[mythtv-users] ECS LIVA Frontend

[Jerry Rubinow]

On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 3:52 PM, Thomas Pontoppidan <spamt at pontoppidan.name>
wrote:

> 2015-10-06 21:25 GMT+02:00 Jerry Rubinow <jerrymr at gmail.com>:
>
>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Thomas Pontoppidan <
>> spamt at pontoppidan.name> wrote:
>>
>>> 2015-02-28 18:33 GMT+01:00 Scott Lipcon <slipcon at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> I spent the most time trying to get it to not lose its mind whenever
>>>> the TV was off - I had to disable various screensaving/power saving
>>>> options, DPMS, etc - either HDMI video wouldn't come back, or HDMI audio,
>>>> or both - but eventually I got that set right, and it seems to be working
>>>> well.
>>>>
>>>> I know this is an old thread but how exactly did you solve this? I have
>>> tried different versions with scripts etc. but so far I haven't found a
>>> really good solution.
>>> My Liva is on 24/7 so I have no concerns disabling powe saving or
>>> whatever.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Thomas
>>>
>>>
>> What Linux distribution/version are you running?
>>
>> Sorry, forgot the details!
>
> I am running a freshly installed Mythbuntu 14.04 on my ECS Liva:
> 3.16.0-50-generic #67~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 2 22:07:51 UTC 2015
> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> It boots fine and runs until I turn off the TV. When I turn the TV back on
> the screen is blank. The problem is well described here:
> http://extremelycashpoor.com/2014/11/ecs-liva-setup-part-3/
> I tried the fix from that site but it does not seem to work for me plus
> having a constant "ping" is not exactly a nice solution.
>
> I have a short script that fixes it - kind of. I use irexec to execute it
> every time the TV turns on. Biggest problem is it pops up the display
> settings on top of MythTV and I am not confident it will work every time -
> low WAF!
>
> [code]
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> #Fix TV state when HDMI link is lost.
>
> xrandr
>
> sleep 5
>
> xrandr --output HDMI1 --auto
>
> [/code]
>

Thomas, I initially had the same issue as you with not regaining video from
my Liva when the tv or receiver went off and then on.  I found that using a
4.0 kernel with Ubuntu 15.04 made the issue go away.  If this is a viable
solution for you, it may be something to try.

-Jerry
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