I assume this is solely for the console? I was never aware of this option myself, but in X i use xset -- something to the effect of xset s 1800 2600 3200 in my .xsessions file in $HOME
Shawn --- Bob Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sebastian Canagaratna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Recently my machine (pentium, linux kernel 2.4.18, sarge), used > > used to blank after 5 min, suddenly stopped blanking. I looked > > around and found that I could set it with setterm -blank time. > > This presumable would have to be done everytime one booted. In > any > > case, I found that when I rebooted the problem had vanished, but > > I would still like to know how one sets the blank time > permanently in > > some file. Where is this information held? I have not been able > to > > find this from any of the man pages or the Oreilly Linux book. > > Include the command "setterm -blank 5" (or whatever time you > want) in your .bash_profile. (This assumes you're running bash. > Substitute the appropriate start-up file for another shell.) > > Regards, > > Bob > -- > _ > |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Palm City, FL 34990 USA GPG Key ID: 390D6559 > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
