Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Terminal control codes
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:45:01
Message-Id: 200701291543.12012.pauldv@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Terminal control codes by Peter Humphrey
1 On Sunday 14 January 2007 18:36, Peter Humphrey wrote:
2 > On Tuesday 02 January 2007 17:09, I wrote:
3 > > Secondly, another FAQ says to send setterm codes to /dev/vc/X, but since
4 > > (I assume) the rise of udev those devices don't exist any more.
5 >
6 > Can anyone help me here? I need to know where to send "setterm -blank 0" to
7 > prevent screen blanking on vc1-6 and 12. Or have I to find the blanking
8 > code in the source (which source?) and switch it off there? Maybe there's
9 > an option to a configure script somewhere.
10
11 Try /dev/vcs{1..12} or /dev/tty{1..12}
12
13 Paul
14
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16 Paul de Vrieze
17 Gentoo Developer
18 Mail: pauldv@g.o
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Terminal control codes Peter Humphrey <prh@××××××××××.uk>