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+From mrapple@quack.kfu.com Mon Apr 26 18:31:07 1993
+Newsgroups: alt.hackers
+From: mrapple@quack.kfu.com (Nick Sayer)
+Subject: screenblank and xautolock living in harmony
+Organization: The Duck Pond public unix: +1 408 249 9630, log in as 'guest'.
+Date: 23 Apr 1993 19:26:57 UTC
+
+
+I have a Sun and use xinit to start X. This presented a problem.
+If I use xautolock or xscreensaver to save the screen, then after
+a period of inactivity screenblank would turn the video off despite
+'xset s off'. If I didn't run screenblank, then who would take care of
+the display when X wasn't running?
+
+The hack that saved the day was to include this in .xinitrc:
+
+(
+
+while true ; do
+sleep 360
+touch /dev/console
+done
+
+) &
+killblank=$!
+
+[start up all the clients, etc, etc. Wait for the window manager
+to die, then ]
+
+kill $killblank
+
+The result is that screenblank is kept safely out of the way when X
+is running and left to do its job otherwise.
+
+Yes, I know using XDM would solve this problem.
+
+No, I'm probably not the first to think of this.
+
+You're welcome.
+
+-- 
+Nick Sayer <mrapple@quack.kfu.com>   | "Dear Sexy Nickers. I don't half fancy
+N6QQQ @ N0ARY.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NOAM     | you. Meet me at the lift at 5:30 and
++1 408 249 9630, log in as 'guest'   | we'll get it together."
+PGP 2.2 public key via finger        |               -- Mr. Lucas
+