Stop the screensaver!

[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.

[cowboysdude]

@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…

[rcollie]

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.