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    A New Chapter for MagicMirror: The Community Takes the Lead
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    Stop the screensaver!

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    • F Offline
      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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                • P Offline
                  PaulB
                  last edited by

                  Hey guys,

                  there is another option on disabling the screensaver, which worked perfectly for me.
                  Just disable the screensaver in the option menu of debian.

                  Hope this helps someone :)

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                  • B Offline
                    BlackTalon
                    last edited by

                    Revived again. I have xscreensaver installed and the screensaver disabled. It still blanks the screen after a day.

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                    • ChrisC Offline
                      Chris
                      last edited by

                      Hello,

                      After a total reinstall of the recent raspberry to integrate Google Assist Pi, I also have the same problem.

                      After watching, I end up with an empty screen after about 6 hours. I am forced to restart MagicMirror via the MMM-Remote-Control module.
                      On the other hand I do not have xsceensaver of installed but the modification of the lines of command indicated in the wiki of installation of MM

                      I did not experience this problem before. The only difference between my two installations is the 2.3.1 update of MagicMirror.
                      Would it affect?

                      Regards,

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                      • G Offline
                        Gabev
                        last edited by

                        I had the same problem where. I stumbled across this thread, check out the answer given by JimmyN… it helped me at least.

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