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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Why would a display take a long time to wake up?
I have a 7" DSI Touch Display from waveshare which is attached to a Raspberry Pi 5 running Bookworm. The setup is currently configured to use Wayland. Though I observe the same basic issue with ...
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Screen Dimming/Screen Saver
After a recent upgrade on my Raspberry Pi device the screen dimming feature is no longer working and I was wondering what I can do to get the screen to turn off again or have a screen saver that will ...
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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 ...
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Raspberry Pi Flurry Screensaver
I have a Raspberry Pi that I am modding to put in a gutted iMac G4. I want it to look as authentic as possible. Has anyone ported the Flurry screensaver to the Pi? I did a Google search but didn't ...
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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 ...
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Raspberry Pi screensaver/DMPS on/off to trigger shell script on change
I've got a touch screen without backlight control and and turning off the HDMI-output just brings up a "no signal" placeholder on the screen. I've soldered a octocoupler to the power toggle ...
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Screen locked after screensaver blank screen only
Using xscreensaver I'm trying to suspend/blank the screen (essentially turn it off to save power) without locking but I don't seem to be able to do this. I'm using the official 7" touchscreen. I have ...
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Raspberry PI 4 Chrome Menu Board Issues
Hello everyone pretty new to using raspberrypi. So a resturant I use to work at bought a service where someone makes they a digital menu thats hosted on the web. The reason for it being on the web as ...
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Raspberry Pi goes blank after 10 mins or so, until the resolution is changed. and repeats
so I just got a really cheap and free desktop monitor from work, that's like 1280x1024 resolution. Now when I first connected the pi to the monitor it failed to boot at all... which was weird, but ...
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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 ...
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Disable automatic locking of screen (and all other interruptions)
I installed xscreensaver to avoid screen sleep and other interruptions, because I'm showing a feh picture presentation on a HDMI connected TV 24/7. I managed to disable screesavers and screen ...
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How to do I reenable display sleep?
I recently installed a Hyperpixel touchscreen on my Raspberry Pi 3, but I don't want to leave the screen on 24/7 to avoid damage and because an always-on display doesn't fit my use case. Before I put ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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How to control screensaver in Raspbian Stretch?
Brand-new Rpi3B+ with a brand-new download of Stretch. Made sure everything is up to date: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y sudo apt-get autoremove -y sudo apt-get dist-upgrade ...
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