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Date:      Thu, 5 Oct 2000 12:52:06 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>
To:        Zhiui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Turn off screen after idle for a while
Message-ID:  <20001005125206.B5389@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.21.0010051339270.21173-100000@jade>; from "Zhiui Zhang" on Thu Oct  5 13:41:30 GMT 2000
References:  <Pine.SOL.4.21.0010051339270.21173-100000@jade>

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In the last episode (Oct 05), Zhiui Zhang said:
> 
> I am using a text screen (no X windows), I want to turn off the screen
> after it is idle for while. vidcontrol -t 2 does not seem to work.  How to
> do this (Linux seems to do this automatically)?  Thanks.

You need to load a screensaver first; edit /etc/rc.conf and add 

saver="green"

(or run "kldload green_saver" as root). That'll use the monitor's
power-saving mode.  I think "man 4 screensaver" lists all the ones that
come with the base system.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@emsphone.com


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