Move mouse on Raspberry Pi

mouse.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Credit: https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2018/08/06/how-to-move-a-mouse-pointer-automatically-in-linux-to-simulate-user-activity/
# Script to keep mouse pointer moving so that, for example, Suspend to RAM timeout does not occur.
#
# The mouse pointer will move around its current position on the screen, i.e. around any position
# on the screen where you place the pointer. However, if you prefer it to move around the centre
# of the screen then change mousemove_relative to mousemove in the xdotool command below.
#
# Set LENGTH to 0 if you do not want the mouse pointer to actually move.
# Set LENGTH to 1 if you want the mouse pointer to move just a tiny fraction.
# Set LENGTH to e.g. 100 if you want to see more easily the mouse pointer move.
export DISPLAY=:0
LENGTH=5
#
# Set DELAY to the desired number of seconds between each move of the mouse pointer.
DELAY=5
#
for ANGLE in 0 90 180 270
do
    xdotool mousemove_relative --polar $ANGLE $LENGTH
    sleep $DELAY
done

pi-mouse.md

• Create mouse.sh in /home/raspberrypi/mouse.sh

• Edit crontab

  • crontab -e
  • Add * * * * * bash /home/raspberrypi/mouse.sh

  Install xdotool:

  sudo apt-get install xdotool