Bug 238208 - no easy way to control text console blank timeout
Summary: no easy way to control text console blank timeout
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: initscripts
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Bill Nottingham
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-04-27 22:42 UTC by Florin Andrei
Modified: 2014-03-17 03:06 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2007-05-01 04:51:47 UTC
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Description Florin Andrei 2007-04-27 22:42:35 UTC
Description of problem:
There is no way to easily control the time after which the text console gets
blanked. In theory, there should be a file, maybe somewhere in /etc/sysconfig,
containing a variable indicating the time after which the text console goes blank.

For example, if the admin wants to disable text console blanking, the command
"setterm -blank 0" must be added to one of the start-up scripts such as
/etc/rc.d/rc.local

It would be nice if a file in /etc/sysconfig contained a variable, e.g.
CONSOLE_BLANK_TIME, by default set to a reasonable value, and one of the
start-up scripts would run "setterm -blank $CONSOLE_BLANK_TIME".
Then all the admin needs to do is to edit that variable and the console blank
timeout would be easily adjusted.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora 7 Test

How reproducible:
always been an issue

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual results:
see above

Expected results:
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Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2007-05-01 04:51:47 UTC
This would then lead to a question about supporting the other console
parameters, whether they be the cursor state, the colors, blink mode, bell
frequency, etc.

It would seem to be something better left to the admin.


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