Ubuntu
console-tools package

no console blank time setting possible anymore

Bug #255484 reported by Marc Schiffbauer
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console-tools (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

/etc/init.d/console-screen.sh exits immediatly if setupcon is present.

The comment there says that in this case console-setup is superseeding this script.

However: console-setup does not set any setterm related options like console blanking, so setting BLANK_TIME in /etc/console-tools/config for example is not working anymore and there is no such setting in /etc/console-setup/*

I think either console-setup has to be extended to set console timeout values to fix this or the console-screen.sh has be changed so that it will not exit immediatly but change settings of things that console-setup does not do.

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marnez (marnez) wrote :

Confirmed, it is not possible to set blantime to 0.
In my work we have 10-15 pcs with ubuntu 8.04LTS running in console mode controlling the producction. After 10 minutes, the screen switches to blank until someone press a key. Its very frustrating.
I have edited /etc/console-tools/config, but with no results.

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Thomas Hotz (thotz-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Marking as confirmed because it affects multiple users. Any updates on this bug? Thank you!

Changed in console-tools (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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