Suzuka Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 I recently read a post about making the macbooks single button into a two button by replacing a kext. So this got me thinking, if a certain kext is replaced in my imac with one from an ibook, I can shut off my moniter by turning the brightness down. anyone with an iBook(and maybe a macbook) wanna help me with this? and does anybody no what kext (if any) is used? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Oh dear, the monitor discussion again. Here are my issues with this problem: 1. Is there a Terminal command that can do this (which I thought other *nix systems had this)? If so, I can cobble an AppleScript in ten seconds for everyone to turn off their monitors. 2. As always, I recommend making an all black picture, saving it in a custom folder, and making that your screensaver. It's a stopgap measure, yes, but it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzuka Posted October 7, 2006 Author Share Posted October 7, 2006 do shell script ("pmset dim 1") password ¬ "your_password" with administrator privileges delay 70 do shell script ("pmset dim 30") password ¬ "Your_password" with administrator privileges that shuts it off after a minute, anyone wanna try to edit it to work in one second? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 delay 70 = delay 70 seconds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzuka Posted October 8, 2006 Author Share Posted October 8, 2006 delay 70 = delay 70 seconds well the delay is how long untill the script stops do shell script ("pmset dim 1") password ¬ the "pmset dim 1 1=one minute. if I try and set it to .1 or 0:01 it gives me a huge error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 THE ISSUE IS SOLVED http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?sto...060723173748167 And here it is as the compiled app. You'll need Growl for this, as with all of my Automator made apps. Monitor_sleepy_time.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 So does it work or do I need to go back to the drawing board? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzuka Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 The Growl site is down, so I can't download it right now EDIT: It takes forever to start, I perfer the applescript I found Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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