Hi, I have several servers which VGA output is connected to the same screen by a VGA switch (a KVM). If I want to let the screen go in standby mode, I just connect it to an unplugged KVM input or switch it off manually. So I don't have any interes in console automatic blanking activated by default. Moreover, if a machine crashes, I'd like to see the last kernel messages on the console, (which are often not written to disk) so that I can debug the problem, but the console blanking prevent me to see those messages. I have found a way to remove the console blanking, it is enough to run the command "setterm -blank 0" on the console after each reboot, which necessitate to log in the machine. My question is: is there an easier way to configure the console options at boot time ? (something like running setterm with the wanted options at boot time on each virtual console). I haven't found any configuration file which can be used for this, even after extensive reading of terminfo documentation, console-data and related packages... Thank you in advance for your help. Best regards. -- Loïc "heaven is not a place, it's a feeling"
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