Raspberry Pi 4 Ubuntu Server 20.10 - setup consoleblank parameter

[jgrincho]

I am new to Ubuntu Server on Raspberry Pi 4 and I am trying to setup consoleblank to 60secs so my console will black out when not being used. I am using a Raspberry TouchScreen and everything else works fine. I can "setterm --blank 1" from the console itself and I get the desired effect but unfortunately I cannot set the parameter at boot.

I have tried using /boot/firmware/config.txt, where I set the lcd-rotate=2 with full success, but nothing happens.
I have tried also to create a /etc/init.d/setterm script but again nothing happens.

Any hint?

[jgrincho]

And the answer is... (tanks to David C. Rankin post in ArchLinux):

Put this into /etc/systemd/system/setconsole.service...

```
[Unit]
Description=Enable virtual console blanking and poweroff

[Service]
Type=oneshot
Environment=TERM=linux
StandardOutput=tty
TTYPath=/dev/console
ExecStart=/usr/bin/setterm -blank 1 -powerdown 1

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
```

...then do `systemctl enable setconsole.service`.