Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hpfcso!hpfinote!pnl From: pnl@hpfinote.HP.COM (Peter Lim) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Windows Screen Saver? Message-ID: <18950024@hpfinote.HP.COM> Date: 17 Sep 90 19:58:45 GMT References: <27726@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> Organization: Hewlett Packard CICD Lines: 26 > I have been running magic for about 3 months and my only complaint is that > occasionally it will blank the screen for a moment and some system activity > will awaken it. I can find the activity, but I suspect it is an ill behaved > applications with a timer. The other complaint is that while reading news, > my timeout of 2min occurs during long posts. I am waiting for the version > that has built in life sensors to let it know if there really is someone at > the console... > Ahhh !!!! .... I think I know why magic doesn't timeout on my machine. I have a clock program sitting in one corner. It is the program given in Petzold's book. Why should magic bother with timer anyway ? I thought it should only detect mouse, keyboard and screen activities (oops ! my timer does update the screen), .... Well ! Is there anyway around this ? Other than removing the timer ? Regards, ## Life is fast enough as it is ........ Peter Lim. ## .... DON'T PUSH IT !! >>>-------, ########################################### : E-mail: plim@hpsgwg.HP.COM Snail-mail: Hewlett Packard Singapore, : Tel: (065)-279-2289 (ICDS, ICS) | Telnet: 520-2289 1150 Depot Road, __\@/__ ... also at: pnl@hpfipnl.HP.COM Singapore 0410. SPLAT ! #include