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Date:      Sun, 20 Aug 2000 22:19:43 +0100
From:      Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Sean-Paul Rees <sean@seanrees.com>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Screen Blanking 10min
Message-ID:  <20000820221943.F84036@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <20000820214115.O254@parish>
References:  <20000820094553.A62568@seanrees.com> <20000820185627.W58928@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> <20000820214115.O254@parish>

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Mark Ovens wrote:

> It's the X screen saver. You need to mod your script:
> 
> xset -dpms s off; xautolock -disable
> fxtv "$@"
> xset +dpms s on; xautolock -enable
> 
> although if you have DPMS (which you obviously do) the you may as well
> permanently disable the screen saver with ``xset s off'' in
> ~/.xinitrc.

Well, I want the screen saver to come on except when I'm watching TV.
I'll see what effect your suggestion has.

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