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Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 22:19:43 +0100
From: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org>
To: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org>
Cc: Sean-Paul Rees <sean@seanrees.com>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Screen Blanking 10min
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Mark Ovens wrote:

> It's the X screen saver. You need to mod your script:
> 
> xset -dpms s off; xautolock -disable
> fxtv "$@"
> xset +dpms s on; xautolock -enable
> 
> although if you have DPMS (which you obviously do) the you may as well
> permanently disable the screen saver with ``xset s off'' in
> ~/.xinitrc.

Well, I want the screen saver to come on except when I'm watching TV.
I'll see what effect your suggestion has.

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