[CentOS] Screen blanking

[C.M. Connelly]

"CM" == Chris Mason (Lists)
"IV" == Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazquez at ivazquez.net>

    CM> I have a couple of LCD monitors attached to Centos
    CM> servers, I would like to be able to watch the logs on the
    CM> monitors but after a while they go blank.  How can I
    CM> disable this?

    IV> setterm and/or screensaver preferences.

The usual magic is something like

   setterm -powersave off -blank 0 -store 

which works when typed at a console.

To get it to persist across boots (and to not have to enter it by
hand every time), you need to insert the command into the boot
sequence.  You can add this line to /etc/rc.local or add a script
to /etc/init.d and have it run in appropriate run levels (probably
all, so 12345).

   Claire

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