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    A New Chapter for MagicMirror: The Community Takes the Lead
    Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.

    Stop the screensaver!

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    • M Offline
      mjtice
      last edited by

      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

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      • cowboysdudeC Offline
        cowboysdude Module Developer
        last edited by 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/

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        • F Offline
          frog
          last edited by

          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.

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            onetwankyfive
            last edited by

            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

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              frog @onetwankyfive
              last edited by

              @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

              😀

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              • M Offline
                markiper
                last edited by

                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.

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                • lolobyteL Offline
                  lolobyte
                  last edited by

                  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!

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                  • M Offline
                    markiper
                    last edited by

                    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.

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                    • cowboysdudeC Offline
                      cowboysdude Module Developer @frog
                      last edited by

                      @frog said in Stop the screensaver!:

                      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.

                      Attitude? Oh you haven’t seen my attitude… just making a simple suggestion where there doesn’t need a case made out of it. It’s THE simplest way for NON programmers to do it…

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                      • rcollieR Offline
                        rcollie
                        last edited by

                        I realize how (super) old this topic is, but for anyone who stumbles across it and still dealing with this, xscreensaver really is the easiest solution.

                        sudo apt-get install xscreensaver

                        Just change the screen saver in there to no screen saver, and you’re sorted.

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