Hi,
I want to use my recently purchased 12" ibook to play mp3s and do a little wifi sniffing while I commute. It would be nice to be able to turn off the screen yet leave the cpu running on a one hour timer so that the screen isn't bouncing around as I navigate our rutted roads. Is there a utility or hack to do this? I am running panther.
Am 13.03.2004 18:58 Uhr schrieb Laurel Thomason:
Hi,
I want to use my recently purchased 12" ibook to play mp3s and do a little wifi sniffing while I commute. It would be nice to be able to turn off the screen yet leave the cpu running on a one hour timer so that the screen isn't bouncing around as I navigate our rutted roads. Is there a utility or hack to do this? I am running panther.
try 'sleepless'
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/17893
In article ca2d9dbc.0403130958.f491873@redacted.invalid, laurel_thomason@redacted.invalid (Laurel Thomason) wrote:
Hi,
I want to use my recently purchased 12" ibook to play mp3s and do a little wifi sniffing while I commute. It would be nice to be able to turn off the screen yet leave the cpu running on a one hour timer so that the screen isn't bouncing around as I navigate our rutted roads. Is there a utility or hack to do this? I am running panther.
Can you be more specific?
Do you want to have the computer run while the lid is closed? AFAIK, this is not possible with the iBook
Do you just want the screen to be off, but still open? If so, the energy saver pref pane (in System preferences) can do this. If you are looking for an easier way to automate such things, perhaps there is a utility avialable.
HTH
John Johnson wrote:
In article ca2d9dbc.0403130958.f491873@redacted.invalid, laurel_thomason@redacted.invalid (Laurel Thomason) wrote:
Hi,
I want to use my recently purchased 12" ibook to play mp3s and do a little wifi sniffing while I commute. It would be nice to be able to turn off the screen yet leave the cpu running on a one hour timer so that the screen isn't bouncing around as I navigate our rutted roads. Is there a utility or hack to do this? I am running panther.
Can you be more specific?
Do you want to have the computer run while the lid is closed? AFAIK, this is not possible with the iBook
Do you just want the screen to be off, but still open? If so, the energy saver pref pane (in System preferences) can do this. If you are looking for an easier way to automate such things, perhaps there is a utility avialable.
HTH
sudo pmset -b spindown 1 dim 1 reduce 1 sleep 60
(enter your password as prompted) then prop the iBook slightly open and safe from harm.
it will keep running and sleep after one hour of neglect.
-- peter
Wow! Your command-line-Fu is impressive, thanks!
Peter Renzland phr0206@redacted.invalid wrote in message news:
sudo pmset -b spindown 1 dim 1 reduce 1 sleep 60
(enter your password as prompted) then prop the iBook slightly open and safe from harm.
it will keep running and sleep after one hour of neglect.
-- peter