From owner-freebsd-current Mon Mar 13 11:05:12 1995 Return-Path: current-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id LAA15865 for current-outgoing; Mon, 13 Mar 1995 11:05:12 -0800 Received: from grunt.grondar.za (grunt.grondar.za [196.7.18.129]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id LAA15854 for ; Mon, 13 Mar 1995 11:04:57 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grunt.grondar.za (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id VAA11672 for ; Mon, 13 Mar 1995 21:04:27 +0200 Message-Id: <199503131904.VAA11672@grunt.grondar.za> X-Authentication-Warning: grunt.grondar.za: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Screen saver idea Date: Mon, 13 Mar 1995 21:04:27 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: current-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi Given that screen savers are not nearly as obvious or easy to use as they used to be, how about adding this (or something similar) to the rc.local?: (As you can all see I am no great sh hacker...) # Syscons screen saver echo -n "syscons: " if [ -n "$saver" -a "x$saver" != "xNO" ] ; then modload -u -o /tmp/saver_mod -e saver_init -q /lkm/${saver}_saver_mod.o elif [ -f /etc/screensaver ] ; then saver=`cat /etc/screensaver` modload -u -o /tmp/saver_mod -e saver_init -q /lkm/${saver}_saver_mod.o fi (Thanks Dima Rubin (SP?) for the original impetus!!) -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200