Changing Console Blank

On some linux boxes it may be better to turn off the console/terminal’s black screen saver option. The command below will disable the feature temporaily on the current console/terminal.

shell> setterm -blank 0

Valid options are 0-60 minutes where 0 is to disable. This feature will also attempt to disable any APM feature in place.

Reference:
setterm Linux man page

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Published:
03.14.07 / 10pm
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