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If you're in text mode (console or virtual consoles) you can get this feature through several included kernel modules. In a terminal under X, I don't see much utility in it but I am sure someone has done it. If you can figure out what knoppix uses it is likely very easy (assuming it is really ncurses based) to bring it over to FreeBSD.
I am only interested because I do not usually go into X mode, and sometimes I leave the monitor on in text mode for quite a while.
I am not a programmer and have not much experience with open source, can you specify what are the names of the Kernel modules I need? I can't find anything like that in my distro, FreeBSD6.1 stable.
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Originally Posted by frob23
If you're in text mode (console or virtual consoles) you can get this feature through several included kernel modules.
If you don't get into X often, you can use one of the built in text mode screensavers. You can add the code below to your /etc/rc.conf and a screensaver of beastie will be started after some time of inactivity in the CLI
Code:
saver="daemon"
There are other screensavers you can use in textmode e.g. blank, snake etc, so do a search in the FreeBSD docs.
On second thoughts I have now searched the handbook for clues about this screensaver and I have not been able to find anything. I used the search function in a pdf document "screensaver", "snake", nothing.
I would like to know what other screensavers are available in text mode besides the already mentioned "blank", "snake" and "daemon", if anyone can tell me, or indicate where I can find out about this, much appreciated.
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