Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 17:36:06 -0700 From: James <oscartheduck@gmail.com> To: "Gary Kline" <kline@tao.thought.org> Cc: Randy Pratt <bsd-unix@embarqmail.com>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cannot get screen out of black/black mode... Message-ID: <d59e90ab0711041636x129a38bax48c162ca1f52cab9@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20071104221819.GA64325@thought.org> References: <20071104061418.GA28570@thought.org> <20071104072207.1b41a334.bsd-unix@embarqmail.com> <20071104221819.GA64325@thought.org>
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> > Xorg blanking can be set via "xset". To see your settings run > > "xset q". If you run "xset" without arguments, you can get hints > > on settings: > > > > For screen-saver control: > > s [timeout [cycle]] s default s on > > s blank s noblank s off > > s expose s noexpose > > s activate s reset > > > > For more detail, see "man xset". > > > Ty, ty, ty! For unknown reasons (I don't know how I screwed up > and set this:-), I also set the screen to require my passwd to > bring it back to life. But that's another issue; it'll be awhile > before I figure out the widgets and gimmicks of Gnome/KDE. > You've givenme a jump. I always deal with this through system->preferences->screensaver preferences in Gnome. It allows you to configure everything, from whether the screen blanks through whether you need a password to wake up.
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