Powerbook power button?

**joshuo** · 05-27-2009, 01:15 PM

Hello,
My powerbook G4 build is going pretty good.
I'm figuring out the software now, Running ICE^3.

Is there a way to make the computer sleep when the power button is pressed?
I know apple desktops behave this way, but the laptops pop up a little window when the PB is pressed, giving the option to Cancel, Sleep, Restart, or Shutdown.

I just want it to sleep when i press the button.

Thanks!
Josh

**VmtSquad** · 05-27-2009, 08:33 PM

Im not sure if you can skip the choice message, BUT you can simply press the power button and press S for Sleep and it will go to sleep.

You can also check http://www.jinx.de/SmartSleep.html Its a small apps that convert your SLEEP into REAL HIBERNATION (no power required)

Thats what Im using with my mini!!

**joshuo** · 05-28-2009, 08:58 AM

I won't have a keyboard hooked up though.
There has to be a way to get the desktop prefpane to run on the laptops.
I'm no programming wizard, but I bet there are some people on here that can figure it out.

**VmtSquad** · 05-28-2009, 10:42 PM

AppleScript maybe your answer.....and this is where you will probably find it : www.google.com

Let us know if you find anything!

**natedawgg** · 05-29-2009, 10:15 AM

yeah with applescript you can run shell commands or simulate key presses. either way you decide to go you should easily be able to accomplish this without much hassle. check out http://dougscripts.com/ for a lot sample applescripts. good luck!

**joshuo** · 05-29-2009, 11:10 AM

Allright I found an applescript code that sleeps the computer:

'tell application "Finder" to sleep'

I cannot figure out how to bring the power button into play.
Obviously, an if statement needs to be applied, but i cannot find out how to define the powerbutton press.

**06specv** · 05-30-2009, 11:35 PM

Originally Posted by joshuo

Hello,
Is there a way to make the computer sleep when the power button is pressed?
I know apple desktops behave this way, but the laptops pop up a little window when the PB is pressed, giving the option to Cancel, Sleep, Restart, or Shutdown.

Hi, I'm in the early stages of laying out my system, but I'm planning on using a laptop as well, and have researched this a bit. There are a number of options that can be configured with the command line utility pmset. In your case, this should do the trick:

sudo pmset powerbutton 1

On my MacBook Pro (10.5.7), though, this doesn't work. In fact, when I list my current settings, there is no powerbutton option. If you type pmset -g at the terminal prompt, and see a setting for powerbutton, then this should work for you.

Two settings that I need to change for my setup are acwake = 1 so that my computer will wake as soon as the power charger turns on, and setting the system to sleep after 1 minute when on battery power (-b sleep 1). The autorestart = 1 option may also be useful, this would boot the system when power is applied if it had unexpectedly shut down, which I'm assuming would be the case if the battery had died from sleeping too long.

**06specv** · 06-01-2009, 01:24 PM

More research, this doesn't appear to be possible on laptops for some reason. If a command key equivalent will work, you can do Command-Option-Eject, and that will sleep your system.

But once your system is sleeping, how are you planning to wake it without a keyboard? The touch screen won't be able to wake it, or are you planning on hitting the power button to wake it up?