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Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 00:23:25 -0700 From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> To: Daniel Mack <daniel@...aq.de> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] console: make blank timeout value a boot option On Tue, 2 Jun 2009 16:46:33 +0200 Daniel Mack <daniel@...aq.de> wrote: > The console blank timer is currently hardcoded to 10*60 seconds which is > ok for most applications but might be annoying when using the console > for debugging and no userspace application was started to manually > change this default behaviour. > > This patch defines a core_param for the variable in charge which allows > users to entirely disable the blank feature by setting it 0. > > ... > > --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > @@ -545,6 +545,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file > console=brl,ttyS0 > For now, only VisioBraille is supported. > > + consoleblank= [KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in > + seconds. Defaults to 10*60 = 10mins. A value of 0 > + disables the blank timer. > + It would be better to make this alterable at runtime, rather than at boot time. Perhaps another VT ioctl. In fact I'm rather surprised that this isn't already the case. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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