> I understand that the original reporter said that he got it working with setterm, but as by convention these bug reports often require verification from others in order to get any attention, it seems only reasonable that after many have said that the DPMS power saving is what is not working, while simple blanking and leaving the monitor on is what is currently happening, that this bug should not have been marked invalid.
I disagree. The reporter accidentally conflated DPMS with the intentional screen blanking change we made. This muddles every subsequent comment. As the reporter said that the problem was resolved, clearly it is the bug subject that was mistaken. The bug status is correct for the original problem the reporter had intended to report. If instead you think the reporter thought they were reporting was actually something else, and the bug subject was correct, then I guess that's self-consistent and you're entitled to think that, but this is only going to lead to further confusion. I suggest you file a separate bug if you think that there is a bug in DPMS. Please make sure to use an appropriate bug subject and a clear explanation in the bug description (steps to reproduce, expected behaviour, actual behaviour, etc) and then hopefully there will be clarity on exactly what you are reporting and then the community can determine the correct status of your issue as any outcome emerges. ** Summary changed: - Console DPMS is not enabled by default in Ubuntu Server 18.04 + Console blanking is not enabled by default in Ubuntu Server 18.04 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1767568 Title: Console blanking is not enabled by default in Ubuntu Server 18.04 Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: My console display is DPMS capable, i.e., power management functions worked before upgrading from Ubuntu Server 16.0.4.4. Currently the display stays on 24x7 with idle keyboard input. 1) My release information is as follows: Description: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Release: 18.04 2) I am not sure what package this issue is tied to. The current kernel appears to have DPMS support enabled, per the configuration file in /boot. If the kernel is responsible, below is the version I am running. linux-generic: Installed: 4.15.0.20.23 3) I expected to have DPMS support for my console as in the previous release of Ubuntu Server. 4) What happened instead is my monitor stays on all the time, without DPMS controlling it. --- AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version k4.15.0-20-generic. AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'aplay': 'aplay' ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'arecord': 'arecord' AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/hwC1D3', '/dev/snd/hwC1D2', '/dev/snd/hwC1D1', '/dev/snd/hwC1D0', '/dev/snd/pcmC1D9p', '/dev/snd/pcmC1D8p', '/dev/snd/pcmC1D7p', '/dev/snd/pcmC1D3p', '/dev/snd/controlC1', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/hwC0D2', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D2c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: Card0.Amixer.info: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'amixer': 'amixer' Card0.Amixer.values: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'amixer': 'amixer' Card1.Amixer.info: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'amixer': 'amixer' Card1.Amixer.values: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'amixer': 'amixer' DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=ab9de6b4-cca0-4e5c-89d7-e706214c8f11 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-23 (1378 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.2) MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. X58A-UD5 Package: linux (not installed) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 nouveaufb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.15.0-20-generic root=UUID=5631d3aa-8dce-4306-a08d-4ab3753256ab ro ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.15.0-20-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.15.0-20-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.173 RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'rfkill': 'rfkill' Tags: bionic apport-hook-error Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 UnreportableReason: This report is about a package that is not installed. UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-04-26 (4 days ago) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: False dmi.bios.date: 03/11/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc. dmi.bios.version: F5 dmi.board.name: X58A-UD5 dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.board.version: x.x dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF5:bd03/11/2010:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnX58A-UD5:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnX58A-UD5:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: X58A-UD5 dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. 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