From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 2 21:29:34 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E05816A4CE for ; Sat, 2 Apr 2005 21:29:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.io.com (smtp.io.com [209.198.128.91]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94ADD43D1D for ; Sat, 2 Apr 2005 21:29:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from eighner@io.com) Received: from io.com (206-224-83-177-dialup.io.com [206.224.83.177]) by smtp.io.com (8.13.3/8.13.1) with SMTP id j32LTVDq017772; Sat, 2 Apr 2005 15:29:31 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from eighner@io.com) Received: by io.com (nbSMTP-0.98) for uid 1001 for ; Sat, 2 Apr 2005 15:29:23 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 15:28:41 -0600 (CST) From: Lars Eighner To: dick hoogendijk In-Reply-To: <20050402231146.02425973.dick@nagual.st> Message-ID: <20050402152324.Q12598@goodwill.io.com> References: <20050402231146.02425973.dick@nagual.st> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.83/802/Sat Apr 2 08:49:46 2005 on smtp.io.com X-Virus-Status: Clean cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: blanking the console X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2005 21:29:34 -0000 On Sat, 2 Apr 2005, dick hoogendijk wrote: > OK, probably a stupid question. I can't find it though. Sorry. > How can I blank the screen on the console (terminal). > Something like the linux "setterm -blank 60" which will blank the screen > after 60 seconds of inactivity. There must be a (freebsd) equivalent, > but what is it? > > kldload blank_saver (loads the blank screensaver kernel module) vidcontrol -t N (sets the timeout time to N seconds) You can set these as boot-up default using /stand/sysinstall . Look for post-install configuration, console. -- Lars Eighner eighner@io.com http://www.larseighner.com/index.html 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266