Re: iMac G3: Turn off screen?

Jag Talon <[email protected]> Mon, 17 Jul 2023 17:15:34 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.os.openbsd.ppc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Ah I forgot to mention that it doesn't have X running! Do you know if 
there's an equivalent for the console?

I'll have to try the keyboard too when I get to it thanks for the tip!

On 7/17/23 1:06 PM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 01:15:35PM +0000, Jag Talon wrote:
>> I recently installed OpenBSD 7.3 on an iMac G3 (dmesg attached) and
>> I'm using it as a tiny web server. I'm really happy with it, but the
>> screen is too bright at night.
>>
>> I know that OpenBSD on PPC doesn't support sleep, but would anyone
>> familiar know if turning off or dimming the CRT monitor is possible?
>
> ssh into the Mac and switch it off via something like
> xrandr --output <display ID> --off
> ?
>
> And I'd be careful to not switch off the wrong display .. ;)
>
> Or better, trying to map some key combo to turn up/down monitor
> brightness ..?
>
> Wolfgang
>