Haines, I use this line in my /etc/rc.d/rc.local (RedHat Machine) to disable the console blanking so i can always see any errors without wiggling the mouse etc... I don't use X though and console is always at a prompt in run level 3.
# Turn off console blanking echo -e "\033[9;0]" > /dev/tty1 Regards Carl At 16:59 01/11/2002 -0500, Haines Brown wrote: While I've nothing against the principle of power saving, I find it very annoying to have my screen go blank and then I have to wait while it slowly comes back to life. I've disabled so-called screen savers, but don't know where to disable power saving for my monitor so that it remains on (as a night light, so that when inspired, I can find my way to the computer ;-) Haines Brown - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs