[gentoo-ppc-user] Where to set console blanking timeout?

[gentoo-ppc-user] Where to set console blanking timeout?

[Chris L. Mason]

Hi,

I have gentoo working okay on my iMac G5 (ppc64), but I cannot figure out
how to change the default screen blanking timeout.  After 10 minutes the screen
goes blank, and if I hit any key it comes back.

Can someone please tell me where I need to change this setting?  Is it an option
I need to pass to the framebuffer on boot?

Note, btw, this is in a virtual console with no X running.  If I run
X, DPMS works
correctly, but if I have any of the DPMS timeouts set to over 10
minutes, the screen
still blanks after 10 minues, so I suspect there an overriding
framebuffer timeout
somewhere I need to change.  (If I have the dpms settings lower than 10 minutes,
it does blank and/or turn off as expected.)

Thanks for your help,


Chris

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Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Where to set console blanking timeout?

[David Holm]

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On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 13:57 -0300, Chris L. Mason wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have gentoo working okay on my iMac G5 (ppc64), but I cannot figure out
> how to change the default screen blanking timeout.  After 10 minutes the screen
> goes blank, and if I hit any key it comes back.
> 
> Can someone please tell me where I need to change this setting?  Is it an option
> I need to pass to the framebuffer on boot?

Set it to 15min:
setterm -blank 15

To disable it:
setterm -powersave off

//David Holm

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Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Where to set console blanking timeout?

[Chris L. Mason]

On 5/31/05, David Holm <dholm@gentoo.org> wrote:
...
> 
> Set it to 15min:
> setterm -blank 15
> 
> To disable it:
> setterm -powersave off
> 

Thanks for the info David.  I haven't had the chance to test
this yet, but I'm off work tomorrow, so I'll try it then.


Chris

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[gentoo-ppc-user] Re: Where to set console blanking timeout?

[Chris L. Mason]

Okay, I've tried this and it doesn't seem to have any effect.  I tried changing
the blank time and setting powersave to off on the console and it had no effect.

I then ran X and tried running it there and still no effect, always
blanks after 10
minutes.  Note I'm running kernel 2.6.12-rc5.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks,


Chris

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Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Re: Where to set console blanking timeout?

[David Holm]

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On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 03:25 -0700, Chris L. Mason wrote:
> Okay, I've tried this and it doesn't seem to have any effect.  I tried changing
> the blank time and setting powersave to off on the console and it had no effect.
> 
> I then ran X and tried running it there and still no effect, always
> blanks after 10
> minutes.  Note I'm running kernel 2.6.12-rc5.

X takes over control of power when you start it. Try:
xset s noblank

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