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 https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29489-an-idea/ 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 https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29489-an-idea/#findComment-203975 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 https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29489-an-idea/#findComment-204251 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 https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29489-an-idea/#findComment-204255 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 https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29489-an-idea/#findComment-204880 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 https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29489-an-idea/#findComment-206364 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 https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29489-an-idea/#findComment-207727 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 https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29489-an-idea/#findComment-207986 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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