Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov> writes:

  >> Screenblank is weird. When run under X is seems to work OK.  Without X
  >> once blanked, it does not wake up on keyboard input. In fact keyboard
  >> input doesn't seem to work until it has been woken up. I wake it up
  >> from another machine by
  >> 
  >> rsh harold echo \> /dev/console

  > I've noticed that screenblank doesn't work 100% right ... One of these 
  > I'll look at why.  However, it does work ok if I don't run X ... on my 
  > 3/50, 3/60, 4/260, and SS2.  The problem I've seen is that the 
  > framebuffer gets blanked during my xlock screensaver, making it hard to 
  > see the neat eye candy I find so much amusement in :-)  I.e. I don't see 
  > the problem you're referring to.  Try hitting <return>.

Well, thats pretty obvious! I tried it and nothing happens.
Return should at least produce some output (a la the echo command)
but it seems that the keystrokes disappear when the screen is blanked.
I run screenblank with -f /dev/bwtwo0.

Ian