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==Disable screensaver and blanking RPi in X==
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==Disable screensaver and blanking RPi in Pixel Raspbian==
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This will disable screen blanking and blacking etc while within X on the Pi. It will only work for X Windows (LXDE) GUI.
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This will disable screen blanking and blacking etc while within X on the Pi. This is for Raspbian Pixel
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*startx on the Pi
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*edit /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart as root
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*Run this command in a terminal window (installs xset, a tool we need)
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  sudo nano /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart
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  sudo apt-get install x11-xserver-utils
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*Add these lines if they do not already exist
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*now lets make a file to run on the start of X with settings
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@xset s noblank
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cd /home/pi  
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  @xset s off  
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touch .xinitrc
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  @xset -dpms
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nano .xinitrc
 
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*Now you should edit .xinitrc and add these lines (disable ss, say no monitor timeout, set no blanking)
 
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  xset s off  
 
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  xset -dpms  
 
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xset s noblank
 
  
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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*[https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=57552 How to disable screensaver Raspberry Pi] - Same solution as here
 
*[http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/752/how-do-i-prevent-the-screen-from-going-blank StackExchange] - Similar/Same question
 
*[http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/752/how-do-i-prevent-the-screen-from-going-blank StackExchange] - Similar/Same question
  
  
 
[[Category: Raspberry Pi]]
 
[[Category: Raspberry Pi]]

Revision as of 15:32, 18 January 2017

This is how to disable screen blanking on the Raspberry Pi running debian (raspbian) which will stop the screensaver (a blank screen) from starting during command line usage.

Disable RPi screen blanking in console

If your screen goes black during command line after 30 minutes or so, you have screen blanking enabled most likely. If you want to turn it off:

Edit the file /etc/kbd/config Change these lines: 

BLANK_TIME=0
BLANK_DPMS=off
POWERDOWN_TIME=0


Disable screensaver and blanking RPi in Pixel Raspbian

This will disable screen blanking and blacking etc while within X on the Pi. This is for Raspbian Pixel

  • edit /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart as root
sudo nano /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart
  • Add these lines if they do not already exist
@xset s noblank 
@xset s off 
@xset -dpms


External Links

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