On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 11:01:10AM -0000, Dave wrote: > Hi... > > I was trying to disable the console screensaver, and found that in > sysinstall, there is no way to select "none" as an option. > > So I went and edited /etc/rc.conf to comment out the line:- > Saver="fire" (or whatever it is) > > I put a ; at the beginning of the line, and now FreeBSD wont come up, > showing an error (unexpected ;) and leaving me with a # prompt.
To comment out a line in a shell script (which is what rc.conf actually is) you should put a '#' at the beginning of the line, not a ';'. > > How do I get to re-edit rc.conf, to correct the problem, as all command > line commands result in a "not found" error. > > Also. What's the "Correct" way to disable a console screensaver? Changing rc.conf is the "Correct" way. If you do it by hand or use some other tool (like sysinstall) to do it does not really matter. Putting 'saver="NO"' in rc.conf or not having and 'saver=XXXX' line there will both do the same thing - not starting any screen saver. > > Sysinstall alows you to select and enable one, but not remove it! > > Bit of an oversight that I suspect.... Probably. The shortcomings of sysinstall are many and varied, so one more is not surprise. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1...@student.uu.se _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
