On 2/23/25 5:58 PM, James Knott wrote:
There was a kernel update recently. Perhaps this is what caused it?
How often do I have to use that setterm?
Here is the kernel change that did it: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?i... For all the servers all over the world booting to multiuser expecting the console blanking to save power (remember all those Energy-star rated monitors?), they were in for a surprise after the kernel update when they came in the next morning to a server-room full of monitors still brightly lit, just burning those prompt characters into the display :) That's a lot of computers and monitors... Not to mention the power-waste. But as more and more systems move into the "cloud", the virtual terminal blanking wasn't really needed in those setups. So the change kind of made sense. It was just a pain for everyone still working with real hardware, with one monitor per-box. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.