To Robie Basak, specifically with regards to #37. The title of this bug already specified particularly that Console DPMS is not working. This bug report already was not about simply console blanking.
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. As many others have pointed out, Console DPMS power saving is not working in 18.04. It is clear after reading this thread as well as a few basic tests with setterm that nobody has working Console DPMS power saving at all in Ubuntu 18.04. If this is only a matter of default settings as you seem to have concluded that it is, then please specify which optional setting re- enables Console DPMS power saving, because the following does NOT work on any of my Ubuntu 18.04 installations (as well as several others in this bug report) beyond mere blanking and leaving the monitor on: in grub.cfg consoleblank=600 setterm --powersave powerdown setterm --powerdown 10 If this is just a kernel option that is no longer the default setting, then it should be specified here, in this bug report, what the appropriate change is to revert back to a very mature working functionality. -- 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 DPMS 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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