SunOS 4.1.4, Screenblank, and Y2K patches
> We have a problem with Screenblank. The symptoms are similar to those answered
> in sun-managers a few years ago about screenblank not responding to mouse
> movements or keystrokes.
>
> You can kill screenblank, or send a message to the console and it will wake
> up.
>
> However, we do not have any of the conditions mentioned in previous
> summaries..
>
> 1.) Only one instance of screenblank is running.
> 2.) There are no time changes occurring
> 3.) No X induced screenblanks
>
> The problem only started happening after loading the y2k patches from Sun's
> web
> site. The list of patches are..
>
> 100452-72 100544-10 102545-11 105146-01 105151-01
> 100462-32 100638-03 105143-02 105148-01 105152-01
> 100523-24 100728-03 105144-01 105149-01 106182-01
> 100524-06 102423-07 105145-02 105150-01
>
> Does anyone have a clue to this problem?
>
> Thanks, I will summarize.
I got one response that offered a possible solution fromthadm@oregonian.com
(Thad MacMillan)
Hi,
I had the exact problem on an SparcStation-LX. I don't know which patch did
the evil deed, or why another identically configured machine was fine, but
I got the updated screenblank code "screenblank_02jun95.tar.gz" compiled it
and it worked fine.
You should be able to get it from ftp.ececs.uc.edu in /pub/sun-faq/Source,
If not, I can send you my tarfile.
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Unfortunately, this behaved the same way. The only solution for now is not to
run screenblank at all.
Thanks all,
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