How to stop the screen saver on an Ubuntu Server 10.xx 64 and 12.xx 64?

Fnux · 03-31-2013, 11:49 PM

Hi all,

The title of my post should almost be enough to explain my problems.

I run both Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS 64 bits and Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS 64 on two different PC.

And these servers don't have a GUI!

Is there a command, or better a parameter in a file to modifiy in order to stop the screen saver that blanks my consoles after 10 minutes.

TIA for any tip and trick.

Cheers.

tommcd · 04-01-2013, 03:17 AM

A quick google search found that you can apparently accomplish this by adding "quiet splash consoleblank=0" (you will want to include the quotation marks there also) to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT= line in the /etc/default/grub file.
http://askubuntu.com/questions/13891...-ubuntu-server
Make sure that the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT= line is uncommented also. It should be by default.
Then be sure to run sudo update-grub for the changes to take effect. Then reboot and you should be good to go.