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Stopping Screen from dimming

Fri Sep 19, 2014 9:13 pm

How can I stop my raspberry pi running raspbian. When I don't use my pi for a few minutes the screen goes blank. How can a noob stop this in simple instructions?
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Re: Stopping Screen from dimming

Fri Sep 19, 2014 9:19 pm

There are 10 types of people: those who understand binary and those who don't.

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Re: Stopping Screen from dimming

Fri Sep 19, 2014 9:20 pm

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Re: Stopping Screen from dimming

Fri Sep 19, 2014 10:05 pm

This GUI program also works if you don't mind a 4M download.
sudo apt-get install xscreensaver

Once installed set to screensaver disable.
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