Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2017 22:23:25 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: donald <deltaski@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: screen saver? Message-ID: <20171008222325.2dce1041.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <326c66b9-7fc6-3f18-3b80-48abaf09e479@earthlink.net> References: <326c66b9-7fc6-3f18-3b80-48abaf09e479@earthlink.net>
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On Sun, 8 Oct 2017 16:09:59 -0400, donald wrote: > I am new to BSD 11.1 and am trying to get the screen saver to work.=20 > After searching, I came across the following: saver_enable=3D"YES"=A0=A0= =A0 =A0=A0=A0=20 > saver=3D"daemon"=A0=A0=A0 blanktime=3D"300" entered into the /etc/rc.conf= file=20 > This does not work. Could anyone point me in the correct direction?=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0=20 The classic screensaver only works with the traditional text mode console subsystem sc; with the new vt (newcons), it doesn't. Put this into /boot/loader.conf: kern.vty=3Dsc Note: This will probably cause X to stop working. :-) --=20 Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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