Re: Screen poweroff with an ibook

2002-09-22 Thread Mij
On Wed, 18 Sep 2002 03:05:44 +0200 "J. Volkmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: you could ever use Fn+Apple or Power taste > Hello, > > as I use my laptop in classes, I sometimes don't use it for 20 or more > Minutes. Is there a way to turn the screen off manually perhaps with a > key shortcut? > >

Re: Screen poweroff with an ibook

2002-09-18 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Don, 2002-09-19 at 00:38, Marc Menem wrote: > J. Volkmann wrote: > > Rog?rio Brito ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) schrieb: > > > > > >>On Sep 18 2002, J. Volkmann wrote: > >> > >>>I just heard that the iBook should be able to survive about 1 minute > >>>in sleep mode without an battery, I'll try that. >

Re: Screen poweroff with an ibook

2002-09-18 Thread Rogério Brito
On Sep 19 2002, Marc Menem wrote: > I wouldn't recommend trying it, A friend of mine tried it with the > TiBook, and after the experience, the machine refused to power up > for a long time (he wanted to send it to apple, but then when day, > it just worked again) Thanks for sharing that. :

Re: Screen poweroff with an ibook

2002-09-18 Thread Marc Menem
J. Volkmann wrote: Rog?rio Brito ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) schrieb: On Sep 18 2002, J. Volkmann wrote: I just heard that the iBook should be able to survive about 1 minute in sleep mode without an battery, I'll try that. I wouldn't recommend trying it, A friend of mine tried it with the TiBoo

Re: Screen poweroff with an ibook

2002-09-18 Thread J. Volkmann
Rog?rio Brito ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) schrieb: > On Sep 18 2002, J. Volkmann wrote: > > I just heard that the iBook should be able to survive about 1 minute > > in sleep mode without an battery, I'll try that. > > Where did you learn that? I'm not with my ibook here, but I'll Someone told me i

Re: Screen poweroff with an ibook

2002-09-18 Thread Rogério Brito
On Sep 18 2002, J. Volkmann wrote: > Even 6 hours can be too less... and if you work really hard with > opening documents, doing stuff etc, you don't get the full uptime. > Usually I get about 3:50. Yes, I agree. If you have enough memory, something that can be tried is saving thin

Re: Screen poweroff with an ibook

2002-09-17 Thread A.J. Rossini
> "j" == J Volkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: j> Hello, j> Thanks for the _really_ fast answer :-) j> David Stanaway ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) schrieb: >> On mysystem, I am using the framebuffer device, and I can use: >> /sbin/fblevel off; read -p "Hit enter..(But you won't s

Re: Screen poweroff with an ibook

2002-09-17 Thread J. Volkmann
Hello, Thanks for the _really_ fast answer :-) David Stanaway ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) schrieb: > On mysystem, I am using the framebuffer device, and I can use: > /sbin/fblevel off; read -p "Hit enter..(But you won't see this)"; > /sbin/fblevel on > Works with my radeon too :-) Thanks, mfG Johanne

Re: Screen poweroff with an ibook

2002-09-17 Thread J. Volkmann
Hello, that was a fast answer *impressed* and even two... David M. Cooke ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) schrieb: > On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 03:05:44AM +0200, J. Volkmann wrote: > > Hello, > > > > as I use my laptop in classes, I sometimes don't use it for 20 or more > > Minutes. Is there a way to turn the

Re: Screen poweroff with an ibook

2002-09-17 Thread David Stanaway
On mysystem, I am using the framebuffer device, and I can use: /sbin/fblevel off; read -p "Hit enter..(But you won't see this)"; /sbin/fblevel on In sawfish you can bind "/sbin/fblevel off" and "/sbin/fblevel on" to shortcut keys ( I used M-F1 , M-F2 ) I don't know if this will work for the rade

Re: Screen poweroff with an ibook

2002-09-17 Thread David M. Cooke
On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 03:05:44AM +0200, J. Volkmann wrote: > Hello, > > as I use my laptop in classes, I sometimes don't use it for 20 or more > Minutes. Is there a way to turn the screen off manually perhaps with a > key shortcut? If you turn the screen brightness down to zero with the F1/F2 k

Screen poweroff with an ibook

2002-09-17 Thread J. Volkmann
Hello, as I use my laptop in classes, I sometimes don't use it for 20 or more Minutes. Is there a way to turn the screen off manually perhaps with a key shortcut? My laptop is an ibook2 with the radeon (2x USB, 700 MHz). Another thing: Is the ibook able to do a hot-switch of batteries? Thanks i