Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 15:28:41 -0600 (CST) From: Lars Eighner <eighner@io.com> To: dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: blanking the console Message-ID: <20050402152324.Q12598@goodwill.io.com> In-Reply-To: <20050402231146.02425973.dick@nagual.st> References: <20050402231146.02425973.dick@nagual.st>
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On Sat, 2 Apr 2005, dick hoogendijk wrote:
> OK, probably a stupid question. I can't find it though. Sorry.
> How can I blank the screen on the console (terminal).
> Something like the linux "setterm -blank 60" which will blank the screen
> after 60 seconds of inactivity. There must be a (freebsd) equivalent,
> but what is it?
>
>
kldload blank_saver
(loads the blank screensaver kernel module)
vidcontrol -t N
(sets the timeout time to N seconds)
You can set these as boot-up default using
/stand/sysinstall . Look for post-install configuration,
console.
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