> maybe i should clarify my question (mostly pertaining to desktops, but
> laptops all the same)
>
> currently after about 10 minutes idle the monitor is put into
> powersave mode (this is console, no X) on x86 this behavior is
> controled via setterm -powersave and setterm -powerdown. these same
> commands do nothing on powerpc. AFAICT the only way to change the 10
> minute timeout is to hack the kernel source and recompile a new
> kernel. i am asking to be proven wrong in that regard ;-)
Geert claims setterm will call the appropriate fbdev hooks in that case.
He's usually right in fbdev related things so I just took his word for it.
I've no way of checking what this fbdev hook does on desktop powerpc
machines, I can only look at the source, which I haven't done yet. What
framebuffer driver are you using?
Michael
