Re: [TCLUG:8755] Screen Blank Out

["Jon Schewe" <schewe@tcfreenet.org>]

Directly from /etc/rc.d/rc.local on my fileserver:
echo "Turning off the screen blanker"
/usr/bin/setterm -blank 0
/usr/bin/setterm -powersave off

Works great.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Michael Hicks <hick0088@tc.umn.edu>
To: <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: [TCLUG:8755] Screen Blank Out


> > Hrm...so far so good....
> > 
> > Does that command work even if not running X?
> 
> I think you need to use 'setterm' for that..
> 
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