Screensaver does not work on 9.2-RELEASE amd64 console

Erratus

Erratus

Code: 
# uname -prs
FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE amd64

# kldstat | grep saver
 6    1 0xffffffff81c1f000 fa2      blank_saver.ko

# grep saver /etc/rc.conf
# screensaver
  screensave_load="YES" # Set to YES to load a screensaver module
#  screensave_name="blank"   # Set as in /boot/defaults/loader.conf
 saver="blank"          # screensaver name cursor stopps blinking; on enter 1s blackscreen
  blanktime=180         # screensaver seconds

After blanktime the only effect is, that the cursor disappears. When hitting a key the screen blacks out for a second.

When using in # screensave_name="blank" in /etc/rc.conf like in /boot/defaults/loader.conf

Code: 
# grep screensave_name /boot/defaults/loader.conf
screensave_name="green_saver"   # Set to the name of the screensaver module

no savermodule is loaded into kernel.

Anything I did not consider right?
 
Post your complete rc.conf please. I have a feeling there's a bunch of stuff in there that shouldn't be there.
 
Code: 
# cat /etc/rc.conf

# Created: Tue Sep 03 20:00:00 2012
# Please make all changes to this file, not to /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
# This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf.

# FSCK Enhancements
  fsck_y_enable="YES"
  background_fsck="NO"

# hostname
  hostname="XXX"

# network
  defaultrouter="xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
  ifconfig_em0="inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 0xffffff00"

# Set dumpdev to "AUTO" to enable crash dumps, "NO" to disable
  dumpdev="NO"

# Prevent syslogd from listening (jail-testing)
  syslogd_flags="-s -s" # For no listening

# ZFS
  zfs_enable="YES"
  mount -t zfs sys/ROOT/default /mnt

# Use openntpd instead of ntpd
  ntpdate_hosts="xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
  ntpdate_flags="-u -b"
# ntpdate_flags="-s -u -b"
  ntpdate_enable="YES"
  openntpd_enable="YES"
  ntpd_sync_on_start="YES"
  ntpd_enable="NO"

# clearing /tmp disabled while daily systemboot
  clear_tmp_enable="NO"

# Name Query Caching
  nscd_enable="YES"

# cursor
  cursor="destructive"  # blinking underline

# fonts
  font8x8="iso-8x8"
  font8x14="iso-8x14"
  font8x16="iso-8x16"
# font8x16="iso-thin-8x16"

# screensaver
  screensave_load="YES"         # Set to YES to load a screensaver module
#  screensave_name="blank"      # Set to the name of the screensaver module like in /boot/defaults/loader.conf
  saver="blank"         # screensaver name cursor stopps blinking; on enter 1s blackscreen
  blanktime=180         # screensaver seconds

# syscons allscreens
  allscreens_flags="MODE_346"

update_motd="NO"

# Set dumpdev to "AUTO" to enable crash dumps, "NO" to disable
  dumpdev="NO"

# powerd
  powerd_enable="YES"
  powerd_flags="-a hadp"                # Highly adaptive

# ssh daemon
  sshd_enable="YES"

# sendmail
  sendmail_enable="NONE"

# LPD
  lpd_enable="NO"
 
Ah, right. Previously I couldn't differentiate between your prompt and the remarks :e
 
Seems that you forgot put the quotation marks to set the blank time option :)
Code: 
blanktime=[red]"[/red]180[red]"[/red]         # screensaver seconds
 
Just discovered, that the same problem exists on a 9.1-RELEASE-p7 system on a i386 machine. Both have LCD monitors.

I admit, that I'm wondering about that no one else complains about it.

cpu82 said:
Seems that you forgot put the quotation marks to set the blank time option :)
Code: 
blanktime=[red]"[/red]180[red]"[/red]         # screensaver seconds
Click to expand...

For a blanktime I had some hope, that this would solve the problem. But unfortunatelly it did not. Same symptoms remain.
Same symptoms also when using other saver module (i.e. green).
 
For me works quite fine on my EeePC, also I want to remark that only work some of them (fire_saver.ko, logo_saver.ko, rain_saver.ko, warp_saver.ko and dragon_saver.ko)
Code: 
[CMD]% uname -a[/CMD] 
FreeBSD eeebsd 9.1-RELEASE-p7 FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE-p7 #4: Mon Oct  7 02:10:57 
CEST 2013     root@eeebsd:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/EEEPC  i386

My kldstat(8)() output:
Code: 
Id Refs Address    Size     Name
 1   76 0xc0400000 10071a0  kernel
 2    1 0xc1408000 14c14    geom_eli.ko
 3    2 0xc141d000 270e8    crypto.ko
 4    2 0xc1445000 ac40     zlib.ko
 5    1 0xc1450000 30d4     coretemp.ko
 6    1 0xc1454000 5f24     acpi_video.ko
 7    1 0xc145a000 5d08     acpi_asus.ko
 8    1 0xc1460000 61c8     cuse4bsd.ko
 9    1 0xc1467000 99f4     mmc.ko
10    1 0xc1471000 454c     mmcsd.ko
11    1 0xc1476000 7b28     sdhci.ko
12    1 0xc147e000 7360     ng_ubt.ko
13    6 0xc1486000 d75c     netgraph.ko
14    2 0xc1494000 dc8c     ng_hci.ko
15    4 0xc14a2000 2f00     ng_bluetooth.ko
16    1 0xc7a89000 4000     fdescfs.ko
17    1 0xc7aad000 8000     linprocfs.ko
18    1 0xc7ac6000 2a000    linux.ko
19    1 0xc7b47000 f000     ng_l2cap.ko
20    1 0xc7b5a000 21000    ng_btsocket.ko
21    1 0xc7b91000 4000     ng_socket.ko
22    1 0xc7c6d000 4000     bcm43xx.cat.ko
23    1 0xc7c71000 18000    bcmwlcoi.dll.ko
24    1 0xc7c89000 732000   bcmwl5_sys.ko
25    1 0xc83bb000 d000     if_ndis.ko
26    2 0xc83c8000 1a000    ndis.ko
27    1 0xc840e000 e000     fuse.ko
28    1 0xc8752000 3000     logo_saver.ko

Here is the config lines from /etc/rc.conf to make console screensaver works properly
Code: 
font8x16="iso15-8x16.fnt"
allscreens_flags="MODE_277"
saver="logo"
blanktime="180"

To test the screensaver, press <Shift+Pause>

Acording to this message some screensavers as daemon_saver.ko and snake_saver.ko can't be executed in VGA video modes. Read splash(4)() man page for details.
 
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