[Bug 381517] Re: Settings in /etc/kbd/config are not read

[Steve Langasek]

We need to port over the features from the previous console-common,
console-tools packages so we can kill them off entirely for precise.

** Also affects: kbd (Ubuntu Precise)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: Confirmed

** Changed in: kbd (Ubuntu Precise)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Barry Warsaw (barry)

** Changed in: kbd (Ubuntu Precise)
       Status: Confirmed => Triaged

** Changed in: kbd (Ubuntu Precise)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

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Title:
  Settings in /etc/kbd/config are not read

Status in “kbd” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “kbd” source package in Precise:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: kbd

  This concerns kbd 1.14.1-4ubuntu4 in Ubuntu Jaunty.

  I am setting up a text-mode-only server that will normally run
  headless. I want to disable console blanking, so that in the event of
  a kernel panic, I can attach a monitor and read the stack trace. So I
  make the following edits to /etc/kbd/config:

  * Set BLANK_TIME=0
  * Set BLANK_DPMS=on
  * Set POWERDOWN_TIME=0

  And still, the console blanks after about twenty minutes or so (not
  that I timed it). It shouldn't even be necessary to make all three of
  these changes---I believe setting BLANK_TIME=0 alone should do the
  trick---but it underscores the point that console blanking cannot be
  disabled here.

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