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Re: Still having screen saver problems.....
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ray Curtis)
Tue Oct 20 02:57:39 1998
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 02:56:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ray Curtis <ray@ray.clark.net>
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>>>>> "w" == whiplash <whiplash@neosoft.com> writes:
w> List,
w> Hello everyone. I'm still having some problems getting the screen
w> saver to work on my RH 5.1 box. The box is pretty straight forward....an
w> old Compaq Deskpro 4000, Pentium Pro 200, with 96 megs of RAM. The box
w> runs perfectly peachy except for the screen saver. I'm using the
w> AfterStep desktop style. When I go to the pop-up menu and select
w> "Screen Saver with password" nothing happens!! I can't lock the box up
w> no matter what I select. About ten or so minutes of no activity gives a
w> blank screen, kinda like an energy saver thing, but no screen saver ever
w> appears and no password for re-entry is required.....just a bump of the
w> mouse gets me right back to the desktop. Anybody have any ideas?? I've
w> been to xinitrc and added a line, setterm -blank 0, but it doesn't do
w> anything. Thanks in advance for any help!!
Just try adding this line to your .xinitrc or .Xclients file:
/usr/bin/X11/xscreensaver -timeout 4 -cycle 15 &
Then read the manpage for xscreensaver to set the values to your
liking.
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Ray Curtis Unix Programmer/Consultant Curtis Consulting
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