[ale] console blank screen

[brock at quantifier.org]

>
> Hello, Ale'rs
>
> I'm running an old ibook with Debian Squeeze, and I prefer to leave x
> uninstalled.  I can google well enough with w3m, ssh just fine to email, and 
> play the radio with mplayer.
>
> I can't get the console to blank out after a few minutes, though, and the 
> display just stays on (i.e., I'd like a "screensaver" without running x).
>
> I edited /etc/rc.local with:
>
> setterm -2 blank
>
> which, according to the man page, should blank the screen after 2 minutes. 
> I'm pretty sure this is all I've ever done in the past, but since I upgraded 
> to squeeze last week, it doesn't blank, and I have to shut the thing down at 
> nite to get the screen to shut off.
>
> Help?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robert
>