[mythtv-users] ECS Liva for frontend - brief report

[Jerry Rubinow]

On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 10:11 PM, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 5:22 AM, Damian <myth at surr.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >>>> Encountered another issue under ubuntu 14.04.
> >>>>
> >>>> My LIVA is directly connected to the TV via HDMI. If I power cycle the
> >>>> TV while the LIVA is connected and turned on, I lose my video signal.
> >>>>
> >>>> Resolved by ensuring xfsettingsd does not auto-start
> >>>>
> >>> Phil,  can you elaborate a bit more on what you did to fix this?  I
> also
> >>> lose my video signal at times, depending on whether the connected A/V
> >>> receiver is on.
> >>
> >>
> >> You can force that hdmi is enabled at boottime by adding to your
> >> kernel bootstring in your bootloader:
> >> modeset=1 video=HDMI-0:e
> >>
> >> Depending on your videocard and driver it can be HDMI-1
> >> e stands for enable d for disable. It then shouldn't look wether it
> >> can detect a screen.
> >>
> >> Tot mails,
> >>    Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
> >
> > I haven't tried this yet, but this seems to be a very simple solution to
> the
> > video signal problem ...
> >
> > http://extremelycashpoor.com/2014/11/ecs-liva-setup-part-3/
> > (I assume it works as we're all talking about the same hardware)
> >
>
> that page appears to be down, mind rehashing what it said to do?
>

Steve, running a plain ubuntu 15.04 install, I found my LIVA would keep the
hdmi connection alive.  It would last through turning the TV off and on and
also through turning the A/V receiver off and on (and switching inputs).  I
didn't have to modify the kernel boot string or anything else - it just
worked.  YMMV, but worth trying.

-Jerry
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