From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 15 22:56:23 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id WAA29690 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 15 Sep 1995 22:56:23 -0700 Received: from chrome.onramp.net (chrome.onramp.net [199.1.166.202]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id WAA29685 for ; Fri, 15 Sep 1995 22:56:20 -0700 Received: from localhost.jdl.com (localhost.jdl.com [127.0.0.1]) by chrome.onramp.net (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id AAA10379 for ; Sat, 16 Sep 1995 00:55:04 -0500 Message-Id: <199509160555.AAA10379@chrome.onramp.net> X-Authentication-Warning: chrome.onramp.net: Host localhost.jdl.com didn't use HELO protocol To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: screen savings and ttys Clarity-Index: null Threat-Level: none Software-Engineering-Dead-Seriousness: There's no excuse for unreadable code. Net-thought: If you meet the Buddha on the net, put him in your Kill file. Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 00:55:04 -0500 From: Jon Loeliger Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk 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