Re: How to prevent the console from going black ?

[Andre Majorel <aym-naibed@teaser.fr>]

On 2007-01-31 14:27 +0100, Sven Arvidsson wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 10:14 +0100, Andre Majorel wrote:
> > Is there a kernel boot parameter or /proc magic to disable the VGA
> > console blanking ? (Equivalent of TIOCLINUX subcode 10 value 0 on
> > all VT.)
> 
> this can be done with setterm. (See the man page).

Thanks.

> Do you really need it set at boot time?

If setterm is not on your rescue CD, you might.

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