed some light on the failure.

Cheers.