Emilio C. Lopes writes ("Re: dselect install times out screensaver"): > I have just read that the max n is 60 (1 hour). The info comes > from the "Linux Console Terminal Documentation", posted saturday > to c.o.l.a.
What we need is a sequence that means `reset the timeout now'. I could have dpkg output that every time it start processing a new package, if TERM=linux. (I'd rather not hardwire things like that, but if there's no other way ...) Alternatively it might be a better idea to change the screensaver to swallow the first keypress after blanking. Ian.