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How can I turn the screen back on using setterm or another command, only with the core utilities over ssh?

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I have a Debian 12 system, which is console-only, without a graphical interface / Desktop environmen. I turned off the screen using setterm --blank force on the device itself, and now I can't turn it back on by pressing a key because force causes keyboard input to be ignored. I have access via SSH over a Debian 12 Desktop environment, but when I enter setterm -blank 0 through SSH as root, I get the message terminal xterm-256-color does not support --blank. I also can't switch between different TTYs on the device itself. Even when I switch to a TTY on the Debian desktop and use setterm --blank 0, I don't get any error message, but nothing happens. With setterm --blank poke, I get cannot force unblank. Is there another command from the core utilities that I can use to wake the screen up **without installing additional tools**? Otherwise, I'll just reboot.
Asked by ReflectYourCharacter (8300 rep)
Oct 15, 2024, 01:55 PM
Last activity: Oct 15, 2024, 04:37 PM