From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 24 22: 4: 0 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sylvester.dsj.net (sylvester.dsj.net [208.148.151.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F348F37B406 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2001 22:03:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dsj@localhost) by sylvester.dsj.net (8.9.3/8.9.3/Debian 8.9.3-21) id BAA04656; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 01:03:55 -0400 Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 01:03:55 -0400 From: "David S. Jackson" To: parv Cc: f-q Subject: Re: lock X w/o screensavers Message-ID: <20011025010355.A4629@sylvester.dsj.net> Reply-To: "David S. Jackson" References: <20011024042311.A67309@moo.holy.cow> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011024042311.A67309@moo.holy.cow>; from parv_@yahoo.com on Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 04:23:11AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 04:23:11AM -0400 parv wrote: > is it possible to lock X, optionally consoles, such that no > screensaver runs? > > i looked in xlock(1), but didn't see any option to do that. it sure > does run hacks w/o locking, but not the other way around. did i miss > something in the manpage? > > or, is it just not possible? any other program, perhaps? You could just use the "blank" option to xlock. -- David S. Jackson dsj@dsj.net =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= I'll be comfortable on the couch. Famous last words. -- Lenny Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message