Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!adm!rbj@icst-cmr.arpa From: rbj@icst-cmr.arpa (Root Boy Jim) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Screen save or turn off: Summary of responses Message-ID: <7626@brl-adm.ARPA> Date: Mon, 1-Jun-87 11:56:33 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-adm.7626 Posted: Mon Jun 1 11:56:33 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Jun-87 01:44:41 EDT Sender: news@brl-adm.ARPA Lines: 25 We decided to run screensaver, and turn everything off at night. -Mitch Mark Weiser has the ultimate solution. Their getty has been hacked to recognize two additional gettytab fields, :ta=prog: and :to#:. If no one [attempts] logs on within `to' seconds, the `ta' (terminal action) program is run until it exits. The whole cycle then repeats. Their `ta' program moves an enlarged ghostbuster icon around the screen until you type `q' (this is a conceptual bug; it should be any key), and then quits. The whole thing is automatic. I think they should wrap this up in a shar or tar file and make it available for public FTP. If they don't, perhaps I will. The package contains no source code, just binarys of getty and the screensaver program, a few icons, and an extra line in gettytab. The program will display one or more icons moving or jumping at rates of your choice. (Root Boy) Jim Cottrell National Bureau of Standards Flamer's Hotline: (301) 975-5688