23 Feb
2025
23 Feb
'25
23:28
On 2/23/25 11:29 AM, James Knott wrote:
For some reason my screen no longer blanks after a period of inactivity. Screen Energy Saving is enabled to switch off after 15 minutes. This worked until recently and there were some recent updates.
Has anyone else experienced this?
tnx jk
console-blanking was disabled by default the kernel in the 5.x days. You likely just moved to a kernel that now disables it. You can enable it with setterm, e.g. # setterm --blank=4 --powerdown=5 --powersave powerdown where the 4 and 5 are minutes. Adjust to your liking. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.