Problem with screenblank and xlock in OpenWindows

2007-12-25 11:51:00

Hi,

The answer to the problem was simple. I should have had a closer look at the

xlock man page. The solution is

You can set this resource or use the corresponding command line option:

XLock.enablesaver: on

xlock -enablesaver

This is from the xlock man page:

-/+enablesaver

By default xlock will disable the normal X server's

screen saver since it is in effect a replacement for

it. Since it is possible to set delay parameters long

enough to cause phosphor burn on some displays, this

option will turn back on the default screensaver which

is very careful to keep most of the screen black.

Thanks to

Josef Sachs

Carsten B Knudsen

Andrew Welham

Origonal question:

I am running Solaris 2.6 (no patches) and OpenWindows on a SparcStation 5.

I like to have screenblank operating overnight. This is the sreenblank that puts

the monitor in standby mode.

I use to run CDE and turn screen blank on and off using xset s BLANK/NOBLANK.

Screen blank would still work after locking the screen.

Recently I changed back to OpenWindows. xset s BLANK/NOBLANK still works, except

for when xlock is running.

Does anybody know how to get screenblank to operate when xlock is running?

I have searched the archives, but found nothing related to this problem.

Consumer Services Programme

Telstra Research Laboratories

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