Re: new syscons screensaver

2001-05-03 Thread Jan Grant
Very neat. [forgive flippancy] On Wed, 2 May 2001, Andrew Hesford wrote: > The screensaver isn't bad, and it gets pretty trippy when you focus at > infinity and let the 3D-Illusions (TM) effect set in. Argh! I've just gone blind. -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.br

Re: new syscons screensaver

2001-05-02 Thread John
; > I just wrote a new syscons screensaver which I think is much more > interesting than the other ones, while still being relatively easy on the > CPU (much less CPU intensive than "fire", anyway). Please review it and > let me know what you think. > > It's the bsd

Re: new syscons screensaver

2001-05-02 Thread John Baldwin
On 02-May-01 Andy Sloane wrote: > On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 01:58:06PM -0700, Nick Sayer wrote: >> You might consider trying the apm_saver module instead, especially on >> laptops. I have found instances in the past of monitor/BIOS/video >> combinations where green didn't do the right thing but tha

Re: new syscons screensaver

2001-05-02 Thread Andy Sloane
On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 01:58:06PM -0700, Nick Sayer wrote: > You might consider trying the apm_saver module instead, especially on > laptops. I have found instances in the past of monitor/BIOS/video > combinations where green didn't do the right thing but that the APM got > right. Both apm_saver

Re: new syscons screensaver

2001-05-02 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 11:27:46AM -0700, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 02-May-01 Andy Sloane wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I just wrote a new syscons screensaver which I think is much more > > interesting than the other ones, while still being relatively easy on the &g

Re: new syscons screensaver

2001-05-02 Thread Doug Russell
On Wed, 2 May 2001, Andrew Hesford wrote: > However, I'm quite fond of the green_saver module, which shuts down my > monitor after 15 minutes. Other screensavers are really just for > entertainment; I think green_saver is the only one that serves a really > good purpose. Perhaps we should make

Re: new syscons screensaver

2001-05-02 Thread Nick Sayer
Andrew Hesford wrote: > However, I'm quite fond of the green_saver module, which shuts down my > monitor after 15 minutes. Other screensavers are really just for > entertainment; I think green_saver is the only one that serves a really > good purpose. You might consider trying the apm_saver modu

Re: new syscons screensaver

2001-05-02 Thread Andy Sloane
On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 08:42:01PM +0200, Torbjorn Kristoffersen wrote: > What about implementing some code from green_saver into his saver to > enable DPMS support? And have a sysctl value to set the delay after the > green saver will begin :) Maybe there's a better way, to let his > beastie_save

Re: new syscons screensaver

2001-05-02 Thread Andrew Hesford
On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 08:42:01PM +0200, Torbjorn Kristoffersen wrote: > > > > However, I'm quite fond of the green_saver module, which shuts down my > > monitor after 15 minutes. Other screensavers are really just for > > entertainment; I think green_saver is the only one that serves a really >

Re: new syscons screensaver

2001-05-02 Thread Torbjorn Kristoffersen
> > However, I'm quite fond of the green_saver module, which shuts down my > monitor after 15 minutes. Other screensavers are really just for > entertainment; I think green_saver is the only one that serves a really > good purpose. > What about implementing some code from green_saver into his sav

RE: new syscons screensaver

2001-05-02 Thread John Baldwin
On 02-May-01 Andy Sloane wrote: > Hello, > > I just wrote a new syscons screensaver which I think is much more > interesting than the other ones, while still being relatively easy on the > CPU (much less CPU intensive than "fire", anyway). Please review it and >

Re: new syscons screensaver

2001-05-02 Thread Andy Sloane
On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 02:16:00AM -0500, Andrew Hesford wrote: > The screensaver isn't bad, and it gets pretty trippy when you focus at > infinity and let the 3D-Illusions (TM) effect set in. If I were to make > one suggestion, it would be to animate Beastie, so that he walks around > the screen

Re: new syscons screensaver

2001-05-01 Thread Andrew Hesford
On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 12:50:00AM -0500, Andy Sloane wrote: > Hello, > > I just wrote a new syscons screensaver which I think is much more > interesting than the other ones, while still being relatively easy on the > CPU (much less CPU intensive than "fire", anyway). P

new syscons screensaver

2001-05-01 Thread Andy Sloane
Hello, I just wrote a new syscons screensaver which I think is much more interesting than the other ones, while still being relatively easy on the CPU (much less CPU intensive than "fire", anyway). Please review it and let me know what you think. It's the bsd daemon logo (wi