Date: 17 Apr 1998 12:07:11 +0200 From: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling Coidan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= ) To: joelh@gnu.org Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: syscons.c and graphical screensavers Message-ID: <xzpvhs8oj74.fsf@gladsheim.ifi.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Joel Ray Holveck's message of "Wed, 15 Apr 1998 22:53:09 -0500 (CDT)" References: <xzpra2yhyqt.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no> <199804160353.WAA01213@detlev.UUCP>
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Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org> writes: > [following up to -current] > > 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. 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 :) -- fprintf(stderr, "I have a closed mind. It helps keeping the rain out.\n"); To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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