What is the correct way to turn off the kernel's screen blanking? This is part of the VT driver and is totally independent of the X Window System's screen blanking and screensaver, so don't tell me about "xset dpms off" or the various xscreensaver options. The only way I've found to turn off the kernel's blanking is to log in on a virtual console and run "setterm -powersave off". If I forget to turn it off, the kernel will shut off my monitor while I'm actively working because the VT driver is unaware of keyboard and mouse acrivity that occurs in an X Window session.
Short of patching the kernel to disable that feature, is there a way to disable it automatically when X is running? It would be nice to leave it active when X is not running, but I'd be happy just to get rid of it.
-- Bob Nichols rnichols42@xxxxxxxxxxx
