Hi!
Using older laptop as my MicroOS Container server and it’s great, but the screen is always on, is there any way to turn it off? old Debian install required a grub line…
Are you running the server at a TTY console, i.e., at Runlevel 3, no graphical DE?
If yes, I assume you want some sort of timeout until the screen goes Off?
The Dell laptop I’m using now … I can press the keyboard sequence Fn + F8, and choose to turn the screen off. Of course, that means it’s a hands-on operation.
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Yes, just TTY no de 
if a timeout solution exists that would be ideal in case physical maintenance is required
So, the challenge is it’s a laptop. Home server(s) I’ve run is on a desktop machine and external monitor, which has a setting to turn off the display.
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Q1: How about a lid-close?
I have a Lenovo laptop that runs 24/7 and I keep the laptop lid closed … but it’s running (not Sleeping), because I can instantly access it anytime.
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Okay, the following are options that showed up in a search … I’ve never used any of these methods (no need to) so I can’t recommend any of them from actual experience. Most are a short read.
I’ve read about a Linux tool: vbetool [1]
I see recommendations to add a param to the boot command line:consoleblank=60. [2] (yea, it’s Ubuntu server).
Here’s another openSUSE user with an old laptop that wants the screen to turn off [3]
[1] vbetool, Linux Man Page:
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[2] consoleblank link
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[3] openSUSE user
https://www.reddit.com/r/openSUSE/comments/1c4k9n3/systemdlogind_handlelidswitchignore_not_working/
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Just consoleblank=NN where NN is a time should suffice, the default is “0” which disables.
update-bootloader --add-option consoleblank=NN
update-bootloader --config
Ref: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v7.1/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.html
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Thank you both so much, worked perfectly 
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