0.93.1 + Raspberry pi + Waveshare 3.5 inch LCD screen saver is not disabling

sheshman

Hi,

I'm using 0.93.1 on Raspberry pi 3 with waveshare 3.5 inch LCD screen, everything works just fine but but i couldn't disable the screen saver. I'm setting timeout to 0 but it goes to sleep anyway, what am i missing here?

Repetier

The screensaver is controlled over a script /usr/local/Repetier-Setup/bin/screensaver
Actually it does this:

case $CMD in
  on)
    # Add code to run on screensaver activation
    ;;
  off)
    # Add code to run on screensaver deactivation
    ;;
  config)
     export DISPLAY=:0
     if [[ "$P1" == "0" ]] ; then
        xset s off
        xset -dpms
        xset s noblank
        xset s reset
        echo "Screensaver disabled"
     else
        xset s on
        xset +dpms
        xset s blank
        xset s $P2
        echo "Screensaver enabled"
     fi
   ;;
esac

so it sets xserver flags to run it or not. If these flags do not work for your display, you need to modify the file with the required command. The server gui only controls the darkening of the screen. The full disable is handled by linux + xserver configured by the command. I had once a display where I needed to toggle a output pin to enabled/disable backlight whcih I added in on/off but never had the problem that the xserver did know how to enable it and does not disable. Maybe the docs for display say how to configure screensaver?