[Sussex] Turn off console blanker?

Derek Harding derek at lagham.uklinux.net
Sun Apr 6 10:43:01 UTC 2003


> > 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
> 

Thanks, John.

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Best wishes,
Derek




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