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

[Damian]

>>> 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)