On Tue, 3 Oct 1995, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Bill Mitchell writes ("Re: dselect install times out screensaver"):
> > >
> > > Alternatively it might be a better idea to change the screensaver to
> > > swallow the first keypress after blanking.
> >
Bill Mitchell writes ("Re: dselect install times out screensaver"):
> On Tue, 3 Oct 1995, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > 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
> > pack
On Tue, 3 Oct 1995, Ian Jackson wrote:
> 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
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 th
> Ian J. said:
>
> > I have no idea how to do this, and I'm unconvinced that it would be a
> > good idea.
>
> Me neither. Also possibly me too. I dimly recall a SlackWare utility
> to massage the screensaver, but some "man -k"ing and grepping around
> didn't turn up anything on my debian system
> I think "Setterm" was able to set the screen blanker timeout, or turn it off.
Yes, setterm can do it. However, all it takes is sending an escape
sequence to the console. The sequence is "\033[9;n]", where n is the
desired interval in minutes. This can esily be done from a shell
script without
I think "Setterm" was able to set the screen blanker timeout, or turn it off.
We could do it in the setup.sh if we wanted to and had a copy of setterm that
we could distribute without copyright hassles. I suppose this can wait
for the next release, though.
Bruce
Oops. I think this is what we need "Setterm" for.
Bruce
Ian J. said:
> I have no idea how to do this, and I'm unconvinced that it would be a
> good idea.
Me neither. Also possibly me too. I dimly recall a SlackWare utility
to massage the screensaver, but some "man -k"ing and grepping around
didn't turn up anything on my debian system.
I was thinki
Bill Mitchell writes ("dselect install times out screensaver"):
> The screensaver times out during the dselect install processing
> done after initial 0.93R6 install. I forget how to twiddle it,
> but perhaps it'd be useful for the initial install script to
> disable
The screensaver times out during the dselect install processing
done after initial 0.93R6 install. I forget how to twiddle it,
but perhaps it'd be useful for the initial install script to
disable the screensaver during the initial dselect run, and
reinstate it afterwords. It'd probably be even b
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