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From: gfr@wolfgang.mitre.org (Glenn Roberts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Screen blanking on 386i
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Date: 24 Dec 88 22:51:40 GMT
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X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 75, message 10 of 11

This one took me a while to figure out so I thought I'd pass the
information along:  The default configuration on the 386i has an annoying
'screen blanker' running.  This blanks the screen every 5 or 10 minutes or
so in such a way that when you move the mouse the entire screen must be
repainted (instead of the usual "instant on" typical of
/usr/bin/screenblank).  If you "grep" through the /etc/rc files you won't
find where this screen blanker is started.

The way to turn this blanker off is to remove the "-n" option from the
console entry in /etc/ttytab.  This will also keep the system from running
the cute "login tool".   You can then run the normal screenblank utility
by adding a line to /etc/rc.local.  I include the flag "-d 1800" to set
the delay to 30 minutes. 

- Glenn Roberts, The MITRE Corp., McLean VA (703)-883-6820
  gfr%wolfgang@gateway.mitre.org