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Enable and disable the HDMI port on the Raspberry Pi: `rpi-hdmi on` to turn on, `rpi-hdmi off` to turn off. X is properly reinitialized when re-enabling.
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#!/bin/sh | |
# Enable and disable HDMI output on the Raspberry Pi | |
is_off () | |
{ | |
tvservice -s | grep "TV is off" >/dev/null | |
} | |
case $1 in | |
off) | |
tvservice -o | |
;; | |
on) | |
if is_off | |
then | |
tvservice -p | |
curr_vt=`fgconsole` | |
if [ "$curr_vt" = "1" ] | |
then | |
chvt 2 | |
chvt 1 | |
else | |
chvt 1 | |
chvt "$curr_vt" | |
fi | |
fi | |
;; | |
status) | |
if is_off | |
then | |
echo off | |
else | |
echo on | |
fi | |
;; | |
*) | |
echo "Usage: $0 on|off|status" >&2 | |
exit 2 | |
;; | |
esac | |
exit 0 |
sudo vcgencmd display_power 0
Turns off video output.
sudo vcgencmd display_power 1
Turns on video output.
More easy no?
don't work...
I couldn't get it to work so I rewrote it to use cec-hdmi instead.
https://gist.github.com/macninja/6c13596f06206eec162f9dce1fc4313b
I have it working on a Raspberry Pi 4. But only in HDMI port 2.
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hello, my raspberry Pi3B + Recalbox activates my automatic HDMI switch even when the Pi has no power. So this script allows you to completely disable the HDMI port when the Pi is turned off?