RE: [PATCH] Configurable Console Blank Interval

From: Michael Nelson (mikenel@iapetus.com)
Date: Thu Jun 15 2000 - 09:18:45 EST


Why not just put setterm -blank 0 in your startup scripts?

-mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Frost [mailto:sfrost@mail.snowman.net]
>
> Here is a patch against 2.2.16 to give an option on how
> long till the kernel blanks the console. If set to '0' the console
> never blanks. Note that this patch also appears to apply correctly
> to 2.4.0-test1ac18.
> I've tested it with 10, 1 and 0 and all seems to work
> correctly. If there are any problems please let me know.
> No matter the other console patches and cleanups, personally
> I'd like to see this get in sometime and that anything that replaces
> the console code also support an option similar to this.

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