Posts by Da Flex

    Hello community,

    the Raspberry Pi (model 3B+) is an always-on board by design - it has no power button. This will make LE sending a permanent video signal to my TV. When I turn the TV on, it will instantly switch to the active video signal input (LE), and doesn't stay in TV mode. This is bad, and I want to find a solution.

    The first idea was to temporary switch off the HDMI signal by the command "tvservice -o". Unfortunately the command to switch HDMI on again "tvservice -p" doesn't work on LE.

    The next idea is to put the Raspberry Pi in a case with a power button. I have found the Pi-Desktop case by Element14 on the market. To make the power button work, it needs an additional Debian package "pidesktop-base.deb". The source code for this package is available on Github.

    Is there any add-on or another solution to make the Pi-Desktop power button work on LE?

    PS: I have been found this thread, which is still unsolved and has a "maybe too old" warning. If someone made it work from there, please give me a notice.

    Thanx vpeter. I have been tried this commands from your link:

    Code
    vcgencmd display_power 0
    vcgencmd display_power 1

    Those commands work, but the first command only turns the screen black, and does not switch the HDMI video signal off.

    The problem behind my question is this: If I turn the TV on, it automatically switches to the active video input signal, and does not stay in TV mode. I want to avoid that behavior by switching the LibreELEC video signal off temporary.

    (If I can't solve it, I have to buy a case with a power button, but to make the power button work, LibreELEC needs additional software - maybe a problem.)

    Hello, I'm a new user!

    My hardware: Raspberry Pi 3b+

    My software: LibreELEC, latest Milhouse build

    I would like to switch the HDMI video signal off and on by using commands. For testing, I did those commands over SSH terminal:

    HDMI video off: tvservice -o -> WORKS

    HDMI video on: tvservice -p -> DOESN'T WORKS

    What are the right commands to switch the HDMI video signal off and on?