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From: jaeger@dhp.com (jaeger)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How do I enable screen saver?
Date: 13 Jul 1996 03:21:36 GMT
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Paul Kersey (pkersey@postoffice.worldnet.att.net) wrote:
:   Hi folks,
:  When I set my FreeBSD up, I configured it to use the snake
: screen saver. I have never seen it start this screen saver.
: When it boots up one of the lines says screen saver enabled.
: Is there something else I need to type or execute to
: get this snake screen saver going?

:                                 Thanx

	Make sure that you have the "blanktime=" entry in /etc/sysconfig
setup properly (this was an option at install time). The entry should be in
seconds, for example blanktime="300" would kick in your screen saver after 5
minutes of inactivity.

-jaeger