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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!usenet From: Vlad <roubtsov@uiuc.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Screen saver never activates Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 14:11:19 -0500 Organization: Baphomet's Throne Lines: 21 Message-ID: <31E7F4D7.41C67EA6@uiuc.edu> References: <4s42fm$1ji@uuneo.neosoft.com> <31E7AF1C.5052@www.play-hookey.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mossberg-95.slip.uiuc.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b4 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE i386) Ken Bigelow wrote: > > Conrad Sabatier wrote: > > > > I've enabled the "stars" screen saver in my sysconfig, but I have yet to > > ever see it actually kick in. Is there something else I need to do? > > > > Thanks! > > Check your /etc/sysconfig file again. Just above the line that picks your > screen saver, you'll find one that sets the blanking time in seconds. Since none of the previous posters mentions X, I thought I should mention the following: screensaving settings in /etc/sysconfig will work only if you're in one of text-mode virtual consoles. If your screen is in video mode, your X server takes over and it has own screensaving settings in /etc/XF86Config (dependant on the type of your video card, I believe). Vlad. -- До