console blanking

Linux-ia64 Miller, Mike (OS Dev) 3 participants 3 messages Jun 22, 2001

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Miller, Mike (OS Dev)

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2001-06-22 15:28 UTC #0 lore raw

Can anyone tell me how to keep the console screen from blanking? I have had the system dump into the kernel debugger after the console went blank and it does not unblank. Makes it hard to debug.

Andreas Schwab

2001-06-22 15:57 UTC #1 lore raw

"Miller, Mike (OS Dev)" <[email protected]> writes:

|> Can anyone tell me how to keep the console screen from blanking?

That can be changed with setterm.

Andreas.

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2001-06-22 16:22 UTC #2 lore raw

In reply to Miller, Mike (OS Dev)

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Can anyone tell me how to keep the console screen from blanking? I have had
the system dump into the kernel debugger after the console went blank and it does not unblank. Makes it hard to debug.

setterm -powersave off -powerdown 0 -blank 0

-Matt

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