On a normal Linux box, the system console will turn off (pseudo power save mode) after 10-minutes or so. This can be irritating for system administrators who are using the console to monitor their system. Personally, I use screen with htop and a few other tools (apachetop) to monitor my Linux box and active virtual machines. Therefore, it's frustrating when the monitor blanks itself. There are several tips on the web showing folks how to disable screen blanking (power save mode) on a Linux console (/dev/console). The solution that appears to work well for me on Fedora and CentOS is adding this line to /etc/rc.local:
I hate the environment, that's why I leave my monitors on all day (I'm kidding). Note you'll need to restart [your system,your X-server] for this change to take affect.
sh -c 'setterm -blank 0 -powersave off -powerdown 0 < /dev/console \
> /dev/console 2>&1'
I hate the environment, that's why I leave my monitors on all day (I'm kidding). Note you'll need to restart [your system,your X-server] for this change to take affect.
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