> On Thu, 7 Oct 1999, Guest section DW wrote:
>
> > >>> i would like to know if there's a way to disable the screen blanker
> >
> > >> setterm -blank 0
> >
> > > I wish this worked (it doesn't).
> > > Somewhere around version 2 it no longer did anything.
> >
> > Hmm. What kernel, what setterm?
> > For me (2.2.12, setterm from kbd-0.99) it works fine.
> >
> > Andries
> >
>
> It doesn't have a version number. `strings` doesn't show any version.
> Its date was december 1998. The kernel is 2.3.13 (and the past year).
# rpm -qf /usr/bin/setterm
util-2.9t-3
from SuSE 6.2 works fine for me with 2.2.12 using both text console and vesafb.
maybe your APM BIOS settings blank the screen ?
note that `setterm' only works for normal consoles, for X11 you have to use `xset'....
Harald
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