stan <stanl-fedorauser@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Mon, 09 Apr 2018 12:56:43 -0700 > Wolfgang S Rupprecht <wolfgang.rupprecht@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> That looks like a fine solution if you are logged in on a terminal and >> you want to change it for your current terminal. I'm not sure how >> that would work from rc.local. How would I tell it to do that to all >> the vt's? (I tried the stdin and stdout as redirection targets but it >> didn't seem to work.) > > A quick search turned up these pages, which should get you a little > further on your journey. > > https://superuser.com/questions/152347/change-linux-console-screen-blanking-behavior > > https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/8056/disable-screen-blanking-on-text-console Thanks. Those are both 7 years old and things appear to have changed much. [wolfgang@arbol ~]$ setterm -blank 600 setterm: argument error: 600 Not only is the "-blank" missing but I believe it applies to the current tty. That would make it difficult to slip into /etc/rc.local . -wolfgang _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx