Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 01:17:45 -0500 From: Jon Loeliger <jdl@chrome.onramp.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: screensaver and X Message-ID: <199509210617.BAA00453@chrome.jdl.com>
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[I asked this a bit ago, and it appears to have hit the void. Can't
find it in the archives either, so it *could* be that I *wasn't*
just ignored after all. :-]
I want to use the "green" screen saver on my Viewsonic 21PS.
Sysconfig has this:
# Set blank time (in seconds) or "off" to turn it off (or NO for default)
blanktime=600
# Set to screen saver desired: blank, green, snake, star (or NO for none)
saver="green"
This causes rc.i386 to:
vidcontrol < /dev/ttyv0 -t 600
If I just use the ttyv0 console, this works great. My screen shuts
down after 10 minutes of just staring at it.
However I use X! So, I think we switch over to ttyv3. What's the
correct way to get it to now shut down? I can't seem to do the
"obvious" extension as root:
vidcontrol < /dev/ttyv3 -t 600
This doesn't work or I can't make it work. What's the "normal" way
to do this? I appear to only be able to get X's screen saver to
kick in (ie, just screen blanking). I really want it to go green
and shut down eventually too.
Thanks,
jdl
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