# Hyperpixel sleep setting

**URL:** <https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/hyperpixel-sleep-setting/14421>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 3, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/hyperpixel-sleep-setting/14421 "2020-07-03T17:24:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jeff009](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dc4da7/32.png) [@Jeff009](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Jeff009)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/hyperpixel-sleep-setting/14421/1 "2020-07-03T17:24:42Z")

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From what I understand, the Hyperpixel can be configured to go to sleep and wake up on touch. I have the following configuration:

Raspberry 4  
OctoPrint running from OctoPi image distro  
Hyperpixel 4  
OctoScreen (being displayed on the Hyperpixel)

I have everything set up and working, however the display never goes to sleep, and I’d like the display to go to sleep after 5 or 10 minutes of inactivity, and wake when it is touched. From what I understand, this is a Hyperpixel setting, not an OctoScreen setting.

I read the Disabling Power Save section ([GitHub - pimoroni/hyperpixel: Setup for the Pimoroni Hyper Pixel 800x480 pixel multi-touch display](https://github.com/pimoroni/hyperpixel)), thinking I would do the opposite (since I want to ENable power save), but this hasn’t panned out. Here is a running commentary:

> _To prevent console blanking (framebuffer/text console), edit /etc/kbd/config_

/etc/kbd/config doesn’t exist

> _append consoleblank=0 to the boot command in /boot/cmdline.txt_

I added consoleblank to cmdline.txt, and it is now:

`console=serial0,115200 console=tty1 root=PARTUUID=6c586e13-02 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline fsck.repair=yes rootwait consoleblank=60`

…but the screen didn’t go to sleep.

> _To prevent X11 sessions from making your HyperPixel sleepy (DPMS power saving), add this line to /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart:_

/etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart doesn’t exist

So I’m kinda at a loss and thought I’d reach out for some help on how do I enable sleeping the display.

Thanks,

Jeff

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**Author:** ![Jeff009](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dc4da7/32.png) [@Jeff009](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Jeff009)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/hyperpixel-sleep-setting/14421/2 "2020-07-19T00:59:58Z")

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^bump. It’s been 15 days since I posted this. Can someone from support take a look and post a reply?

Thanks,

Jeff