[292] in SIPB bug reports
/mit/sipb/rtbin/xscreensaver -l
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Wed Jan 25 21:27:05 1989
From: sueu@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
To: bug-sipb@athena.mit.edu
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 89 21:28:37 EST
This program is useful, is neat, and works for the user.
It fails, however, to be a real screensaver for the workstation because
the workstation will do it's own timeout routine which will place a big
X on the screen (or a little one, whatever) and the machine will look like
any other timed out machine. I've caught some RT's going completely blank
(those in E51) and maybe somebody realized that timing out on a completely
blank screen is the right thing to do.
Anyway, I thought I should bring it to your attention that xscreensaver
does not override the RT's normal timeout screen program.
Matthew Swift
sueu@athena.mit.edu
