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Server console not powering down display

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Elias4444
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Joined: 2013-06-23 20:21

Server console not powering down display

#1 Post by Elias4444 »

I'm running a barebones Debian server (no GUI).

The attached monitor never powers down into standby mode. I tried manually setting the consoleblank time in Grub to no effect. I did successfully run "setterm --powersave powerdown" and then the monitor correctly powered down after two minutes so long as I stayed logged in with that session.

Where can I set the default behavior for powering down the monitor?

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debiman
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Re: Server console not powering down display

#2 Post by debiman »

Elias4444 wrote:Where can I set the default behavior for powering down the monitor?
you should definitely look at /etc/systemd/logind.conf.
additionally, one of my machines has this:

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    setterm --blength 0
    setterm --blank 4
    setterm --powerdown 8
in /etc/bash.bashrc

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