From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 18 17:40:55 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA12157 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 18 Oct 1997 17:40:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from kevin.sunshine.net (pme26.sunshine.net [204.191.205.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA12152 for ; Sat, 18 Oct 1997 17:40:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net) Received: from localhost (cagey@localhost) by kevin.sunshine.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id RAA00318; Sat, 18 Oct 1997 17:38:46 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: kevin.sunshine.net: cagey owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 17:38:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin Eliuk X-Sender: cagey@kevin.sunshine.net To: Bill Sandiford cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ScreenSaver In-Reply-To: <01bcdc19$12617040$01a06bcf@huey.interlinks.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 18 Oct 1997, Bill Sandiford wrote: > I just managed to get FreeBSD 2.2.2 working for the first time. Is there > some way to add the screen save without having to reinstall the whole system > again. > Thanks > Bill It is easiest to activate it in your /etc/rc.conf ... [ .. snip .. ] # This is rc.conf - a file full of useful variables that you can set [ .. snip .. ] ############################################################## ### System console options ################################# ############################################################## keymap="NO" # keymap in /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/* (or NO). keyrate="fast" # keyboard rate to: slow, normal, fast (or NO). keybell="normal" # bell to duration.pitch or normal or visual (or NO). keychange="NO" # function keys default values (or NO). cursor="NO" # cursor type {normal|blink|destructive} (or NO). scrnmap="NO" # screen map in /usr/share/syscons/scrnmaps/* (or NO). font8x16="NO" # font 8x16 from /usr/share/syscons/fonts/* (or NO). font8x14="NO" # font 8x14 from /usr/share/syscons/fonts/* (or NO). font8x8="NO" # font 8x8 from /usr/share/syscons/fonts/* (or NO). blanktime="180" # blank time (in seconds) or "NO" to turn it off. saver="daemon" # screen saver desired: blank/green/snake/star/NO. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ moused_type="logitech" # See man page for rc.conf(8) for available settings. moused_port="/dev/cuaa1" # Set to your mouse port (required if mousetype set) moused_flags="-s -c" # Any additional flags to moused. [ .. snip .. ] -- =| Regards, =| FreeBSD ==> http://www.FreeBSD.org =| Kevin G. Eliuk =| "Free at last, free at last, ...." British Columbia *BSD User Directory ==> http://www.cynic.net