Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Tue, 29 Jul 2003 09:53:23 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: Turning off automatic screen clanking |
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On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote:
> Yes. This is f*ing absurb. A default that kills the screen and the > requirement to send some @!_$%!@$ sequences to turn it off. This > is absolute crap, absolutely positively, with no possible justification > whatsoever. If I made an ioctl, it will probably be rejected......... > > What language. What about the below (not compiled, not tested)? > [SNIPPED...]
I think you need to call poke_blanked_console() after setting the blanking interval. Also this won't patch on 2.4.20 because the header file is different. Anyway, I will try it after I take a work-break.
Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.4.20 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips). Note 96.31% of all statistics are fiction.
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