On Wed 2014-06-18 11:27:31, Tomasz Torcz wrote:
>
> >From ea7cf47e3230eda63aa6c46092719437f9bbae8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Tomasz Torcz <to...@pipebreaker.pl>
> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 11:18:06 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] vt: disable console blanking by default
>
> Remove default 10 minute blank interval. Instead: never blank by
> default.
> "Screensaving" is no longer useful. Today it only provides
> obstacle when interacting with text console, especially through
> remote lights-out management solutions.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tomasz Torcz <to...@pipebreaker.pl>
Dunno. You'll kill an LCD if you let same image there for too
long. Make it 10hours?
Pavel
> Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 ++--
> drivers/tty/vt/vt.c | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> index 6eaa9cd..0618648 100644
> --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -710,8 +710,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be
> entirely omitted.
> For now, only VisioBraille is supported.
>
> consoleblank= [KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
> - seconds. Defaults to 10*60 = 10mins. A value of 0
> - disables the blank timer.
> + seconds. A value of 0 disables the blank timer.
> + Defaults to never blank.
>
> coredump_filter=
> [KNL] Change the default value for
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
> index 5e0f6ff..dbd4f23 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
> @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ int console_blanked;
>
> static int vesa_blank_mode; /* 0:none 1:suspendV 2:suspendH 3:powerdown */
> static int vesa_off_interval;
> -static int blankinterval = 10*60;
> +static int blankinterval;
> core_param(consoleblank, blankinterval, int, 0444);
>
> static DECLARE_WORK(console_work, console_callback);
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