I'm using a Netpliance I-opener with a 20Gb HD with a workstation install of Redhat 7.0. When the console should blank it turns the monitor off just like it should be after a few minutes the monitor cuts back in the the blank screensaver on and then after a few more minutes the monitor cuts off again. This behavior repeats forever. I have the following setting in my BIOS: PM Control by APM = No Video Off Method = DPMS Video Off After = Doze Doze Mode = 4 min. PM Event VGA = ON
I think I figured out how to make it work. I had to change my BIOS settings to: PM Control by APM = No Video Off Method = DPMS Video Off After = Disable Doze Mode = Disable PM Event VGA = ON and used "setterm -blank 1 -powersave off -powerdown 0" and then "setterm -store". When I used setterm to turn off console blanking and powersave and left my BIOS setting the way it was in the original post the problem still persisted. Anyway it works now.