> I think "Setterm" was able to set the screen blanker timeout, or turn it off.

Yes, setterm can do it.  However, all it takes is sending an escape
sequence to the console.  The sequence is "\033[9;n]", where n is the
desired interval in minutes.  This can esily be done from a shell
script without the need of setterm.

David
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