Re: Screen Blanker

[Bob Nielsen <nielsen@primenet.com>]

On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Nidge Jones wrote:

> 
> Real dumb stupid silly question..
> 
> Where does Debian (2.0) set the screen blanker parameter at boot !
> 
> I guess it's set with "setterm -blank" - but where. I have snooped about all
> over the place trying find the answer to this.
> 
> I want to disable mine (-blank 0) permentley?

I couldn't find it either, but created /etc/init.d/local (and ran
update-rc.d) for stuff like this.  You should use the full path:
 
'/usr/bin/setterm -blank 0'

Bob

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