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Date:      Thu, 11 Dec 2014 18:13:22 -0800
From:      Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: console screen saver broken? -current
Message-ID:  <CAG=rPVc8uSdGb_GacoyT7VSA97WHXeSmO0j25CUMsadJWYG%2BSQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 9:42 AM, Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org>
wrote:

> Up until a few months ago the following added to /etc/rc.conf would blank
> the screen:
>
> # /etc/rc.conf
> saver="green"
> allscreens_flags="-t 60"
>
> Now that no longer works.
>
> Can someone explain how to restore the power saving screen saver please?
>


 -> Put this in /boot/loader.conf to use the older syscons(4) console
driver by default and reboot:
       kern.vty="sc"


This lists the missing functionality in the new vt(4) driver such as
screensaver:

https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons#Feature_Comparison_with_syscons.284.29

--
Craig



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