Is setterm expected to work in recent systems? On the Debian 3.2.0-4-686-pae kernel "setterm -blank poke" doesn't wake the screen up and "setterm -blank 0" doesn't stop it from blanking. This is on a fairly stock system without X installed. It's running systemd and I've run setterm from a ssh login. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/
On 03/05/13 21:15, Russell Coker wrote:
Is setterm expected to work in recent systems? On the Debian 3.2.0-4-686-pae kernel "setterm -blank poke" doesn't wake the screen up and "setterm -blank 0" doesn't stop it from blanking.
If you are running it remotely, you will probably need to redirect the command output to the appropriate tty. Depending on the setup, you might also need to override the TERM variable: ssh remote-machine setterm -term linux -blank 0 >/dev/tty1 I tested on both 2.6.32 and a 3.2.0 kernels. It wouldn't let me remotely force the blank or wakeup (-blank force, -blank poke) remotely, but setting the wakeup time to 0 or 1 worked fine (-blank 0, -blank 1). regards, Glenn -- sks-keyservers.net 0x6d656d65
On Fri, 3 May 2013, Glenn McIntosh <neonsignal@memepress.org> wrote:
ssh remote-machine setterm -term linux -blank 0 >/dev/tty1
Thanks for that, I've tested that both from a ssh session and /etc/rc.local and it works well. This is for a server which normally won't have a keyboard attached and where it's really annoying to plug a keyboard in and press a key just to see what's on the screen. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/
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