[Bug 1239264] Re: setterm -powersave fails

[Phillip Susi]

It doesn't look like it is possible for this call to fail unless you
aren't running it on the console.  What tty are you running it on and
can you run it under strace?


** Changed in: util-linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  setterm -powersave fails

Status in “util-linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  regardless of the argument to -powersave, setterm complains

  setterm: cannot (un)set powersave mode: Invalid argument

  see also Bug #1239263 /etc/kbd/config ignores POWERDOWN_TIME

  thus there appears to be no way (without X) to powerdown the display,
  and hence ubuntu servers w/o X don't play well as energy conscious citizens.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: util-linux 2.20.1-1ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-54.56-lowlatency 3.2.50
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-54-lowlatency i686
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.5
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat Oct 12 22:29:35 2013
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: util-linux
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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