On Wed 2014-06-25 13:41:09, Tomasz Torcz wrote: > On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 06:37:29PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: > > On Wed 2014-06-18 11:27:31, Tomasz Torcz wrote: > > > > > > >From ea7cf47e3230eda63aa6c46092719437f9bbae8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > > > From: Tomasz Torcz <to...@pipebreaker.pl> > > > Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 11:18:06 +0200 > > > Subject: [PATCH] vt: disable console blanking by default > > > > > > Remove default 10 minute blank interval. Instead: never blank by > > > default. > > > "Screensaving" is no longer useful. Today it only provides > > > obstacle when interacting with text console, especially through > > > remote lights-out management solutions. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Tomasz Torcz <to...@pipebreaker.pl> > > > > Dunno. You'll kill an LCD if you let same image there for too > > long. Make it 10hours? > > There is no practical difference between 10 minutes and 10 hours. Both > are more than none. This means that If I need to access console, it > will probably be blanked. For some servers, console access is needed > less than once per year, if ever. But IF the console need to be accessed, > there's a strong reason to it (some kind of fault), and having to press > anything to unblank may be invasive. > > I would prefer to fix the issue at the source, instead of sticking > "consoleblank=0" > in grub2.cfg on houndreds of boxes. BTW, kernel already contains > "consoleblank=0" in > arch/arc/boot/dts/nsimosci.dts and arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3-lilly-a83x.dtsi > > Is LCD damage for currently produced LCDs real issue, still?
Probably yes. Plus, people are still running CRTs and blanked screen still eats significantly less power. So "consoleblank=0" seems right solution for you, and current default still sounds right. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/