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re: We want to change Solaris 2.6 monitor power saving.

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (oliver thomas)
Fri Jul 17 16:51:44 1998

To: Bill Cattey <wdc@MIT.EDU>
Cc: release-team@MIT.EDU
Cc: oliver thomas <othomas@MIT.EDU>
Reply-To: oliver thomas <othomas@MIT.EDU>
In-Reply-To: your message of Fri, 17 Jul 1998 15:45:14 -0400.
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Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 16:51:45 EDT
From: oliver thomas <othomas@MIT.EDU>


> If not, we want to formally request a Solaris enhancement.  It should
> never be a choice between no screensaver whatsoever, and one that
> unconditionally kills power inconveniently.

i believe if you do 'xset s noblank' you'll get an X screensaver instead
of blank screen/power-off behavior, the X screensaver being a giant X
moving against a dithered background.

oliver

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