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Change Linux console screen blanking behavior

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 202686036 views
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How do I change the screen blanking behavior on Linux virtual terminals? For example, if I switch to a VT from X, login, and leave the system alone for 5 minutes or so, the screen will blank like a screensaver. It comes back with any keypress, like a screensaver. Mostly I just want to change the ti…

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Fix for: Change Linux console screen blanking behavior

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from @whitequark's answer is a reasonable userspace tool, but it's not the whole story. The default console blanking behavior is baked into the kernel at compile time. It is configurable at boot time with the paramater consoleblank=, or in userspace…

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