vt console

starikarp at dismail.de starikarp at dismail.de
Mon Dec 30 21:33:08 UTC 2019


On Mon, 30 Dec 2019 18:22:09 +0100
Polytropon <freebsd at edvax.de> wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Dec 2019 12:05:58 -0500, ajtiM via freebsd-questions wrote:
> > Today I did read https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons and there are not
> > any changes for " Screen saver         Unstarted"
> > 
> > Changes on the site are made I think in 2015. Do they plan or is it
> > impossible to make "green saver" to works, please?
> 
> Forget about vt. If your system runs X, use X (and a screensaver
> for X), as X forces you to use vt. If it does _not_ run X, switch
> to sc and use the sc-based screensaver as it worked for decades.
> I've been following this suggestion for some time now, and it
> saves you lots of trouble and disappointment. :-/
> 
> 
> 

Thank you.
I didn't try sc because I have efi boot (on Apple) and I thought that
doesn't work anymore.
I will get a try.

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