Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 21:13:45 -0500 (CDT) From: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org> To: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: syscons.c and graphical screensavers Message-ID: <199804230213.VAA01114@detlev.UUCP> In-Reply-To: <xzpvhs8oj74.fsf@gladsheim.ifi.uio.no> (dag-erli@ifi.uio.no) References: <xzpra2yhyqt.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no> <199804160353.WAA01213@detlev.UUCP> <xzpvhs8oj74.fsf@gladsheim.ifi.uio.no>
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>>> I changed current's src/sys/i386/isa/syscons.c to put the "should we >>> stop the screensaver" check before the "should we just return" check. >> The screensaver needs to properly handle shutdown before the switch, >> but that's not hard. If you're writing a graphical screensaver, talk >> to me and I'll get you my template. > OK, I added a call to stop_scrn_saver() right before the switching > code in switch_scr(). Perhaps it's *too* conservative, but I figured > it can't hurt. Okay. I'll test some stuff out. > As to your template, I remember you mentioning it way back; I'd love > to see it. I have written two graphical screensavers (the logo saver > you've already seen, and a starfield with eight levels of parallax > scrolling) which would certainly benefit from your code :) If you could send me your current code, it may give me an idea as to what is useful to code and what is not. Best, joelh -- Joel Ray Holveck - joelh@gnu.org - http://www.wp.com/piquan Fourth law of programming: Anything that can go wrong wi sendmail: segmentation violation - core dumped To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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