[mythtv-users] Way to turn off VGA output on command line?

Jay Summet jay at summet.com
Thu Feb 12 17:49:05 UTC 2009



Steve Heistand wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:58:25 -0600, Richard Shaw wrote
>> My TV is newer than my Onkyo HT receiver and I'm using the remote for
>> LIRC. Currently I have to manually turn off the TV or use the TV
>> remote.
>>
>> Is there a way to turn off the video output from the VGA port on the
>> command line? Prior to getting DMPS turned off I noticed the TV will
>> "SLEEP" if it's not receiving a signal over VGA and I'd like to take
>> advantage of that fact. I'm looking for something I can toggle using
>> the exec feature of lirc.

See here:
http://www.summet.com/blog/2008/04/13/dpms-monitor-control-via-remote-control-on-myth-tv/
 for a small patch to this page with the rest of the directions:
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/DPMS

Jay

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