Manual page for SCREENBLANK(1)
screenblank - turn off the screen when the mouse and keyboard are idle
SYNOPSIS
screenblank
[ -m ]
[ -k ]
[ -d
interval ]
[ -e
interval ]
[ -f
frame-buffer ]
DESCRIPTION
screenblank
turns off the display when the mouse and keyboard are idle
for an extended period (the default is 10 minutes).
screenblank
will continue to run until killed by hand,
using
`kill
processid'.
Place the
screenblank
command in your
/etc/rc.local
file.
OPTIONS
- -m
-
Do not check whether the mouse has been idle.
- -k
-
Do not check whether the keyboard has been idle.
- -d interval
-
Disable after
interval
seconds.
interval
is a number of the form
xxx.xxx
where each
x
is a decimal digit. The default is 600 seconds (10 minutes).
- -e interval
-
Enable within
interval
seconds.
interval
is the time between successive polls for keyboard or mouse
activity. If a poll detects keyboard or
mouse activity, the display is resumed.
interval
is a number of seconds, of the form
xxx.xxx
where each
x
is a decimal digit. The default is 0.25 seconds.
- -f frame-buffer
-
frame-buffer
is the path name of the frame-buffer on which video disabling/enabling
applies. The defaults is
/dev/fb.
FILES
- /dev/fb
-
SEE ALSO
lockscreen.1
sunview.1
BUGS
screenblank
only checks
/dev/console
for activity; it does not check non-window programs from
/dev/tty
which bypass
/dev/console .
Consequently,
screenblank
will turn off the display if
/dev/tty
programs (for example, pixrect-based programs) are
the only ones running.
When not running
sunview.1
only the
RETURN
key resumes video display.
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Last modified 11/5/97