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: 1. see above 2. 3. Actual results: see above Expected results: see above Additional info:
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.