[gentoo-user] Re: How do I turn off text console screen in software?

[Jonathan Callen]

On 05/10/2017 12:59 PM, R0b0t1 wrote:
> On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 9:03 AM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote:
>>   I'd prefer to avoid hitting the monitor display on/off too often.  In
>> an xterm, the script...
>>
>> #!/bin/bash
>> sleep 1 && xset -display :0.0 dpms force off
>>
>> ...shuts the screen off.  Is there an equivalant command for a text
>> console (e.g. where you end up if you hit CTRL-ALT-F1)?
>>
>> --
>> Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
>> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
>>
>
> `setterm -blank VALUE` where VALUE is specified in minutes. A value of
> zero disables blanking. You can also add "consoleblank=0" to your
> kernel's command line. It's probably worth looking at the other
> `setterm` options.
>
> You can read /sys/module/kernel/parameters/consoleblank to see if your
> changes applied properly.
>
>


Additionally, "setterm --blank force" turns the console off immediately.

-- 
Jonathan Callen