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Questions tagged [screen-saver]

For questions about how to disable the default Raspberry Pi screensaver, and also how to stop the Pi from going to sleep.

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How to avoid screen turning off

I am using a Raspberry Pi connected to a TV (monitor) to show some information; it is inactive most of the time. My problem is that the screen turns off every five minutes. This is what I tried with no success: Set blank time and power down time as…
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Raspberry Pi + Raspbian, "The screen saver strikes again"

Thanks to plenty of clear and sufficient advices about getting rid off 'screen saver', I can say I am pretty experienced in that field (at least theoretically)... However I did not solve the problem yet! The thing is, that this solution (which seems…
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Put screen into power save mode instead of screen blanking

All normal PCs' default option for screensaver nowadays is to simply turn off the hdmi screen after some inactivity. But for the Pixel gui in Raspbian the default seems to be to turn all pixels black after inactivity (which still keeps the screen on…
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Turn Pi Screen on and off programmatically

I have a RPi3B with the RPi 7inch screen attached. I am running Jessie, but will re-image it to stretch soon. I would like to turn the screen on or off via Python. For example, when I ask what is the time I want the screen to wake up as I display a…
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How do I enable both a locked-screen and no HDMI signal to monitor?

I have the latest Raspberry Pi OS (Debian Bullseye) on a Raspberry Pi 4. I want to achieve a setting whereby after a period of time the session will lock and no signal will get sent through HDMI so the monitor can switch to a sleep mode. The…
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Putting the monitor into true power saving mode

I noticed that when the screensaver is activated (Pi4 & Raspbian) the monitor doesn't actually turn off but rather a black picture is displayed. After extensive investigations on Google and in this forum it seems this is something many people are…
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How to set screen saver and a password

I have program which is starting on boot when raspberry powered up. What I want to do is prevent someone to plug a hdmi cable and see desktop of raspberry. Is it possible to set screensaver? Of course it should ask a password to unlock the…
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Carplay on Pi4 is not affected by screensaver?

Raspi4 running OpenautoPro. Using a working Carlinkit dongle for my Iphone. That works fine. The problem is that for some reason my screensaver runs behind the Carplay interface defeating the purpose of said screensaver. I'm sure it's something…
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I don't want to play with it right now. The screen is on all day

Just installed Raspberry Pi 400 keyboard with a monitor for my daughter. She has a game of xsolitaire up and went to school. That game is still on the screen 5 hours later. How to turn on sleep or screensaver mode?
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Custom Screen Saver Raspberry Pi Bulls Eye

Has anyone come come across an updated tutorial on setting up a custom screensaver for the raspberry pi bulls eye? The current ones I have come across use omxplayer which is no longer supported. Raspberry Pi: Use a Video as a Screensaver Screensaver…
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