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From: jc@raven.bu.edu (James Cameron)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Re: screenblank/OpenWindows problem
Keywords: Windows
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Date: 22 Mar 91 20:20:20 GMT
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>>>>> On 18 Mar 91 17:28:00 GMT, mayoff@cs.utexas.edu (Robert Mayoff) said:

RM> I have six SPARCstations 2 and two SPARCstations 1+.  We run SunOS 4.1.1
RM> and use OpenWindows 2.0 basically all the time.  The problem: screenblank
RM> (I assume; OpenWindows doesn't appear to handle that function itself)

[...Removed rest of screenblank problems...]

Apparently, Sun's screenblanking has a *serious/silly* bug in that it
sometimes only checks the /dev/console for messages.  The simple
workaround is to have the Xserver (Xsun or whatever you use) run the
screenblanking for you and disable Sun's screenblanker.  Your Xserver
probably takes  a '-s' to get the screensaver option.

James Cameron  -  jc@raven.bu.edu