On Sun, Oct 12, 2003 at 05:35:45PM +0800, Dion van der Grijp wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I recently installed NetBSD/i386 (1.6.1) for the first time and can't
> seem to get screenblank(1) to work properly.  A Google search returns
> info that would appear to suggest that the NetBSD screen saver has a
> history of problems.

Yes.

> Basically, I have screenblank enabled in /etc/rc.conf.  This does cause
> the screen to blank, but it appears that only the console can trigger a
> "wake up" - and it ignores any activity from other configured virtual
> terminal screens.  It also doesn't seem to keep track of the inactivity
> timeout interval properly: sometimes it blanks prematurely.

Same here.

> If screenblank can be made to work properly, I would appreciate it very
> much if someone could provide some pointers on how to do that, or if the
> information is already available somewhere, point me to it.  (I've looked
> in all the usual places already.)

I don't believe it can. 

I have meant to raise this issue for ages, but I always put it off.
The problem still exists on NetBSD -current.

Speaking for myself, I think the best solution would be to take FreeBSD's
approach and do the screenblanking in-kernel. What does everyone else
think about this?
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