[Bug 381517] [NEW] Cannot disable console blanking in /etc/kbd/config

[Daniel Richard G.]

Public bug reported:

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.

** Affects: kbd (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Cannot disable console blanking in /etc/kbd/config
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/381517
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