====== Syslog_on_tty6 ======

===== Ubuntu =====
==== Stopping the screen turning off after a few minutes ====
On the physical machine itself:
 setterm -blank 0
 setterm -powersave off
 setterm -powerdown 0

In /etc/syslog.conf:
 # Pipe all syslog data to TTY6 (ctrl+alt+f6)
 *.* /dev/tty6

Restart syslogd:
 /etc/init.d/sysklogd restart

Done! Ctrl+Alt+F6 on the physical machine and you should see syslog output!