Re: How to prevent the console from going black ?



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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