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. Lines: 17 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