<![CDATA[Screen turning off]]>I was reading a resolved discussion about his screen turning off after 15min. I’m having the same problem. It was suggest he installs xscreensaver. I looked around for it but there are several versions of xscreensaver. I downloaded and installed the one for Linux but it doesn’t seem to work. Is there a special xscreensaver for the RPi ?
Dennis

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/17041/screen-turning-offRSS for NodeFri, 08 May 2026 13:57:46 GMTMon, 01 Aug 2022 00:16:02 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Screen turning off on Tue, 02 Aug 2022 17:00:40 GMT]]>@sdetweil Thanks Sam… I’ll give it a try…

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/103260https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/103260Tue, 02 Aug 2022 17:00:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Screen turning off on Mon, 01 Aug 2022 23:49:21 GMT]]>@N6NG you are not using a camera, so u don’t need that

the PIR module should signal user_presence, true
and then sleep wake will show the modules ,

user_presence, false, plus the timeout will hide the modules

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/103254https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/103254Mon, 01 Aug 2022 23:49:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Screen turning off on Mon, 01 Aug 2022 23:34:52 GMT]]>@N6NG I get an error from the line that looks like this.

on_event_start /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-SleepWake/external_motion started

which is line 47 which shows this error.
[ERROR] Line 47 column 19: Parsing error: Unexpected token /
That’s the / in front of the home/pi/MagicMirror…
Can’t see why that would be a problem.

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/103253https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/103253Mon, 01 Aug 2022 23:34:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Screen turning off on Mon, 01 Aug 2022 23:10:59 GMT]]>@BKeyport and how would you do that?

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/103252https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/103252Mon, 01 Aug 2022 23:10:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Screen turning off on Mon, 01 Aug 2022 21:54:29 GMT]]>@N6NG the trick is to keep the monitor active enough to fool it into not triggering it’s eco feature.

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/103250https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/103250Mon, 01 Aug 2022 21:54:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Screen turning off on Mon, 01 Aug 2022 21:48:26 GMT]]>@N6NG no need for external if you use pir

mode is hide( hides all modules or shows all modules.) doesn’t turn off monitor

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/103245https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/103245Mon, 01 Aug 2022 21:48:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Screen turning off on Mon, 01 Aug 2022 21:29:17 GMT]]>@N6NG I also don’t understand how this would keep the Monitor from turning off after 15 minutes? I need to turn off the auto off somehow.

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/103243https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/103243Mon, 01 Aug 2022 21:29:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Screen turning off on Mon, 01 Aug 2022 21:25:51 GMT]]>@N6NG I have the MMM-SleepWake installed. I have the config.js installed. Now I have to tie it to the MMM-PIR-Sensor-Lite module.
I’ve got the 2lines in the config.js
But what is in place of the /external_motion start and end from the PIR module?

on_event_start /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-SleepWake/external_motion started
on_event_end /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-SleepWake/external_motion ended

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/103242https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/103242Mon, 01 Aug 2022 21:25:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Screen turning off on Mon, 01 Aug 2022 19:45:47 GMT]]>@sdetweil Ok Sam… again thanks
Dennis

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/103235https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/103235Mon, 01 Aug 2022 19:45:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Screen turning off on Mon, 01 Aug 2022 19:13:37 GMT]]>@N6NG my MMM-SleepWake

can be triggered by pir(some other module reading pir), or camera

I use camera, didn’t have PIR when I started this journey…

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/103233https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/103233Mon, 01 Aug 2022 19:13:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Screen turning off on Mon, 01 Aug 2022 17:56:09 GMT]]>@N6NG I’m guessing it’s mm-Hide-All but can you tie that to the Pir sensor so it hides it with no motion?

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/103231https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/103231Mon, 01 Aug 2022 17:56:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Screen turning off on Mon, 01 Aug 2022 17:53:12 GMT]]>@sdetweil And which module is that Sam?

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/103230https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/103230Mon, 01 Aug 2022 17:53:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Screen turning off on Mon, 01 Aug 2022 11:09:03 GMT]]>@N6NG ah, monitor

yes, u have an energy star compliant monitor.
when the input is turned off it MUST power off after 15 mins.

unless the monitor supports the cec commands, there is no way to turn it back on programmaticly.

this is why I use a module that hides all the modules instead of turning off the HDMI port.

I even had a tv that powered off if it was display a blank screen. pain in the rear.

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/103228https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/103228Mon, 01 Aug 2022 11:09:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Screen turning off on Mon, 01 Aug 2022 04:36:15 GMT]]>@sdetweil I had the screen blanking off already and I did use you script to install it… It’s not just that the screen goes blank, it’s that the power on the monitor turns off also, so when the screen would wake up because of motion the power is still off on the monitor. I’m thinking it must be something in the monitor setup but I don’t find it… I thought there might be a command to keep the screen alive so the monitor wouldn’t turn off for lack of activity…

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/103224https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/103224Mon, 01 Aug 2022 04:36:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Screen turning off on Mon, 01 Aug 2022 00:57:06 GMT]]>@N6NG nothing special. but turn off screen blanking on the preferences

and if u had used my install script, it would have asked you about screen saver.

u can use the screensaveroff script if u change your mind

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/103218https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/103218Mon, 01 Aug 2022 00:57:06 GMT