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I should start off by saying I am fairly new to Linux. I want my pi to scroll through pictures in Image Viewer and never sleep. I've followed these instructions from another question to try to fix the sleeping problem.

apt-get install x11-xserver-utils 

 Now open up your ~/.xinitrc file
(if you don't have one then create it) and enter this:

xset s off         # don't activate screensaver 
xset -dpms         # disable DPMS (Energy Star) features. 
xset s noblank     # don't blank the video device

exec /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager      # start lxde

I didn't have the .xinitrc file in my home directory so I created one. It hasn't seemed to make a difference. I also have a .Xauthority file in /home/pi and have tried renaming it but it creates a new .Xauthority file.

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Edit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf and use the following xserver-command:

[SeatDefaults]
xserver-command=X -s 0 -dpms

This worked for me at least.

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