Re: xscreensaver Works!

[Dale Morris <dlm@well.com>]

Thanks, I configured my XF86Config file this way and it works fine.

On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 12:55:40PM -0800 23, Ethan Benson <erbenson@alaska.net> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 05:36:13PM +0200, Florian Friesdorf wrote:
> > 
> > it first starts the screensaver in the bg and then gives control to the window manager.
> > when you log in there pops up a screensaver window for a few seconds where you can configure the screensaver.
> > I just looked where the screen standby is configured, but I think this is, at least on my system, done by the bios.
> 
> BIOS? bleak i do it this way:
> 
> Section "Device"
>    Identifier      "Primary Card"
>    VendorName      "Unknown"
>    BoardName       "Matrox Millennium G400 16MB"
>    VideoRam        16384
>    Option          "power_saver"
> EndSection
> 
> note the "power_saver" option
> 
> and
> 
> Section "Screen"
>    Driver          "Accel"
>    Device          "Primary Card"
>    Monitor         "Primary Monitor"
>    DefaultColorDepth 32
>    StandByTime 0
>    SuspendTime 45
>    OffTime 75
>    SubSection "Display"
> [...]
> 
> this is all in /etc/X11/XF86Config
> 
> -- 
> Ethan Benson
> http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/



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