CODEWITHSUNDEEP
linuxdebian
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Reputation: 53

Stop Screenly Raspberry Pi from turning off screen

I have set up some Raspberry Pi's in my corporation with Screenly inside. It has simple overlay to show a webpage with some slides.

My problem is the screensaver that turns on when I'm not at work. I tried to add a reboot command to the crontab, edit boot settings with screensaver, etc.

When testing it for few (6-8) hours, the screen never turns black, but overnight when I'm gone, the screen turns black. What can I do to stop this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1977

Answers (1)

itsmejoeeey
itsmejoeeey

Reputation: 310

There was a similar question posted on the Raspberry Pi StackExchange.

There they suggest installing x11-xserver-utils (with apt-get install), and adding these lines to your ~/.xinitrc file:

xset s off         # don't activate screensaver
xset -dpms         # disable DPMS (Energy Star) features.
xset s noblank     # don't blank the video device

Restart X, and your problem should be solved.

Upvotes: 1

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