From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 2 21:30:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id VAA13814 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 2 Apr 1996 21:30:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from sag.space.lockheed.com (sag.space.lockheed.com [192.68.162.134]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id VAA13809 for ; Tue, 2 Apr 1996 21:30:06 -0800 (PST) Received: by sag.space.lockheed.com; (5.65v3.2/1.1.8.2/21Nov95-0423PM) id AA24219; Tue, 2 Apr 1996 21:30:02 -0800 Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 21:30:01 -0800 (PST) From: "Brian N. Handy" To: mrami@minerva.cis.yale.edu Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Green" Screensaver mode In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > I'm trying to get my monitor to kick into "green" screensaver mode when I > > leave it alone. > > Isn't a green module part of the xscreensaver package? Hey Marc! Nope. xscreensaver was the first thing I tried. I have, however, found the secret, which is why I've copied this to -questions. The secret is to RTFM. :-) >From XF86Config(5), we have roughly three options which one may play with: options "power_saver" BlankTime time (minutes) (Default 10) SuspendTime time (Default 15) (Requires "power_saver") OffTime time (Default 30) (Requires "power_saver") BlankTime is the length of time until the screen blanks out. I don't completely understand the difference between SuspendTime and OffTime, they both do something to power down the monitor. They may not do the same thing. Since I don't fully understand these yet, I'm only furnishing this for the mail archives so hopefully when someone else comes looking for this they'll have a place to start looking. I'm going to experiment with these a bit and see if I can get a better grip on what they're doing. Party on, Brian