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?
