Using a monitor as a console?

[otheos]

I saw this on "how I dit it" discussion but can't find it anymore.

I use a monitor (VGA) as a console to have all messages displayed.

I have two questions:

1. How can I make squid verbosing its messages on the screen too

2. How can I prevent the screen from going blank after 5-10 minutes of not using the keyb/mouse (actually there aren't any).

Thanks in advance.

[Whipping Boy]

For #2, the command is "setterm -b 0

[otheos]

thanks, however it's not clear how I set it up.

You see the system boots to the text logon screen and starts verbosing as it is (there is no keyb and I only connect remotely). So if I just login as root remotely and run "setterm -b 0" nothing changes to the monitor (and it still blanks after a while).

If you could guide me through I'd really apprecieate it. Thank you.