Text-only linux server: preventing screen from suspending?

orange400 · 05-16-2004, 09:37 PM

I'm using RH9 for a text-only FTP server on an older machine, and after about five minutes, the screen blanks. I'm curious how I would be able to prevent this. I turn the monitor off when I'm not at it, which is 95% of the time.

Thanks all!

Franklin · 05-16-2004, 11:19 PM

You should be able to set your "video off method" to "always on" in the Power Management" section of the bios. That should do the trick.

HTH

orange400 · 05-16-2004, 11:21 PM

Aha! Never thought of that. I'll poke around the BIOS, thanks!

BTW - This does not normally happen in text-based linux on it's own without altering it right? As in shutting down the monitor through linux.

orange400 · 05-17-2004, 12:01 AM

I turned off the power management and it's still doing it. I don't really care now, but if anyone wants to gimme a hoot I'm all for ya.

synaptical · 05-17-2004, 12:12 AM

maybe man xset, and read up on dpms. if that's not it, try disabling acpi or apm if either of those are enabled? just guessing, but it might be worth a look.

MS3FGX · 05-17-2004, 02:50 AM

There is a line in your startup scripts that should go something like:

/bin/setterm -blank 5

Just comment out that line, or change the time.

This is how it is done on Slackware, but I would assume that it would be similar on Red Hat.

orange400 · 05-17-2004, 03:14 PM

Hey that looks good, but where's the startup scripts at? Thanks!

MS3FGX · 05-17-2004, 04:52 PM

That depends on what distro you are running.

synaptical · 05-17-2004, 06:53 PM

i think he said RH9. ?