Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!pacbell.com!ames!dftsrv!kong!vesper From: vesper@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov (Greg Vesper - RMS) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: automatic screen dimming Keywords: 1.0 screen dimming saver Message-ID: Date: 29 Nov 90 20:05:53 GMT References: <15145@cs.utexas.edu> <1990Nov27.234917.3887@engin.umich.edu> <4338@idunno.Princeton.EDU> <1990Nov28.164541.12961@sctc.com> Sender: news@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov Lines: 30 In <1990Nov28.164541.12961@sctc.com> herndon@sctc.com (William R. Herndon) writes: >fuchs@czar.Princeton.EDU (Ira Fuchs) writes: >>On the same topic, I have asked before about whether anyone had gotten >>screensaver (found in the archives) to work (we haven't). I got one >>affirmative response but we still can't make it work and it behaves >>similarly under 2.0. If it worked, it would be a nice way to do screen >>blanking as it permits any postscript file to be used as the screen display >>(including just black). > I have gotten it to work under certain circumstances. The invokation > of the program, that is launched from the boot processing ( ie. forked > from within the processing of rc.local ), does not work. Killing the > initial invokation and restarting the program in the backround works > for as long as the invoking user remains logged in. However, as soon > as that user logs out, the program ceases to work. I have gotten it to work from rc.local, but only if you run justblack.. any of the other options won't work over the login panel.. Greg Vesper (vesper@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov) 301-286-5162 Goddard Space Flight Center; Greenbelt, Maryland "Two basic facts of life: 1) There is a God. 2) You're not him." -- Greg Vesper (vesper@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov) 301-286-5162 Goddard Space Flight Center; Greenbelt, Maryland "Two basic facts of life: 1) There is a God. 2) You're not him."