From a4199f5eb8096d63828f7333fa45650a7b0a99ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Gardner Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 09:07:20 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] tty: Disable default console blanking interval BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/869017 Console blanking is not enabling DPMS power saving (thereby negating any power-saving benefit), and is simply turning the screen content blank. This means that any crash output is invisible which is unhelpful on a server (virtual or otherwise). Furthermore, CRT burn in concerns should no longer govern the default case. Affected users could always set consoleblank on the kernel command line. Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Jiri Slaby Cc: Adam Borowski Cc: Scot Doyle Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/tty/vt/vt.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c index 5c4933b..9c99452 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c +++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ int console_blanked; static int vesa_blank_mode; /* 0:none 1:suspendV 2:suspendH 3:powerdown */ static int vesa_off_interval; -static int blankinterval = 10*60; +static int blankinterval; core_param(consoleblank, blankinterval, int, 0444); static DECLARE_WORK(console_work, console_callback); -- 2.7.4