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On Monday 29 Jan 2007, Paul de Vrieze wrote: |
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> On Sunday 14 January 2007 18:36, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > On Tuesday 02 January 2007 17:09, I wrote: |
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> > > Secondly, another FAQ says to send setterm codes to /dev/vc/X, but |
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> > > since (I assume) the rise of udev those devices don't exist any more. |
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> > Can anyone help me here? I need to know where to send "setterm -blank |
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> > 0" to prevent screen blanking on vc1-6 and 12. Or have I to find the |
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> > blanking code in the source (which source?) and switch it off there? |
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> > Maybe there's an option to a configure script somewhere. |
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> Try /dev/vcs{1..12} or /dev/tty{1..12} |
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Nice idea, but no joy. From a little code skimming I've done it seems |
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that /dev/vcsN is the text content of the console, while /dev/vcsaN is |
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its "text/attributes", whatever that means. I assume that /dev/ttyN is just |
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the device to which a program sends things for display. |
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It looks as though a new format of codes is needed to switch blanking off: |
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perhaps an escape string? That's a straw I'm clutching at, notice ;-) |
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Rgds |
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Peter |
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