Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 01:21:01 -0600 (CST) From: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org> To: yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: graphical screen savers (was: Re: Splash screen (splashkit) for 3.0 systems...) Message-ID: <199801150721.BAA06376@detlev.UUCP> In-Reply-To: <199801150334.MAA25817@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> (message from Kazutaka YOKOTA on Thu, 15 Jan 1998 12:34:35 %2B0900) References: <199801121414.AAA00487@word.smith.net.au> <199801130436.WAA02770@detlev.UUCP> <199801150334.MAA25817@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
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>> Also, in general, I agree that the pretty things going on while the >> console is idle are best handled by screen savers. Opinions? >> Perhaps it would be best to have an vty ioctl that means 'engage >> screensaver immediately, which getty can send >> when it starts up, depending on a gettytab setting. Alternately, we >> could use an escape sequence instead, and set it up as the last >> character sequence in gettytab's `lm' (login message) attribute. > Have you look at "text" screen saver lkms in /usr/src/lkm/syscons? > The screen saver lkm is called periodically from the console > driver if there is no keyboard and mouse activities in the current > vty. (Oh, you need to set timeout via vidcontrol too.) Isn't this > interface enough for your graphical saver? Yes, I am basing my work on that. The bit about the new escape means just not sitting around at a 'login' prompt until the screensaver engages. >> Well, enough of that, I've gotten in the mood to write a graphical >> *SOMETHING* now, so I'll probably be submitting a graphical >> screensaver RSN. > Please keep me posted. I am interested in graphical screen savers! I will post my discoveries and code to freebsd-hackers. Presently, I am just having some difficulties debugging, since I seem to be having a problem switching in and out of a vty running libvgl code; it causes the display to go into an unusable state. Other than that, things look alright. -- Joel Ray Holveck - joelh@gnu.org - http://www.wp.com/piquan Fourth law of programming: Anything that can go wrong wi sendmail: segmentation violation - core dumped
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