Re: F16: "setterm -blank 0" in rc.local ignored

2012-03-13 Thread Andrew McNabb
n, watched from time to time) I recommend adding consoleblank=0 to the kernel command line to permanently disable blanking. -- Andrew McNabb http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/ PGP Fingerprint: 8A17 B57C 6879 1863 DE55 8012 AB4D 6098 8826 6868 -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To

Re: Ogg to mp3, anyone?

2012-02-19 Thread Andrew McNabb
I've had good luck with Oggify: http://scottr.org/oggify/ It's handy for converting a tree of files between different formats. -- Andrew McNabb http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/ PGP Fingerprint: 8A17 B57C 6879 1863 DE55 8012 AB4D 6098 8826 6868 -- users mailing list users@lists.f

Re: permanently disabling screen blanking in virtual terminals

2011-11-11 Thread Andrew McNabb
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 11:24:12AM -0700, Andrew McNabb wrote: > I have never been able to figure out how to permanently disable screen > blanking in virtual terminals. Specifically, if I have a machine > running in runlevel 3, the screen blanks after 5 to 10 minutes, and I > haven&#x

Re: permanently disabling screen blanking in virtual terminals

2011-11-10 Thread Andrew McNabb
Joe Zeff wrote: > Have you tried putting it in .bashrc? Unfortunately, this only works if a user is logged in. Usually no one is logged in on this machine, but I need console messages to always be visible. -- Andrew McNabb http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/ PGP Fingerprint: 8A17 B57C 6879 1863 D

permanently disabling screen blanking in virtual terminals

2011-11-10 Thread Andrew McNabb
n run: setterm -blank 0 -powersave off -powerdown 0 However, it doesn't work if I do this when sshed in: setterm -blank 0 -powersave off -powerdown 0 /dev/tty1 Ideally, I'd like something that can work in rc.local or when sshed in. Am I missing something obvious? -- Andrew McNabb http://