How to disable power saving ?

[Narf03]

In command prompt mode, if i never type anything within lets say 15 mins, the monitor will go power saving mode(blank), need to know are there any "not so difficult" method to turn that feature off or configure it a huge number ? (instead of 15 mins, 15 years should be enough)

Thanks.

[PeterO]

Assuming that by " command prompt mode" you mean in console mode rather than in X windows, then look at the setterm man page.
PeterO

[redhawk]

You need to edit the following file /etc/kbd/config
then change BLANK_TIME= to BLANK_TIME=0
and POWERDOWN_TIME= to POWERDOWN_TIME=0 then reboot..

Your Pi should not blank the screen while idling.

Richard S.

[Narf03]

Ya, console mode, sorry, im a windows guy, and thanks redhawk, ill try that.

[RaTTuS]

You need to edit the following file /etc/kbd/config
then change BLANK_TIME= to BLANK_TIME=0
and POWERDOWN_TIME= to POWERDOWN_TIME=0 then reboot..

Your Pi should not blank the screen while idling.

Richard S.

^whs
if you want to do it on a machine without rebooting
setterm -blank 0

[Cloudcentric]

You need to edit the following file /etc/kbd/config
then change BLANK_TIME= to BLANK_TIME=0
and POWERDOWN_TIME= to POWERDOWN_TIME=0 then reboot..

Your Pi should not blank the screen while idling.

Richard S.

^whs
if you want to do it on a machine without rebooting
setterm -blank 0

Thanks that seems easy, will give it a try !

[digitalhippie]

Put this in your /etc/rc.local before the "exit 0":

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/usr/bin/setterm -blank 0 -powerdown off

and execute the same command as root (sudo /usr/bin/setterm -blank 0 -powerdown off) once. No reboot required.

Another useful trick which works on any shell:

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sudo /bin/chvt 1 # change console to tty1
sudo /bin/chvt 7 # change to graphical console (X11)

[Nfarrow]

I get this error when I run it as root. Any idea why?

root@PiServer:~# /usr/bin/setterm -blank 0 -powerdown off
setterm: argument error: 'off'

[DirkS]

I get this error when I run it as root. Any idea why?

root@PiServer:~# /usr/bin/setterm -blank 0 -powerdown off
setterm: argument error: 'off'

According to the docs valid values are 0-60 with 0 = off.
So use '0' instead of 'off'

[RaTTuS]

this will not do what you expect in Stretch ,
as systemd terminals are slightly different
the easiest way to remove the console blanking is to add
consoleblank=0
to the end of /boot/cmdline.txt
and reboot