The console should blank and powerdown, with defaults of 10 min (600s) and 12 min, respectively. Servers are NOT headless - that is a boneheaded assumption to justify crippling /sys/module/kernel/parameters/consoleblank to mask other problems that should be fixed instead of swept-under-the-rug by disabling default behavior that is relied upon -- and has worked for the past 15 years.
What kind of defect in reasoning makes it OK to break default behavior? None. If there is a problem with X due to some change in X or vt reordering that now makes blanking /dev/tty0 a problem for X users -- then fix X, don't break default vt blanking and powerdown.
The type of backwards reasoning that suggests breaking defaults instead of fixing the actual problem is what leads to a proliferation of unnecessary kernel parameters passed at boot or forces the creation of unnecessary startup services.
The console should blank and powerdown, with defaults of 10 min (600s) and 12 min, respectively. Servers are NOT headless - that is a boneheaded assumption to justify crippling /sys/module/ kernel/ parameters/ consoleblank to mask other problems that should be fixed instead of swept-under-the-rug by disabling default behavior that is relied upon -- and has worked for the past 15 years.
What kind of defect in reasoning makes it OK to break default behavior? None. If there is a problem with X due to some change in X or vt reordering that now makes blanking /dev/tty0 a problem for X users -- then fix X, don't break default vt blanking and powerdown.
The type of backwards reasoning that suggests breaking defaults instead of fixing the actual problem is what leads to a proliferation of unnecessary kernel parameters passed at boot or forces the creation of unnecessary startup services.
Fix the problem, don't break default behavior.