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From: Andrew Gordon <andrew.gordon@arg1.demon.co.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: basic screen saver for X?
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 20:46:30 +0100
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H. Eckert wrote:
> 
> dlittell@onramp.net (Dave Littell):
> > I'm looking for a basic (just goes black - no passwords, no fancy
> > scribblings on the screen, etc.) screen saver for X under 2.1.6.  Any
> > assistance would be greatly appreciated.  Something that can also power
> > down the monitor would be extra wonderful.
> 
> What's wrong about "xset s" ?


And if you upgrade to XFree86 3.3, you can use:

xset +dpms

to enable power-down screensaving.