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Re: Console problem
- To: Oded Arbel <odeda-linux-il(at-nospam)betalfa.org.il>
- Subject: Re: Console problem
- From: Boaz Rymland <boaz(at-nospam)linuxqa.com>
- Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 10:49:29 +0200
- Cc: Linux-IL mailing list <linux-il(at-nospam)cs.huji.ac.il>
- References: <020e01c073d2$9cec1d60$2500000a@oded>
- Sender: boaz(at-nospam)aduva.com
- Sender: linux-il-bounce(at-nospam)cs.huji.ac.il
Oded Arbel wrote:
>
> Hi list.
> I have this wierd problem with my console (on Mandrake 7.2) - after typing
> away at the console for a while (a few minutes), my screen goes blank - like
> the screensaver that normally kicks in after a few minutes of inactivity ?
> but this happens while I'm working, and after it kicks in - I can't turn it
> off by moviing my mouse or typing stuff - instead I have to switch to the
> graphical console or the aurora console (which is also graphical), and back
> again.
> any idea why ?
Nope. But you can try "setterm -blank 0" . This disables console blanking. I use
it on my servers at work as a quick solution to digging that console blanking
issue. (I put it in one of the rc scripts, so it's automatically loads up at
boot time).
Boaz.
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