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SCREENBLANK(1)  —  USER COMMANDS

NAME

screenblank − turn off video when the mouse and keyboard are idle

SYNOPSIS

screenblank [ −m ] [ −k ] [ −d interval ] [ −e interval ] [ −f frame_buffer ]

DESCRIPTION

screenblank turns off the display when the mouse and keyboard are idle for an extended period (the default is 10 minutes). 

OPTIONS

−m Do not check whether the mouse has been idle. 

−k Do not check whether the keyboard has been idle. 

−d interval
Disable after interval seconds.  interval is a number of the form xxx.xxx where each x is a decimal digit.   The default is 600 seconds (10 minutes). 

−e interval
Enable within interval seconds.  interval is the time between successive polls for keyboard or mouse activity.  If a poll detects keyboard or mouse activity, the display is resumed.  interval is a number of seconds, of the form xxx.xxx where each x is a  decimal digit.  The default is 0.25 seconds. 

−f frame_buffer
frame_buffer is the path name of the frame buffer on which video disabling/enabling applies.  The defaults is /dev/fb. 

SEE ALSO

lockscreen(1)

BUGS

When not running suntools(1), only the RETURN key resumes video display. 

Sun Release 3.5  —  Last change: 21 June 1986

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