I have tried this myself a few times trying to mess with kernel extensions
to no avail!!!! I know there was a linux kernel that would allow you to use
the sleep indicator light to show HDD activity, there might be some info on
it don't know though. I also read awhile back that there is a key in
Info.plist named intensity so that might be what we are looking for. If
anyone has any ideas I am more then willing to test out and try on my PB G4
but from all I have looked into it hasn't been done. I am relatively new to
all the coding mumbo jumbo but like I said I messed around with kernel
extensions and couldn't work it out specifically If I can find that linux
kernel maybe someone can offer some help or at least point me to a better
forum to help out on that.
On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 7:17 AM, Yersinia <yersi...@myfairpoint.net> wrote:
> On 1/28/11 11:43 PM, Tina K. wrote:
>
>> On 2011/01/28 20:30, Sean Carroll so eloquently wrote:
>>
>>> I liked the way that, during sleep, the power button light on my old
>>> Gig-E would fade and brighten. I don't know when Apple started with
>>> this, but it was new to me in 2000. (I liked to point out this amusing
>>> - but not useless - feature to non-Mac people
>>>
>>
>> My first Mac was a Graphite iMac 600 MHz, the first time I saw it
>> 'breathe' while sleeping I was in love with it. I wish that I still had that
>> adorable little Mac so I could give it a hug.
>>
>> Silly and OT I know, but what can I say?
>>
>
> Actually it was my Powerbook 5300 where I first noticed that they breathe
> while sleeping. My first 3 Macs (Performa 475, PPC 7200/120 and Beige
> Gossamer (born a G3/266, later enhanced to G3/400) didn't do it that I ever
> saw, but I've seen my 5300 and Lombard Powerbooks, and G4 Quicksilver 867
> all doing it. I don't know if my G4 Mini does it, though, since its power-on
> indicator is facing the "wall" side of the hutch on my computer desk so I
> can get at the "free" USB port easily....hmmmm lemme see, maybe if I'm
> careful enough I can turn it around without loosening the AC adapter
> cord....ahhh. YES, it DOES! LOL Maybe it's a "New World" Mac thing?
>
> Oh and while I TOTALLY agree with both Sean and Tina on how cool (and
> endearing) Macs are when breathing while sleeping, gotta say the one thing I
> personally NEVER liked about ANY Mac design was where they put ports and
> outlets. As far as I'm concerned, this aspect of the physical design could
> have been done precisely to make things harder. I know, I know, it's not
> aesthetic to have to see "the nest" so that's why they did them this way,
> but most of the time, I can only appreciate aesthetics when they ADD to the
> FUNCTIONALITY (like the breathing which assures me that my Macs are OK and
> sleeping), not DETRACT from it! To wit:
>
> For me, it's a major PITA to have to turn the whole damn computer (tower or
> big desktop box) around so as to be able to see/get at the ports and
> plug-ins to change a plug-in/make sure it's seated properly or try to
> remember how/where you plugged something in if you're "tracing lines" from
> the power strip. And why couldn't the Mini have its power-on light by the
> power switch and the optical drive on the right or left side of the panel
> with the power switch/pug-in/ports? Translation: why did they have to force
> me to choose between being able to see the power light and be able to easily
> access the optical drive at the expense of being able to easily power on,
> PRAM Zap or plug in flash drives, speakers or headphones? And who was the
> freakin' idiot who couldn't put ALL the commonly used stuff (USB ports and
> AC-adapter plug-in) on the RIGHT side of the iBook? (or all on the left) --
> USB ports on opposite sides of the AC-adapter gets me hopelessly tangled up
> when I need to use the mouse while the machine needs to drink wall juice.
>
> Ooops...Sorry... <:-{
>
> /rant off
> /hijack off
>
> ~Yersinia
>
>
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