Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272428AbTG3B0h (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jul 2003 21:26:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272547AbTG3B0h (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jul 2003 21:26:37 -0400 Received: from mail.jlokier.co.uk ([81.29.64.88]:42883 "EHLO mail.jlokier.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272428AbTG3B0g (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jul 2003 21:26:36 -0400 Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 02:25:33 +0100 From: Jamie Lokier To: Zwane Mwaikambo Cc: "Richard B. Johnson" , James Simmons , Charles Lepple , Linux kernel Subject: Re: Turning off automatic screen clanking Message-ID: <20030730012533.GA18663@mail.jlokier.co.uk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 701 Lines: 17 Zwane Mwaikambo wrote: > > If the machine had blanking disabled by default, then the > > usual SYS-V startup scripts could execute setterm to enable > > it IFF it was wanted. > > optimise for the common case, just fix your box and be done with it. One of Richard's points is that there is presently no way to fix the box in userspace. If the kernel crashes during boot, it will blank the screen and there is no way to unblank it in that state. -- Jamie - 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/