==== Disable screen blanking on text console ====

To verify what timeout the kernel uses (in seconds) for virtual console blanking via

<code>$ cat /sys/module/kernel/parameters/consoleblank</code>

To change that timeout (in minutes, 0 means disable blanking)

<code>$ setterm -blank VALUE</code>

You can give more parameters to setterm

<code>$ setterm -blank 0 -powersave off</code>

To permanently/automatically disable virtual console blanking on startup you can either

  * add the consoleblank=0 kernel parameter to the kernel command line
  * add the setterm -blank 0 command to an rc-local or equivalent startup script
  * add the setterm output to /etc/issue since /etc/issue is output on every virtual console ''setterm -blank 0 >> /etc/issue''