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- From: roettig@ifi.unizh.ch (Thomas Roettig)
- Subject: Re: 3.0 - preven screen burn-in!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov13.164234.5735@ifi.unizh.ch>
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- Organization: University of Zurich, Department of Computer Science
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- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 16:42:34 GMT
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- In article <neuss.721577153@carioca> neuss@igd.fhg.de (Christian Neuss ) writes:
- > Yo folx,
- >
- > jscott@vardamir.next.nd.edu (James Scott) writes:
- > [munch]
- > >To make the login window bounce around the screen when idle, do the
- > >following as root:
- >
- > >dwrite loginwindow MoveWhenIdle YES
- >
- > >this does not interfere with screen dimming. it is only available in 3.0.
- >
- > Hm.. didn't work for me.. I am using adim. Are you sure this doesn't
- > interfere with the bouncing? How long does the machine have to be idle
- > before the window starts moving? (If I know that it is supposed to
- > move after 30 seconds, I don't have to wait 5 minutes when I experiment
- > with different settings ;-)
- >
- > Thank you in advance for the info!
- > Chris
- > /*
- > * Christian Neuss % neuss@igd.fhg.de % ..in the humdrum
- > */
-
- Try those:
-
- Default
- dwrite Value Comments
- ---------------------------------------------
- TimeToDim 2040 - in 1/68th of a second (i.e. 60 seconds)
- MovementTimeout 300 - in seconds, I have 5
- MovementRate 0.0666 - seems to be the rate it redraws, 0.0333 seems good
- MovementScale ? - pixels to loginwindow is moved, I have 5
- MoveWhenIdle NO - Yes, to move
-
- YOU MUST BE LOGGED IN AS ROOT TO PERFORM THESE dwrites!!!!!!!
-
-
- --
-
- Gruss
- Tom
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