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      frog
      last edited by

      Thanks, but I followed the instructions for Jessie Lite and as far as I’m aware haven’t installed anything else X-related - although I did install VNC as described . How can I find out what manager is being used?

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        frog @frog
        last edited by frog

        @frog OK, according to the Jessie Lite instructions( https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/wiki/Jessie-Lite-Installation-Guide

        , I installed:

        sudo apt-get install lxde-core
        sudo apt-get install lightdm

        so - it is LXDE UI and Lightdm being used. Which should mean that the alterations to /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart and sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf should have worked. But they didn’t.

        Anyhow, I fixed it the old fashioned way by uninstalling unclutter, setting the raspberry to boot requiring user login then attaching a USB keyboard/mouse to the raspberry and setting the screensaver off in preferences. Hopefully it’ll stick!

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          markiper @KirAsh4
          last edited by

          @KirAsh4 I am reviving this topic as I have run into this same issue and have not been able to figure how to solve it. I started playing with a Magic Mirror a few days back (thanks to all the contributors), prior to that, I have read multiple posts, tutorials, blogs, etc; one of them is actually from you @KirAsh4

          https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/236/complete-setup-tutorial

          You mention that there are two locatons where chagnes need to be made in order to disable the screen saver:

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

          ’ sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf ’

          I am not able to find the first file, so I started reading this forum and came across this post:

          https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/wiki/Jessie-Lite-Installation-Guide

          following the directions, the first file is on a different location:

          ’ sudo nano /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart ’

          I did find that file and made the changes as described, my autostart file looks like this:

          @lxpanel --profile LXDE
          @pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE
          @xscreensaver -no-splash
          @xset s noblank
          @xset s off
          @xset -dpms

          I also changed the second variable under ’ sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf ', I verified that I am indeed changing the actual variable and not the variable description. As far as I can tell, everything has been done as stipulated in the tutorials, but my screen saver still kicks in every 5 minutes (roughly). Is there anything that I am leaving out, thus creating the issue. I started witha fresh Jessie Lite installation following the tutorial: https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/wiki/Jessie-Lite-Installation-Guide

          Any help will be greatly appreciated, I have been stumbling around reading forum entries here and at the raspberry pi foundation, but nothing seems to solve my problem (and I am no Linux guru), so any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated

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            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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                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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                      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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