Setting Sleep Screen Manually
(reMarkable Paper Pro)
Tested 2025-12-14
RMPP v3.18.2.3
RMPP v3.18.2.3
Enable Developer Mode
Official DocumentationFind your configuration
Go to Menu -> Settings -> General -> Help -> About -> Copyrights & License -> General Information -> Scroll Down Note your username, password and ip address.Connect to your device
Connect with USBMake your filesystem writeable
When uploading an image, you may get read only file system error.scp: //usr/share/remarkable/suspended.png: Read-only file system
To fix, ssh as root and mount the filesystem as writeable. mount -o remount,rw
/ Then try uploading your image again.
dskelly@david-ubuntu:~/Desktop$ ssh root@10.11.99.1 root@10.11.99.1's password: root@imx8mm-ferrari:~# mount -o remount,rw / root@imx8mm-ferrari:~# exit logout Connection to 10.11.99.1 closed.
Prepare your image
Download or create the image you want to use as a sleep screen. It should be PNG format and, for best results, RMPP 1620x2160 pixels.Upload your image
Use the terminal command scp to upload your image.scp <yourimage> root@<yourip>://usr/share/remarkable/suspended.png
Example:scp yourimage.png root@192.168.1.34://usr/share/remarkable/suspended.png
Enter your password when prompted.