PiTFT 2.8 Turn off Console Blanking Guide Update Moderators: adafruit_support_bill, adafruit

[bunker]

Hi all!

Just a line to update the details of the guide for pitft 2.8 about how to turning off the blank screen timeout on console.

Setting BLANK_TIME=0 in /etc/kbd/config doesn't work for me (jessy adafruit img + pitft 2.8 capacitive touch)

so I found that /sys/module/kernel/parameters/consoleblank kernel parameter is still active by default (value = 600 = 10min)


To change the blanking of the screen on console just append the line consoleblank=0 to the /boot/cmdline.txt and restart!

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pi@raspberrypi ~ $ cat /boot/cmdline.txt
dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=ttyAMA0,115200 console=tty1 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline fsck.repair=yes rootwait fbcon=map:10 fbcon=font:VGA12x6 consoleblank=0
pi@raspberrypi ~ $

Now the blank time is disabled!

[adafruit_support_rick]

Updated the FAQ. Thanks!

[lv2]

Hello,
Sorry, this doesn't work for me :

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pi@raspberrypi /boot $ cat cmdline.txt
wc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=ttyAMA0,115200 console=tty1 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline fsck.repair=yes rootwait  fbcon=map:10 fbcon=font:VGA8x8 bcm2708.vc_i2c_override=1 consoleblank=0


I also have

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BLANK_TIME=0


Screen PITFT2.8 is still clearing.

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 uname -a
Linux raspberrypi 4.1.6-v7+ #2 SMP PREEMPT Fri Sep 4 16:49:07 UTC 2015 armv7l GNU/Linux


Somebody another idea ?