xscreensaver will run several programs to continuously update the screen instead of going blank. You can specify the programs and their arguments using resources. It doesn't work very well with on my XF86_S3 with the MIT-SCREEN-SAVER extension, so it is disabled in config.h. It makes very little difference anyway as the saver still watches the keyboard and mouse activity. This is version 1.27. -Satoshi asami@cs.berkeley.edu