gjw@ANDREAS.WR.USGS.GOV (Gregory J. Woodhouse) (12/13/90)
Does anyone know how I can run an "interesting" screensaver as opposed to screenblank which comes with SunOS. An example might be icoscreensaver, which comes with the NeWS demo package on the Sun. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory Woodhouse |We know that the center of the earth gjw@andreas.wr.usgs.gov |is a fiery molten mass...but it's not (415) 329-4694 (office) |good to dwell on it. (415) 325-7802 (home) | U.S. Geological Survey / 345 Middlefield Rd. MS 977 / Menlo Park, CA 94025 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
fgreco@dprg-330.GOVt.shearson.COM (Frank Greco) (12/14/90)
Greg,
I don't get it. If you're interested in icoscreensaver and you're
using a Sun, why not fireup OpenWindows and run icoscreensaver?
You *can* run NeWS apps side-by-side to X apps (and also Sunview...
but not as nicely behaved) in OW.
I had an interesting fireworks screensaver written in NeWS that
someone donated to the net about a year ago.
You could also look at xlock from the MIT X tape (-lock disables
the lock-X-server mode). It can show fractals ("hop" mode),
YALP (Yet Another Life Program) and a qix mode.
There's nlock from the OpenWindows tape.
You could also look at the man page for Sun's lockscreen which indicates
that you can run any "gfx-program" instead of the Sun Life patterns.
Or you can turn the brightness down when you're not using the display
for an extended period....;->
Frank G.
Please be aware that these were only notes on *Advisory Locking*...
( ;-> I just couldn't resist! )