Text-only linux server: preventing screen from suspending?
 

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!

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

That depends on what distro you are running.

i think he said RH9. ?