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| From | "Austin S. Hemmelgarn" <ahferroin7@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH linux-next V2] tty: Disable default console blanking interval |
| Date | 2017-03-23 13:50 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <toalH-2iG-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <tnOXV-3fe-35@gated-at.bofh.it> <tnQ3D-4lf-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <tnZTj-3jG-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On 2017-03-22 21:32, Scot Doyle wrote: > On Wed, 22 Mar 2017, Tim Gardner wrote: >> BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/869017 >> >> Console blanking is not enabling DPMS power saving (thereby negating any >> power-saving benefit), and is simply turning the screen content blank. This >> means that any crash output is invisible which is unhelpful on a server >> (virtual or otherwise). >> >> Furthermore, CRT burn in concerns should no longer govern the default case. >> Affected users could always set consoleblank on the kernel command line. > > Does screen blanking save some power by disabling the cursor blink? > Unless you're dealing with ancient hardware, the difference in power usage is probably on the order of single digit micro-watts, which is not worth worrying about on almost anything you would expect to have a console display connected to.
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[PATCH linux-next] tty: Disable default console blanking interval Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@canonical.com> - 2017-03-22 15:00 +0100
Re: [PATCH linux-next] tty: Disable default console blanking interval "Austin S. Hemmelgarn" <ahferroin7@gmail.com> - 2017-03-22 15:20 +0100
Re: [PATCH linux-next] tty: Disable default console blanking interval Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-03-22 16:00 +0100
[PATCH linux-next V2] tty: Disable default console blanking interval Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@canonical.com> - 2017-03-22 16:10 +0100
Re: [PATCH linux-next V2] tty: Disable default console blanking interval Scot Doyle <lkml14@scotdoyle.com> - 2017-03-23 02:40 +0100
Re: [PATCH linux-next V2] tty: Disable default console blanking interval "Austin S. Hemmelgarn" <ahferroin7@gmail.com> - 2017-03-23 13:50 +0100
Re: [PATCH linux-next V2] tty: Disable default console blanking interval Scot Doyle <lkml14@scotdoyle.com> - 2017-03-24 03:30 +0100
Re: [PATCH linux-next] tty: Disable default console blanking interval Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> - 2017-03-23 03:10 +0100
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