Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S271706AbTG2Nvj (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jul 2003 09:51:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S271712AbTG2Nvi (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jul 2003 09:51:38 -0400 Received: from chaos.analogic.com ([204.178.40.224]:39816 "EHLO chaos.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S271706AbTG2Nvg (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jul 2003 09:51:36 -0400 Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 09:53:23 -0400 (EDT) From: "Richard B. Johnson" X-X-Sender: root@chaos Reply-To: root@chaos.analogic.com To: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl cc: clepple@ghz.cc, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Turning off automatic screen clanking In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1029 Lines: 27 On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote: > Yes. This is f*ing absurb. A default that kills the screen and the > requirement to send some @!_$%!@$ sequences to turn it off. This > is absolute crap, absolutely positively, with no possible justification > whatsoever. If I made an ioctl, it will probably be rejected......... > > What language. What about the below (not compiled, not tested)? > [SNIPPED...] I think you need to call poke_blanked_console() after setting the blanking interval. Also this won't patch on 2.4.20 because the header file is different. Anyway, I will try it after I take a work-break. Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.4.20 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips). Note 96.31% of all statistics are fiction. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/