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Date:      Sun, 10 Nov 1996 01:40:56 +0000 ()
From:      Nessus <jandrese@vt.edu>
To:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: screensaver
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.961110013843.10696A-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95.961109222533.7310A-100000@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca>

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On Sat, 9 Nov 1996, Tim Vanderhoek wrote:

=)This won't work if you are running X Windows.  If you are, then you need
=)not reboot, but you must run `beforelight' or some similar program.  The
=)ports collection has a port a screensaver, I think.  Putting
=)`xscreensaver&' into your .xinitrc is probably easiest.
=)
=)
=)> Can you advice me, where I can find a simple screensaver our the syntax to
=)> use the "internal" screensaver.
=)
For an easy X screensaver, try xset(1).  
xset s on
Which will blank the screen after a time.

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