linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vt: disable console blanking by default

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Message-ID: <20140625114109.GD18532@mother.pipebreaker.pl>
Date:	Wed, 25 Jun 2014 13:41:09 +0200
From:	Tomasz Torcz <tomek@...ebreaker.pl>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>, Tomasz Torcz <tomek@...ebreaker.pl>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vt: disable console blanking by default

On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 06:37:29PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Wed 2014-06-18 11:27:31, Tomasz Torcz wrote:
> > 
> > >From ea7cf47e3230eda63aa6c46092719437f9bbae8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: Tomasz Torcz <tomek@...ebreaker.pl>
> > Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 11:18:06 +0200
> > Subject: [PATCH] vt: disable console blanking by default
> > 
> >   Remove default 10 minute blank interval. Instead: never blank by
> >   default.
> >   "Screensaving" is no longer useful.  Today it only provides
> >   obstacle when interacting with text console, especially through
> >   remote lights-out management solutions.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Tomasz Torcz <tomek@...ebreaker.pl>
> 
> Dunno. You'll kill an LCD if you let same image there for too
> long. Make it 10hours?

  There is no practical difference between 10 minutes and 10 hours.  Both
are more than none.  This means that If I need to access console, it
will probably be blanked.  For some servers, console access is needed
less than once per year, if ever.  But IF the console need to be accessed,
there's a strong reason to it (some kind of fault), and having to press
anything to unblank may be invasive.

 I would prefer to fix the issue at the source, instead of sticking "consoleblank=0"
in grub2.cfg on houndreds of boxes.  BTW, kernel already contains "consoleblank=0" in 
arch/arc/boot/dts/nsimosci.dts and arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3-lilly-a83x.dtsi 

  Is LCD damage for currently produced LCDs real issue, still?

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Tomasz Torcz                        To co nierealne -- tutaj jest normalne.
xmpp: zdzichubg@...ome.pl          Ziomale na życie mają tu patenty specjalne.

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