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From: "John A. Perry" <perry@alpha.jpunix.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Screensaver not working in syscons
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 22:22:34 -0500
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On Tue, 3 Jun 1997, John A. Perry wrote:

> 	The syscons driver in FreeBSD 2.2.1 off the CD seems to have a
> problem. I tried to turn on the screensaver (stars) in sysconfig like I
> normally do but it doesn't work anymore. I noticed at boot time that I get
> an error to the effect "can't find entry point for _saver_init" or some
> such and then ld complains and I don't get a screensaver. Any ideas? I'd
> like to get it working as I don't always remember to turn off the monitor.

Actually, this is exactly what I get when I boot:

configuring syscons: blank_time screesaverUndefined entry symbol `_saver_init'
ld: Spurious undefined symbols: # undefined symbols 1, reported 0
modload: /usr/bin/ld: return code 1

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