[CentOS] Server hangs on CentOS 5.5

Tue Mar 8 19:43:27 UTC 2011
Michael Eager <eager at eagerm.com>

Michael Eager wrote:
> m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:

>> Suggestion 1: ->from the console<-, run
>> setterm --powersave off
>> That way, even if you connect a monitor (in our, uh, "computer labs", we
>> have a monitor-on-a-stick), you'll still see what's on the screen at the
>> end, not the power save blanking.
> 
> I get a message "cannot (un)set powersave mode".
> 
> I'll add this to .xinitrc.

Or better, CTRL-ALT-F1 to switch to serial console
and run "setterm -powersave off".

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