Ubuntu
kbd package

/etc/kbd/config ignores POWERDOWN_TIME

Bug #1239263 reported by gregrwm on 2013-10-13

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	kbd (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

regardless of the settings chosen for BLANK_DPMS and POWERDOWN_TIME, kbd will blank the display but won't power it down, hence ubuntu servers w/o X don't play well as energy conscious citizens.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: kbd 1.15.2-3ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-54.56-lowlatency 3.2.50
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-54-lowlatency i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.5
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Oct 12 22:01:45 2013
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: kbd
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
mtime.conffile..etc.kbd.config: 2013-10-12T21:13:18

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gregrwm (gregrwm) wrote on 2013-10-13:

Dependencies.txt Edit (2.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (124 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
modified.conffile..etc.kbd.config.txt Edit (2.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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gregrwm (gregrwm) wrote on 2013-10-13:

see also Bug #1239264 setterm -powersave fails.

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