How do I permanently disable Linux's console screen saver, system-wide?

Posted by raldi on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by raldi
Published on 2010-05-01T16:57:31Z Indexed on 2010/05/01 16:59 UTC
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I've got an Ubuntu server that boots up in text mode. It rarely has a screen or keyboard attached to it, but when I do attach a screen, I usually have to attach a keyboard too, because the darn console mode screen saver will be on and I'll need to hit a key to see what's going on.

I'm aware that the setterm command can disable this, but it's a per-session thing. How can I make it so the machine never ever blanks the screen in text mode, even when it's first booted up and sitting at the login prompt?

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