Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 10:31:12 -0800 From: Jay O'Brien <jayobrien@att.net> To: FreeBSD - questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to make configuration changes without a reboot? Message-ID: <419A4770.8030508@att.net> In-Reply-To: <d9175cad04111608317a2287c8@mail.gmail.com> References: <41982C89.9090600@att.net> <d9175cad04111608317a2287c8@mail.gmail.com>
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Eric Kjeldergaard wrote: >>I learned that in order to make changes to the screen saver, >>I had to reboot the computer. Those changes, made by >>sysinstall, appear in /etc/rc.conf. >> >>Is there a way to make such changes take effect without >>rebooting? (Version 5.3 RELEASE, i386) > > > Of course there are. Reboots are only really necessary for switching > kernels. Unfortunately, this often takes a bit more knowledge. In > the case of screensavers, a combination of kldload (to load the > desired screensaver) and vidcontrol (to set timeouts and such). man > kldload and man vidcontrol should get you going on this. > Eric, Thanks for the vidcontrol reference. I didn't realize that screensaver timeout was in vidcontrol; that will give me easy control of screensaver on/off when I want it. Jay O'Brien
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