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Date:      Thu, 21 Aug 2014 21:16:14 -0400
From:      Elliot Robinson <elliot.robinson@argiopetech.com>
To:        "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net>
Cc:        Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, FreeBSD Questions !!!! <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Is there any way to set screensaver-delay ....
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I'm as big a fan of xlock as the next guy, but `xset` sounds like what
you're looking for. `xset q` to see current settings, `xset dpms` and `xset
s` are the pertinent top-level commands to set the inactivity periods. The
man page has details.

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Elliot Robinson
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On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 4:33 PM, William A. Mahaffey III <wam@hiwaay.net>
wrote:

>
> *Booooyah* !!!! Thx :-) ....
>
> On 08/21/14 14:45, Polytropon wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 14:34:46 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
>>
>>> .... & monitor-sleep-delay (times when these features kick in) in XFCE ?
>>> I haven't found it yet :-/ ....
>>>
>> I think you need to install xscreensaver separately,
>> but it will work fine with Xfce. There's even a GUI
>> setup included.
>>
>> Personally, I'm using xlock (port: xlockmore) which
>> is activated by the big fat friendly "Help" key on
>> the top left of my Sun keyboard. :-)
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>
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