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.Dd June 7, 1995
.Dt SCREENBLANK 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm screenblank
.Nd screen saver daemon for the Sun 3 and SPARC
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm screenblank
.Op Fl k | Fl m
.Op Fl d Ar timeout
.Op Fl e Ar timeout
.Op Fl f Ar framebuffer
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Screenblank
disables the framebuffer if the keyboard and mouse are idle for a period
of time, and re-enables the framebuffer when keyboard or mouse activity
resumes.
.Pp
When killed with a SIGINT, SIGHUP, or SIGTERM,
.Nm screenblank
will re-enable the framebuffer.  The pid can be found in the file
.Pa /var/run/screenblank.pid .
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl k
Do not check the keyboard for activity.
.It Fl m
Do not check the mouse for activity.
.It Fl d Ar timeout
Wait the number of seconds specified by
.Ar timeout ,
expressed in the format `xxx.xxx', before disabling the framebuffer due to
inactivity.  The default is 600 seconds (10 minutes).
.It Fl e Ar timeout
Wait the number of seconds specified by
.Ar timeout ,
expressed in the format `xxx.xxx', before re-enabling the framebuffer once
activity resumes.  The default is .25 seconds.
.It Fl f Ar framebuffer
Use the framebuffer device
.Ar framebuffer
instead of the default
.Pa /dev/fb .
.El
.Pp
Note that the
.Fl k
and
.Fl m
flags are mutually exclusive.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width "/var/run/screenblank.pid  "
.It /dev/kbd
The keyboard device.
.It /dev/mouse
The mouse device.
.It /dev/console
The console device.
.It /dev/fb
The default framebuffer.
.It /var/run/screenblank.pid
File containing the pid of
.Nm screenblank .
.El