From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 24 21: 8:48 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net (albatross.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A16237B401 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2001 21:08:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from moo.holy.cow (sdn-ar-004dcwashP030.dialsprint.net [206.133.21.142]) by albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net (EL-8_9_3_3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA18859 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2001 21:08:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by moo.holy.cow (Postfix, from userid 1001) id CC76950CF1; Wed, 24 Oct 2001 04:23:11 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 04:23:11 -0400 From: parv To: f-q Subject: lock X w/o screensavers Message-ID: <20011024042311.A67309@moo.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: f-q Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG is it possible to lock X, optionally consoles, such that no screensaver runs? i looked in xlock(1), but didn't see any option to do that. it sure does run hacks w/o locking, but not the other way around. did i miss something in the manpage? or, is it just not possible? any other program, perhaps? for the curious (and paient)... i am using dell inspiron 5000e laptop. so, it has lcd. of course. which shows grey/white blank screen after some period of inactivity. which renders otherwise wonderful programs' visual output useless. in addition, these programs cause computer to generate more noise and heat than when i use computer actively. occasional mozilla, world, et cetera building notwithstanding. i would have put something on the lcd needle (to turn it off), but i remember computer to go in suspend/stand by mode. which is more harmful (than the noise+heat) as apm sucks on it. which causes hard reboots... eventually. -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message