<![CDATA[Monitor goes to sleep within minutes]]>I have installed MM a week back it was all fine however since couple of days my monitor goes to sleep mode within minutes of powering on RPi.

Post installing I was playing around with couple of modules but one suspect might be PIR-Sensor though I have it disconnected currently.

My setup to disable sleep mode:

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

Added below part

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

I couldn’t find [SeatDefaults] so as a trial I made changes in Seat Configuration and [Seat : *]

/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

Config

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]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/11574/monitor-goes-to-sleep-within-minutesRSS for NodeSun, 07 Jun 2026 14:05:28 GMTMon, 11 Nov 2019 16:30:19 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Monitor goes to sleep within minutes on Fri, 15 Nov 2019 07:14:51 GMT]]>@sdetweil said in Monitor goes to sleep within minutes:

@Newbie007 said in Monitor goes to sleep within minutes:

but I followed this method as well and forgot about it.

I don’t see a ‘method’ there… its a 4 page topic

I thought I linked you to a comment in that thread which details how to use PIR sensor to turn on/off monitor along with LED lights which is apart from PIR-Sensor module.

I commented out the module but forgot about the standalone script. Now we are good.

Thanks for your help!

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/64473https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/64473Fri, 15 Nov 2019 07:14:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Monitor goes to sleep within minutes on Wed, 13 Nov 2019 17:01:49 GMT]]>@Newbie007 said in Monitor goes to sleep within minutes:

but I followed this method as well and forgot about it.

I don’t see a ‘method’ there… its a 4 page topic

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/64348https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/64348Wed, 13 Nov 2019 17:01:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Monitor goes to sleep within minutes on Wed, 13 Nov 2019 17:02:03 GMT]]>@Newbie007 said in Monitor goes to sleep within minutes:

But in mean time how can I disable this?

what? the module? I gave u instructions in the prior post

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/64347https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/64347Wed, 13 Nov 2019 17:02:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Monitor goes to sleep within minutes on Wed, 13 Nov 2019 16:59:23 GMT]]>@sdetweil said in Monitor goes to sleep within minutes:

PIR-Sensor

Damn! You are right.

I commented whole PIR-Sensor in config.js but I followed this method as well and forgot about it.

Currently I have unplugged my PIR, let me plug it again and report back to you.

But in mean time how can I disable this?

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/64346https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/64346Wed, 13 Nov 2019 16:59:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Monitor goes to sleep within minutes on Wed, 13 Nov 2019 16:52:19 GMT]]>@Newbie007 PIR-Sensor… is that module still in config.js?

you can disable it by adding

  disabled: true,

to that module config, after the module: statement

note that PIR has some dependencies, which can cause black screen…

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/64344https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/64344Wed, 13 Nov 2019 16:52:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Monitor goes to sleep within minutes on Wed, 13 Nov 2019 16:49:23 GMT]]>This is what I got

lxsession screen saver already disabled
]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/64343https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/64343Wed, 13 Nov 2019 16:49:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Monitor goes to sleep within minutes on Wed, 13 Nov 2019 16:19:27 GMT]]>@Newbie007 hm… well, if you reboot it, run my screensaver setup script…
see

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/11052/new-script-for-screensaver-disable

post the log after from

~/screensaver.log
]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/64342https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/64342Wed, 13 Nov 2019 16:19:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Monitor goes to sleep within minutes on Wed, 13 Nov 2019 16:05:02 GMT]]>@sdetweil said in Monitor goes to sleep within minutes:

MM is showing black screen

I actually doubt that cause before going to sleep my monitor shows the default “HDMI” text which is usually shown before boot as well

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/64341https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/64341Wed, 13 Nov 2019 16:05:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Monitor goes to sleep within minutes on Wed, 13 Nov 2019 15:48:22 GMT]]>@Newbie007 ok, so mouse is shown… and moves… this is not screen saver…

so, it appears MM is showing black screen

you need a keyboard to be able to get to the debug info

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/64340https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/64340Wed, 13 Nov 2019 15:48:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Monitor goes to sleep within minutes on Wed, 13 Nov 2019 15:46:01 GMT]]>I am not even sure how to wake up the screen, I don’t have keyboard just the mouse moving that doesn’t help

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/64339https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/64339Wed, 13 Nov 2019 15:46:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Monitor goes to sleep within minutes on Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:02:01 GMT]]>@sdetweil i’ve already issues those commands during mm setup. Once monitor goes to sleep im unable to even wake it up

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/64250https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/64250Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:02:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Monitor goes to sleep within minutes on Mon, 11 Nov 2019 18:34:40 GMT]]>@Newbie007 said in Monitor goes to sleep within minutes:

xset s noblank
xset s off
xset -dpms

you can issue those commands manually
or you have to reboot to disable screensaver

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/64179https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/64179Mon, 11 Nov 2019 18:34:40 GMT