Stop the screensaver!

[frog]

@frog OK, according to the Jessie Lite instructions( https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/wiki/Jessie-Lite-Installation-Guide

, I installed:

sudo apt-get install lxde-core
sudo apt-get install lightdm

so - it is LXDE UI and Lightdm being used. Which should mean that the alterations to /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart and sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf should have worked. But they didn’t.

Anyhow, I fixed it the old fashioned way by uninstalling unclutter, setting the raspberry to boot requiring user login then attaching a USB keyboard/mouse to the raspberry and setting the screensaver off in preferences. Hopefully it’ll stick!

[markiper]

@KirAsh4 I am reviving this topic as I have run into this same issue and have not been able to figure how to solve it. I started playing with a Magic Mirror a few days back (thanks to all the contributors), prior to that, I have read multiple posts, tutorials, blogs, etc; one of them is actually from you @KirAsh4

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/236/complete-setup-tutorial

You mention that there are two locatons where chagnes need to be made in order to disable the screen saver:

’ sudo nano /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart ’

’ sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf ’

I am not able to find the first file, so I started reading this forum and came across this post:

https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/wiki/Jessie-Lite-Installation-Guide

following the directions, the first file is on a different location:

’ sudo nano /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart ’

I did find that file and made the changes as described, my autostart file looks like this:

@lxpanel --profile LXDE
@pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE
@xscreensaver -no-splash
@xset s noblank
@xset s off
@xset -dpms

I also changed the second variable under ’ sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf ', I verified that I am indeed changing the actual variable and not the variable description. As far as I can tell, everything has been done as stipulated in the tutorials, but my screen saver still kicks in every 5 minutes (roughly). Is there anything that I am leaving out, thus creating the issue. I started witha fresh Jessie Lite installation following the tutorial: https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/wiki/Jessie-Lite-Installation-Guide

Any help will be greatly appreciated, I have been stumbling around reading forum entries here and at the raspberry pi foundation, but nothing seems to solve my problem (and I am no Linux guru), so any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated

[mjtice]

I had the same problem where I could’t get the screensaver (or screen blanking) to stop turning on. I stumbled across this thread, check out the answer given by JimmyN… it helped me at least.

disable screensaver

[cowboysdude]

Good lord just install xscreensaver and then disable the screen saver from there… easiest way without having to modify a ton of files… then being frustrated because it still doesn’t work :)

https://www.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/comments/4hwdwy/how_to_install_the_latest_xscreensaver_on_a/

[frog]

There’s no need for that attitude. Please desist as this is a forum for helping people. I also had this problem so it isn’t isolated. It may not be possible to add a keyboard and mouse to the screen and use the screensaver utility.

[onetwankyfive]

or buy a mouse jiggler
https://www.amazon.com/WiebeTech-Programmable-Mouse-Jiggler-MJ-3/dp/B00MTZY7Y4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1482934294&sr=8-1&keywords=mouse+jiggler

[frog]

@onetwankyfive said in Stop the screensaver!:

or buy a mouse jiggler
https://www.amazon.com/WiebeTech-Programmable-Mouse-Jiggler-MJ-3/dp/B00MTZY7Y4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1482934294&sr=8-1&keywords=mouse+jiggler

😀

[markiper]

Thanks everyone for the erplies. I am still having the same issue, but doing some more testing and reading. I found this post:

http://www.geeks3d.com/hacklab/20160108/how-to-disable-the-blank-screen-on-raspberry-pi-raspbian/

In theory, just modifying the lightdm.conf should do the trick with newer versions of Raspbian Jessie Lite. I will poke around some more, hopefully i find a fix, so I can provide something back to this community.

[lolobyte]

Hi all,

after doing this

Disable the screensaver:
Go to LXDE-autostart config:

sudo nano /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart

add the following lines:

@xset s noblank
@xset s off
@xset -dpms

Save and close, using the commands CTRL-O and CTRL-X.

Go to lightdm.conf:

sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

add the following lines in section [SeatDefaults]:

xserver-command=X -s 0 -dpms

The fucking screensaver is starting again.

Then i do following:

sudo apt-get install xscreensaver
sudo apt-get remove xscreensaver

An i never see a starting screensaver gain.

Good luck!

[markiper]

So here is how I was able to fix my issue with the screen saver. I started this project following the tutorial from here:

https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/wiki/Jessie-Lite-Installation-Guide

When you get to the Disable the ScreenSaver portion of the article, instead of changing the autostart file under

/etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart

You should modify the autostart file under ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE/autostart

sudo nano ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE/autostart

Comment the first 3 lines (using a #), then add the same three lines listed in the tutorial. The final autostart file after all modifications should look similar to:

#@lxpanel --profile LXDE
#@pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE
#@xscreensaver -no-splash

@xset s noblack
@xset s off
@xset -dpms

Once that is done, follow the instructions to modify the lightdm.conf file:

sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

[SeatDefaults]
xserver-command=X -s 0 -dpms

Save the changes, reboot your raspberry pi (I am using an RPi3), and the screen saver is gone for good. Hopefully this helps someone else having the same issue.