Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!pb2esac!pttesac!rgrodrig
From: rgrodrig@pttesac.UUCP (Robert Rodriguez)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Auto-darkening of SUN screen
Summary: screenblank(1)
Message-ID: <957@pttesac.UUCP>
Date: 9 Dec 88 06:23:36 GMT
References: <17746@adm.BRL.MIL>
Reply-To: rgrodrig@pttesac.UUCP (Robert Rodriguez)
Organization: Pacific*Bell ESAC, San Francisco, Ca.
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In article <17746@adm.BRL.MIL> et>@adm.BRL.MIL writes:
>Does anyone have a program (a modified getty?) which darkens
>the screen of a SUN workstation after some minutes of
>displaying " login:"? We do not want to switch on and off
>the screens several times a day and we also do not want to stay
>them in the state described above for several hours.
>After touching some key on the keyboard, the screen has to be
>"switched on" of course.
>Michael.

See screenblank(1).  We have the following line in our /etc/rc.local file:

/usr/bin/screenblank -d 600

Works like a charm.

Robert Rodriguez