Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 12:34:35 +0900 From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: joelh@gnu.org Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp Subject: graphical screen savers (was: Re: Splash screen (splashkit) for 3.0 systems...) Message-ID: <199801150334.MAA25817@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 13 Jan 1998 22:31:16 CST." <199801130436.WAA02770@detlev.UUCP> References: <199801121414.AAA00487@word.smith.net.au> <199801130436.WAA02770@detlev.UUCP>
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>>>> It's a very short step from there to a semi-graphical login (eg. login >>>> dialog rather than login/password prompt.) I could see people liking >>>> that. >>> Good point, although the graphical login window is really best handled >>> by xdm, and I don't really see people wanting a graphical login window >>> being requested without a full graphics system (ie, X). >> I just thought it would look "pretty". > >I agree, it would. And I don't mind making things look pretty; I >don't mind aesthetics for aesthetics' sake. But when I'm in a mood >for aesthetics, I can switch over to X, switch my window mangler to >Enlightenment, and use it. [snip] >Also, in general, I agree that the pretty things going on while the >console is idle are best handled by screen savers. Opinions? > >Perhaps it would be best to have an vty ioctl that means 'engage >screensaver immediately, which getty can send >when it starts up, depending on a gettytab setting. Alternately, we >could use an escape sequence instead, and set it up as the last >character sequence in gettytab's `lm' (login message) attribute. Have you look at "text" screen saver lkms in /usr/src/lkm/syscons? The screen saver lkm is called periodically from the console driver if there is no keyboard and mouse activities in the current vty. (Oh, you need to set timeout via vidcontrol too.) Isn't this interface enough for your graphical saver? >Well, enough of that, I've gotten in the mood to write a graphical >*SOMETHING* now, so I'll probably be submitting a graphical >screensaver RSN. Please keep me posted. I am interested in graphical screen savers! Kazu
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