From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 24 22:21:59 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from avocet.prod.itd.earthlink.net (avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.121.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA82637B403 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2001 22:21:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sdn-ar-004dcwashp030.dialsprint.net ([206.133.21.142] helo=moo.holy.cow) by avocet.prod.itd.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 15wcxj-0000O1-00; Wed, 24 Oct 2001 22:21:52 -0700 Received: by moo.holy.cow (Postfix, from userid 1001) id B3ADB50CF1; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 01:22:15 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 01:22:15 -0400 From: parv To: "David S. Jackson" Cc: f-q Subject: Re: lock X w/o screensavers Message-ID: <20011025012215.A24738@moo.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: "David S. Jackson" , f-q References: <20011024042311.A67309@moo.holy.cow> <20011025010355.A4629@sylvester.dsj.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20011025010355.A4629@sylvester.dsj.net>; from dsj@sylvester.dsj.net on Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 01:03:55AM -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 in message <20011025010355.A4629@sylvester.dsj.net>, wrote David S. Jackson thusly... > > 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? ... > > You could just use the "blank" option to xlock. in the intimidating synopsis[1] and long list of sections & options, i missed it. many thanks. [1] actually that's nothing when compared w/ xv equivalent... - parv -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message