Re: Automatic Screen Blanking

[rjlyonnais@sympatico.ca (Robert Lyonnais)]

Thank you.

Would you happen to know where this is set by default during startup?
I would like to change the current setting but I have been unable to
find setterm anywhere in my startup scripts.

Thanks again,

Robert

On Wed, 02 Sep 1998 17:42:55 -0700 (MST), you wrote:

>setterm -blank n  
>n = blank time in minutes (0 = no blank)
>
>
>On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, Robert Lyonnais wrote:
>
>> Where can one change the setting on a linux box to increase or
>> decrease the length of time before the screen goes blank after
>> keyboard inactivity?
>> 
>> I don't mean from within X. My console goes blank whether or not I'm
>> logged in.
>> 
>> I am using Debian 2.0.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Robert