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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Sindi Keesan wrote:
> >
> > I came back after an hour or so and noticed that there were 
> > only colored characters on the screen (what the ls produced) 
> > and the white ones were gone.  
> 
> Screen blanking.

I am used to screen blanking, but not to its being selective about what 
colors to blank.  It blanked out the white but not the blue or other 
colors.  What does this accomplish and is it intentional?
I thought screen blanking prevented burn-in and saved power - but why 
leave everything colored unblanked?
 
> > I hit 'any key' and the white characters returned.
> > Is this a feature or a bug (another video oddity)?  
> 
> It's normal (for that screen blanker).
> 
> > What duration is the screen saver set to?
> 
> I don't know.  You may be able to change it with setterm.
> 
> Cheers,
> Steven
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