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gentian
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How do I disable the Screen terminal while in the console? Is there a configuration option in the Kernel Configuration?
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Gusar
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gentian
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| Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks. I did this and it seems working:
| Code: | setterm -powersave off
setterm -blank 0 |
However, I was wondering if this is a kernel feature and if it can be disabled, or if there is some configuration file I can save these settings to. |
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Gusar
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| Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | | /etc/local.d/README |
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gentian
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| Gusar wrote: | | Code: | | /etc/local.d/README |
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I was wondering if scripts could be avoided and wether this could be changed in the kernel configuration? I really like vanilla solutions. No scripts or unnecessary services? |
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Gusar
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| Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 1:05 pm Post subject: |
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| What's wrong with scripts? Every distro has some form of a "local" service for exactly such small things. I doubt there is a kernel option, this is not something that belongs into the kernel. |
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HerbMillerJW
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| Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 1:29 pm Post subject: |
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| To my knownledge, screen blanking is a terminal emulator feature, not a kernel feature, so it has to be disabled in userspace (with a command). There may be something you can put in your /etc/inittab file that will disable it on startup, but I usually just put the setterm command in my /etc/bash/bashrc file. |
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gentian
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 1:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Gusar wrote: | | Code: | | /etc/local.d/README |
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I added a local.start file including the setterm commands at /etc/local.d but the terminal still timeouts. :/ |
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Hu
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Was your new script executed at boot? |
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gentian
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Hu wrote: | | Was your new script executed at boot? |
How do I check that, Or what command do I have to run? |
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Hu
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Look for output generated by your script or check that one of the files or pseudofiles that it modifies shows the expected modification. |
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gentian
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| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 9:08 am Post subject: |
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| Hu wrote: | | Look for output generated by your script or check that one of the files or pseudofiles that it modifies shows the expected modification. |
I just added local.start including my setterm commands in local.d. It should work :/ |
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gentian
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Hu
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 2:28 am Post subject: |
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| When your script executes successfully, does it produce any output to the console or to a file (whether permanent or tmpfs)? If yes, please check that, after booting, that output has been produced. If no, then you should modify the script so that the answer is yes. So far, you have stated that you put the script in a place where you think it ought to work. You have stated that the console still does not behave the way you want it to behave. You have not stated whether or not you have rebooted since you placed the script in /etc/local.d. You have not stated whether or not the script was automatically executed. |
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