Re: iMac G3: Turn off screen?

Jag Talon <[email protected]> Mon, 17 Jul 2023 19:48:28 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.os.openbsd.ppc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Looks like there isn't support for that either 😅 Perhaps I'll just put 
a shirt on top of it instead. Thank you for all the help!

On 7/17/23 2:48 PM, Paul de Weerd wrote:
> Perhaps your machine supports wsconsctl display.brightness knob:
>
> 	BRIGHTNESS=`doas wsconsctl -n display.brightness`
> 	doas wsconsctl display.brightness=0
> 	sleep $((8*3600))
> 	doas wsconsctl display.brightness=${BRIGHTNESS}
>
> Before going to sleep.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul 'WEiRD' de Weerd
>
> On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 05:15:34PM +0000, Jag Talon wrote:
> | 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
> | >
> |
>