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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!vbcnet-west!bulb.garlic.com!news.scruz.net!noos.hooked.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!feed1.news.erols.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!baron.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!nntpfeed.doc.ic.ac.uk!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!warwick!bris.ac.uk!inferno.cs.bris.ac.uk!hedley From: hedley@inferno.cs.bris.ac.uk (David Hedley) Subject: Re: Xlock X-Nntp-Posting-Host: inferno.cs.bris.ac.uk Message-ID: <EB595I.IGI@fsa.bris.ac.uk> Sender: usenet@fsa.bris.ac.uk (Usenet) Reply-To: David.Hedley@bris.ac.uk Organization: Computer Science Dept. University of Bristol, England X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <01bc6bcd$5845fa20$32327881@wingdog> Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 10:29:42 GMT Lines: 10 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42034 Charles Tilbury (ctilbury@infohwy.com.REMOVE.JUNK) wrote: : I can't seem to figure out how to prevent X from blanking the screen after : a period of time. I am : using Xlock, and that seems to work OK... You need to pass '-s 0' as an argument to the X server to disable its internal screen blank facility