Re: Where to set console blanking timeout?

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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