Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272780AbTG3GDn (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jul 2003 02:03:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272783AbTG3GDn (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jul 2003 02:03:43 -0400 Received: from vladimir.pegasys.ws ([64.220.160.58]:24851 "EHLO vladimir.pegasys.ws") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272780AbTG3GDl (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jul 2003 02:03:41 -0400 Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 23:03:37 -0700 From: jw schultz To: Linux kernel Subject: Re: Turning off automatic screen clanking Message-ID: <20030730060337.GH9836@pegasys.ws> Mail-Followup-To: jw schultz , Linux kernel References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i X-Message-Flag: The contents of this message may cause drowsiness. Do not operate heavy machinery. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1364 Lines: 36 On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 08:17:15PM -0400, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote: > On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Richard B. Johnson 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. To borrow from the medical community: "First, do no harm." There is harm in having blanking enabled during the boot sequence as well as later. There is very little harm in no screen blanking at all. There is no harm in deferring the entablement of screen blanking until some time in the RC scripts where it can be prevented by those who know better. There is no need for auto-blanking to be a boot parameter if it defaults to off. Boot parameters are the least optimal treatment of this issue. The common case of which you speak is the least optimised environment you're likely to find. -- ________________________________________________________________ J.W. Schultz Pegasystems Technologies email address: jw@pegasys.ws Remember Cernan and Schmitt - 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/