Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 00:55:04 -0500 From: Jon Loeliger <jdl@chrome.onramp.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: screen savings and ttys Message-ID: <199509160555.AAA10379@chrome.onramp.net>
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I guess I'm confused about vidcontrol and screen savings.
Maybe someone here can clue me.
I want to be able to have my screen (ViewSonic 21PS) go into total
shutdown "green" mode when I stare blindly at it for more than 10
boring minutes. So /etc/sysconfig's got:
# 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"
Now, if I hang out with a glass tty (ttyv0), this works great. The
screen saver kicks in nicely.
However, I usually run X all the time. So, things get switched over
to ttyv3. So I think I need to vidcontrol < /dev/ttyv3 now instead:
# vidcontrol -t 600 < /dev/ttyv3
I've done this manually, as root, but I can't seem to have it make
any sort of difference.
The only screen saving that goes on is as a result of my .xinitrc:
xset s 600 30 &
xset s blank &
Am I confused?
Thanks,
jdl
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