After revisiting this issue I was able to find a solution, via the setterm command. This is based on the guidance posted at https://superuser.com/questions/152347/change-linux-console-screen- blanking-behavior
For my system I created a new file in /etc/rc.local with the following contents: #!/bin/bash setterm -blank 5 Followed by the following command to register rc.local in systemd: sudo systemctl enable rc.local Alternatively, I could have set a boot parameter: consoleblank=Y (Y in seconds, 0 to disable) to the kernel commandline by adding it to the parameter lists in /etc/default/grub, either GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX or GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT In any event console blanking does work now and this bug can probably be closed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1767568 Title: Console DPMS Nonfunctional in Ubuntu Server 18.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1767568/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
