RPi3 not booting on TV source switch

  • When I ran a Intel NUC 5th gen with a Arch Linux or Ubuntu plus Kodi, it would start the NUC when I switched sourced on my TV.
    This is with the Pulse Eight CEC hardware.

    Now I have a Raspberry Pi 3 and I can't get it to work.
    I have to replug-in the power to make it boot.
    It will switch the source back to TV when I shutdown the RPi3.

    I tried searching if I perhaps missed something in the options for libCEC, but I can't find it.
    And I know about all the different CEC implementations, so perhaps my TV and the Pule Eight CEC work well, but just not with the RPi3.
    So, is it even possible that my RPi3 can power-on on TV source switch?

  • The RPI is designed as an always-on device, as such it has no power management hardware. With additional hardware you can add an reset/power switch, but AFAIK there is nothing with CEC support, only IR based.

  • OK, I missed that part then. I assumed (I know, assumption if the mother of all f*ckups) that CEC would also mean power on/off.
    Bummer. I'll just configure it to stay on 24/7 then.

    Thanks.