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Screen shines black / Don´t know if it´s an Pi or Screen-Error?

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  • K Offline
    killing joke
    last edited by Jul 26, 2018, 4:56 PM

    On the screen the the screensaver is deactivated.

    Is there an option on the pi?

    N 1 Reply Last reply Jul 26, 2018, 5:18 PM Reply Quote 0
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      NoNameRo @killing joke
      last edited by Jul 26, 2018, 5:18 PM

      @killing-joke said in Screen shines black / Don´t know if it´s an Pi or Screen-Error?:

      On the screen the the screensaver is deactivated.

      Is there an option on the pi?

      what you can still try

      open

      sudo nano /boot/config.txt
      

      and add

      # uncomment to put the monitor into power saving mode (DPMS)
      hdmi_blanking=1
      
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        killing joke
        last edited by Jul 26, 2018, 5:39 PM

        After I edit the code as you described above, the screen shows “no signal” after 10 to 15 minutes.

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          bhepler Module Developer @killing joke
          last edited by Jul 27, 2018, 1:50 PM

          @killing-joke - When the screen does its fade-to-black thing, what happens if you hook up a mouse or keyboard to the pi and wiggle it? Does everything come back?

          In my experience, the best way to keep the screen from going black is to install XScreenSaver and set it to never run a screensaver.

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            killing joke
            last edited by killing joke Jul 28, 2018, 9:23 AM Jul 27, 2018, 8:54 PM

            That was the strange thing. Nothing happend after I connected a keyboard or a mouse to it and pressed any key or wiggled the mouse.
            I´ll try to install the XScreenSaver and give feedback afterwards.

            Thanks for your help @all!!

            P.S.: After half an hour it seems to work. Final check tomorrow, Cheers.

            P.P.S.: After a night the screen is still on. Thanks for your help. The problem was solved by installing the XScreenSaver and put the pi in “no screen saver mode”.

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