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class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41672.41">41672.41</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41672.40">41672.40</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Badumtsh</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41672.41&return_msg=41672.41" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41672.41"> <span class="rating">+1/1</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41672_42"></a><div class="message" id="message_41672_42"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">25 Jan 2016 15:56</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 25 Jan 2016 22:57"></span></span> <span class="message_count">42 of 101</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41672.42">41672.42</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41672.13">41672.13</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I'm simple and easy.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41672.42&return_msg=41672.41" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41672.42"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41672_43"></a><div class="message" id="message_41672_43"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Manthorp<span class="message_time">25 Jan 2016 17:03</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 25 Jan 2016 17:04"></span></span> <span class="message_count">43 of 101</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41672.43">41672.43</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41672.9">41672.9</a></div> <div class="message_body"> It's a bitterly ironic observation of the isolation to which so-called social technologies contribute, in artbollocks, anyway.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41672.43&return_msg=41672.41" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41672.43"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote 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101</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41672.45">41672.45</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41672.41#a41672_44" target="_self">41672.44</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <span class="emoticon e_lol" title="LOL"><span class="e__">LOL</span></span> no, you've misread it. It says 'Self-management of Neck Pecker'. I grew a penis on the side of my neck over the Christmas period and I'm struggling to come to terms with it.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41672.45&return_msg=41672.41" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41672.45"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41672_46"></a><div class="message" id="message_41672_46"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Manthorp<span class="message_time">26 Jan 2016 23:54</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">46 of 101</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41672.46">41672.46</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I have spent three successive nights trying - unsuccessfully - to disable the screen time-out on Raspbian. This should not be a three-night task, even for a thicko like me..<br /><br /> This is why Linux will always remain the province of a talented and passionate few.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41672.46&return_msg=41672.41" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41672.46"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41672_47"></a><div class="message" id="message_41672_47"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)<span class="message_time">27 Jan 2016 02:39</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Manthorp <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 27 Jan 2016 08:54"></span></span> <span class="message_count">47 of 101</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41672.47">41672.47</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41672.41#a41672_46" target="_self">41672.46</a></div> <div class="message_body"> There are two commends, one <strong>will</strong> work inside X, one <strong>will</strong> work on a virtual terminal. I'm not clear on which you're doing so it's difficult to help.<br /> <div class="quotetext"><strong>Quote:</strong> </div> <div class="quote">This is why Linux will always remain the province of a talented and passionate few</div> <br /> You're not exactly trying to do a typical thing here. You're booting from an SD card to a CLI on a super-stripped-down ARM-based £30 computer.<br /><br /> If you were running a normal consumer-level distro (Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, Mint etc.) with the default window manager you'd disable powersaving in exactly the same way you would in Windows - via the control panel (<a href="http://i.imgur.com/RMX6ViJ.jpg">step 1</a>, <a href="http://i.imgur.com/DaMNsBP.jpg">step 2</a>).<br /> <div class="edit_text">EDITED: 27 Jan 2016 02:43 by X3N0PH0N</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41672.47&return_msg=41672.41" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41672.47"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41672_48"></a><div class="message" id="message_41672_48"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">27 Jan 2016 23:15</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 28 Jan 2016 04:03"></span></span> <span class="message_count">48 of 101</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41672.48">41672.48</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41672.41#a41672_47" target="_self">41672.47</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Hey! <span class="emoticon e_angry" title=":@"><span class="e__">:@</span></span></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41672.48&return_msg=41672.41" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41672.48"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41672_49"></a><div class="message" id="message_41672_49"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)<span class="message_time">28 Jan 2016 04:03</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 28 Jan 2016 22:47"></span></span> <span class="message_count">49 of 101</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41672.49">41672.49</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41672.41#a41672_48" target="_self">41672.48</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Sup G?</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41672.49&return_msg=41672.41" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41672.49"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41672_50"></a><div class="message" id="message_41672_50"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Manthorp<span class="message_time">28 Jan 2016 15:24</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 28 Jan 2016 16:44"></span></span> <span class="message_count">50 of 101</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41672.50">41672.50</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41672.41#a41672_47" target="_self">41672.47</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Sorry, I was really frustrated. I have finally managed to sort it, though. <br /><br /> The standard solution is to edit /etc/kbd/config and set BLANK_TIME=0 That didn't work because there's an <a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=771161">old bug </a>in /etc/init.d/kbd. Once I had amended kbd, the instruction worked.<br /><br /> Now I'm struggling with autologin to the console. After trying half a dozen different solutions, all to no effect, I'm working on jozy's, <a href="https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=127042">HERE</a>, which looked promising at first. I created autlogin.conf<br /> <div class="quotetext"><strong>Quote:</strong> </div> <div class="quote"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic;line-height:19.24px;background-color:rgb(252,252,252);">/etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d/autologin.conf</span></div> and filled it with the code<br /> <div class="quotetext"><strong>Quote:</strong> </div> <div class="quote"><span style="color:rgb(139,139,139);font-family:Monaco, 'Andale Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, mono;font-size:11.7px;line-height:15.21px;background-color:rgb(247,247,249);">[Service]</span><br style="color:rgb(139,139,139);font-family:Monaco, 'Andale Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, mono;font-size:11.7px;line-height:15.21px;" /><span style="color:rgb(139,139,139);font-family:Monaco, 'Andale Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, mono;font-size:11.7px;line-height:15.21px;background-color:rgb(247,247,249);">ExecStart=</span><br style="color:rgb(139,139,139);font-family:Monaco, 'Andale Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, mono;font-size:11.7px;line-height:15.21px;" /><span style="color:rgb(139,139,139);font-family:Monaco, 'Andale Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, mono;font-size:11.7px;line-height:15.21px;background-color:rgb(247,247,249);">ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty --autologin pi --noclear %I 38400 linux</span></div> Where pi is my login.<br /><br /> But that's where I get lost. The next instruction is:<br /><br /> <div class="quotetext"><strong>Quote:</strong> </div> <div class="quote"><span style="color:rgb(139,139,139);font-family:Monaco, 'Andale Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, mono;font-size:11.7px;line-height:15.21px;background-color:rgb(247,247,249);">sudo systemctl enable getty@tty1.service</span></div> <br /> First I had to install systemd. But when I run that code now <span style="font-size:12.8px;">I get an error message "no such file or directory". Yet if I navigate to /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/ in the GUI I can see, open and read getty@tty1.service. For good measure I tried:</span><br /> <div class="quotetext"><strong>Quote:</strong> </div> <div class="quote">sudo systemctl enable <span style="font-size:12.8px;">/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@tty1.service</span></div> But I get an error message "Too many levels of symbolic links".<br /><br /> If I try to navigate to:<br /> <div class="quotetext"><strong>Quote:</strong> </div> <div class="quote"><span style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(238,238,238);">cd /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/</span></div> It says "No such file or directory".<br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Is there any other way to 'enable' getty@tty1.service and will it make any odds if I do? And can you point me in any other direction for autologging into the console?</span><div class="edit_text">EDITED: 28 Jan 2016 15:37 by MANTHORP</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41672.50&return_msg=41672.41" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41672.50"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="message_page_footer"> <ul> <li class="right_col"><form accept-charset="utf-8" method="get" action="lmessages.php" target="_self"><input type="hidden" name="webtag" id="webtag" class="bhinputtext" value="DEFAULT" dir="ltr" /><input type="hidden" name="msg" id="msg" class="bhinputtext" value="41672.51" dir="ltr" /><input type="submit" name="submit" id="keep_reading" value="Keep reading…" class="button" /></form></li> </ul> </div> </div> </body>