HowTo: Turn off Raspberry OS Screensaver

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If you have been working pi for a long time and are irritated by the screen going blank after 10 mins, here are a few solutions for you.

Solution 1

Edit the lightdm.conf file and change to settings directly. this does not require installing anything and the screen won’t turn off again. Fire the following command to open the file in edit mode.

sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

Look for the line, should be around line number 87

#xserver-command=X

and change it to 

xserver-command=X -s 0 dpms

Press Ctrl +X save the document and reboot the raspberry pi.

Solution 2

Install XScreenSaver package from apt using the following command

sudo apt install xscreensaver

Once the installation is done, got to

Main Menu > Preferences > Screensaver

Open the application change the settings as you want.

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