Posts by Da Flex

The Raspberry Pi has an internal Bluetooth interface. Having an additional BT dongle connected can lead to device management chaos. Try to use the internal BT interface only.

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.

Quote from Abe the Picker

it's ZTE ZXV10 B700V5

i was try to install libreELEC but still failed.

please help

You have been realized, that your device is not on the list of supported devices, right?

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

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.)

You have to check if LibreELEC runs on your hardware. Go to this page:

LibreELEC Downloads

Open the list box under the headline "DIRECT DOWNLOADS". Check if your hardware is on the list.

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?