Stop the screensaver!

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!

markiper

@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

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.