Keeping Pi touchscreen out of sleep mode without a graphical interface

[stjohnbee]

Hi,

I am using a Pi as a NAS in my home set up. I have the Pi connected to a touchscreen and would like to show information in real time such as CPU and memory usage, throughput, connections, etc. on the screen.

I know I can use several methods such as > /dev/console to print to the screen, but the problem is that the screen goes into sleep mode and won’t come back on.

I am using Raspbian Stretch Light so don’t have a graphical interface running. The only solutions I can see so far assume a graphical interface.

Does anyone know of any packages or configuration options that will force the screen to stay out of sleep mode?

Many thanks in advance.

[topguy]

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=console+blank ... a4a&ia=web

[RaTTuS]

the best way is to add
consoleblank=0
to the end of /boot/cmdline.txt

[stjohnbee]

Thank you, RaTTuS. That worked perfectly!