> On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 06:16:59AM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > > I put this following into ~/.bash_profile: > >=20 > > # to get rid of blanking of console: > > setterm -blank 0 > >=20 > > but I was never able to find out were in /etc to put it for a global > > effect rather than just in account configurations. > > # cat > /etc/init.d/noblank > #!/bin/bash > /usr/bin/setterm -blank 0 > echo 'Console blanking disabled' > ^D > # chmod a+x /etc/init.d/noblank > # ln -s /etc/init.d/noblank /etc/rc2.d/S99noblank > > (These blanking things would be rather more useful if they could be > configured to blank after a certain time with no input *and no output*.)
Thanks, I see how that works (noblank needs to be executable), but assumed there was some obvious script file checked during boot. Haines -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]