RE: Background-props problems and suggestions

["Thuau, Joachim" <jthuau ventritex com>]

for any sample code for that, you moght want to check the 'linux on laptop'
page on www.linux.org ..  (there is some packages that does that ... at
least for RedHat .. (rpms) so i beleive you could find those and get the
code ...  (it is probably GPL-ized..)

Joachim 'Yolk' Thuau
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Richard Hult [SMTP:rhult@hem2.passagen.se]
> Sent:	Friday, September 25, 1998 12:55 PM
> To:	miguel@nuclecu.unam.mx
> Subject:	Re: Background-props problems and suggestions
> 
> 
> >> When using DPMS it would be nice to be able to set the time when the
> >> monitor will be shut off. Example: I want the screensaver to come in
> >> after 5 minutes and then after 15 minutes idle time the monitor would
> be
> >> shut down to power saving mode.
> > 
> > Do you have any sample code on how to do this?
> 
> No, unfortunately not, I only know that I can do it under Windows95/98
> and it's a good feature, since it's nice to have a cool screensaver but
> if I leave the computer for a longer while, it would be nice to save
> some power and make the world a better place to live =)
> 
> Well, it's not the most important feature so... it can wait :) 
> 
> Actually, I'd rather want the screensaver to work at all, which it
> doesnt seem to do right now. Unfortunately I haven't got the knowledge
> to look into that right now.
> 
> /Richard
> 
> 
> 
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