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  From: PoD <pod@merlin.net.au>
  To  : Linux SA <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 04:36:34 +1030

Re: /dev/console is dead

Alex Garner wrote:
> 
> > I think Kirsty's problem sounds more like APM stuff to me.
> > Kirsty: Can you check whether you have the kernel console-blanking
> > enabled?
> 
> Is there an easy way of enabling/disabling this? Like a variable in
> /proc? Or is it a recompile thing?
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Alex!
> 
> --
> 

The only way I know to turn off blanking is 'setterm -blank 0'
I have this in my .bashrc, is there a way to do it globally?

Cheers, PoD.

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