Re: Method to stop console video blanking

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 10:48:45AM -0800, Rick Stevens wrote:
> My turn to ask a question for once:
> 
> Does anyone know the mechanism to stop the console from blanking
> the video?  Not the X screensaver (that's easy), I mean the one that
> controls the virtual consoles.  I know it seems weird, but we're
> chasing a subtle bug and can't put a serial console on the beast.
> 
> According to console_codes, I think sending an "ESC[9;0]" (ESC=0x1b)
> does it but I'm not certain.  Any suggestions are highly welcomed.
> 
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Thats what "man console_codes" reports, though there's no
elucidation.  You may also need to invoke "ESC[14;0]" to keep it from
powering down the monitor, if that's possible.

Cheers,
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