Comment 19 for bug 869017

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.