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On Ubuntu MATE 20.04, which I use as a live TV laptop OS, there seems to be a problem with some settings, upon which the screensaver is run or the screen turns off; I don't know if both apply, or which one.

What is the goal:

  • To disable the screensaver forever or generally leave the screen on all the time.

  • I normally ssh to this machine, so I prefer script or command solutions.

What I did already: I looked everywhere in the standard settings, but no clue, nor any solution.

Vlastimil Burián
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Autostart script solution

Before you start reading, make sure, that in your Power Management preferences the display is set to Never to be put to sleep when inactive.

So, I did a lot of digging, and thanks to the official forum (source link) I got my answer:

Place the below script to this location:

~/.config/autostart/

Script:

#!/bin/sh
sleep 10 && xset -dpms s off s noblank s 0 0 s noexpose

Obviously, you can name it to your liking, e.g. disable_screensaver and you need to chmod 775 it.

Note, that the sleep 10 can be adjusted to how fast your desktop loads, mine is slow, so...

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