Mantas Mikulėnas <graw...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 30, 2023, 11:29 <u...@net9.ga> wrote: > > > The following is a feature request. At src/login/loginctl.c ? > > The looked up feature is the equivalent of > > setterm --blank aDelay --powerdown SomeOtherDelay > > , only as soon as the login prompt appears. Before login. > > I mean, I ask to leave the current state as is. But allow the admin to set > > up these command also for the login prompt, if he chooses to. And it will > > be cleared while logining in. > > That command just put the display into a sort of blank mode. > > For me, the current situation is that I have to login to get the ability > > to > > run that setterm command. Which, I think, is not always desiarble. A > > > Then instead run it as a oneshot .service with StandardInput (and maybe > TTYName) set appropriately. (It's one of the few situations where it is > appropriate for services to access a tty.) > > I think such settings *could* be made part of vconsole.conf, though. Try > opening a feature request on systemd's GitHub. >
There is now https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/27467 . It refers to systemd-logind, which could be the wrong component. > > > console in the remote servers room can be in blank mode when no emergency > > actions are required. In particular, when the server is remotely > > supervised. > > And so is a desktop that also act as the single printer gateway for a > > small > > office. Or for a user that gone away after the desktop was turned on (but > > before he logged in), because he had some urgent call to attend to. > > For a machine that boots into graphic mode, not plain old text mode, a > > similar feature is implemented out of the box. Isn't it? > > > > It's implemented by the "graphic mode" itself (usually by Xorg), not by > systemd. > Right. I tried to point out the requested feature is taken for granted, with almost no objections, for graphical environment. > > > > -- > > u34 > >
