[ale] screen blanking

[esoteric at denali.atlnet.com (Linux Idiot)]

Mir Shafiqul Islam wrote:
> 
> I tink setterm command blanks the screen after 15 minutes of inactivity at
> console. It is called from /etc/rc.d/rc.M
> 
> Default is setterm -blank 15

I believe what he means is that when he logs, the screen is cleared and
the login prompt is presented, not that the screen is blanked.  I know
what he's saying as I saw the same thing when I went from Slackware to
RH, but don't know how it's done either.

> 
> You can change it to 0 for not blanking at all. That way on the console
> once you logoff it will show the /etc/issue message.
> 
> > > > I noticed that with my system running RedHat, when logging off the
> screen > blanks.  On the other hand, my Slackware systems do not.  > > Is
> there a way to have the screen blank after logging off so that the login >
> screen has only the contents of the issue file followed by the login
> prompt?  > > Thanks in advance of any help > > Regards - Bob Kruger > >
> 
> --
> Mir S Islam
> Systems Administrator
> Office of International Services and Programs
> Georgia State University
> mir at oisp.gsu.edu

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