[Sussex] Turn off console blanker?

[John Crowhurst]

> Hi Guys,
>
> I don't think my first shot got onto the list so I'll try again!
>
> Can someone please remind me how I turn off the console blanker? I don't
> want to install and run X on a server but I do want to be able to watch
> a long-term process as it progresses or tail -f various logs.

In one of your startup scripts you will see "setterm -blank". Set it to 0.

On mine, its in /etc/rc.d/rc.M as:

/bin/setterm -blank 15

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John