Thanks for that. Now I just need to work out why having done that and
updated grub, it's not
working :( /sys/module/kernel/parameters/consoleblank is not zero after
a reboot.
Leo
On Thu, 2014-01-02 at 09:40 +0000, Paul Freeman wrote:
> Happy New Year all!
>
> Leo, I believe there is a linux kernel parameter which will do what you
> require:
>
> consoleblank= [KNL] The console blank (screen saver) timeout in
> seconds. Defaults to 10*60 = 10mins. A value of 0
> disables the blank timer. [1]
>
>
> [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
>
> there is always the option of using the serial console to catch any
> messages if your client & server machines have serial available!
>
>
> On 2014-01-01 22:55, Leo wrote:
> > Happy New Year one and all!
> >
> > The ssh connection to my server died earlier so I decided to plug a
> > monitor in to see if anything showed up. However the terminal had
> > entered a screen saver mode so there was nothing displayed. Does
> > anyone know how to disable this as googling only seems to throw up
> > stuff related to X windows.
> >
> > Also, what do you do when you can't ssh in to a headless box? Is it
> > just a case of hard reboot and check the logs?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Leo
>
>
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