Powerbook lid sleeping

[0098386]

Ive been leaving my PB on overnight for a while now but I keep having to leave the lid opened, because as all powerbook oweners know closing the lid sends it to sleep.


so... is there anyway around this? a hack or an option hidden deep, so my screen need not gather dust and such?

 

[Darwin]

Just out of interest what is it that requires you to keep your PB on?

Or do you just prefer to keep it running?

There might be a hack for this but i'm not aware of it

Also if you have a newer PB they can run with their lids shut when your connected to an external monitor

 

[Ehlerz]

There is a solution for this issue!
Tjeck for instance
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/10564

Ups, am i alowed to post links???

 

[redeye be]

I checked the above link for the "sleepless" app (posting it did seem to work Ehlerz ).
Did a google and:
apparently pmset will do this for you (from the terminal)
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040120215017652
Man pages show a lidwake argument, no lidsleep so i'm a bit confused. So use sleepless or dig into pmset.

edit:
pmset will not do it
insomnia will do the trick for you, from the terminal. Maybe Sleepless is the way to go when less confortable with the terminal. They're both free

Good luck

 

[Thomas Veil]

I could be wrong, but I thought the reason the not keeping the PB on with the lid closed was to prevent overheating.

 

[redeye be]

I think the overheating is a real concern of the iBook only, i could be wrong.

 

[calhobbes]

Just out of interest what is it that requires you to keep your PB on?

I'd be interested in doing this to receive faxes.