Subject: Console Screen Saver Date: Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 11:33:26AM -0500
In reply to:Chris Brown Quoting Chris Brown([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > We would like to completely and fully disable the screen saver for > the console. > setterm - set terminal attributes setterm [ -blank [ 0-60 ] ] > We know the command use at the command line and it works, but..... > What command are you using? but what??? > .... we would like to have the system comeup without the screen > saver, so if it stops somewhere in boot or a the login prompt the > screen doesnt turn off. The earlier in the boot process the better, a > kernel option perhaps? so put the setterm command into /etc/init.d/local.rc > > We've tried placing the command line function is various scripts > associated with bootup and run levels but it doesn't seem to work. > Its almost as thought maybe something is coming after our disable to > re-enable it. Read the man page for update-rc.d -- The day-to-day travails of the IBM programmer are so amusing to most of us who are fortunate enough never to have been one -- like watching Charlie Chaplin trying to cook a shoe. _______________________________________________________ Wayne T. Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>