Jopyth/MMM-Remote-Control

No working solution for Monitor On/Off – RaspberryPi 4 issue

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JDiaz11 commented

OS

Debian version: 11 (bullseye)

NodeJS Version

16.18.1

MagicMirror Version

2.21.0

Remote Control Version

2.3.7

Did you try using just Remote Control alone with MM?

  • I have and the error still happening

Description

Hello-- In your August 28 reply to a user on this matter, you said " Thank you for reporting this issue! However, this is not a bug, and it's ever inside our FAQ. Please refer to it for more information."

But I looked thru the FAQ and it's not in there at all. The only reference to monitor-off not working suggests that a misconfigured custom command is likely the cause.

The issue is the vcgencmd display_power command itself not working with the Pi 4. I tried using "DISPLAY=:0.0 xrandr --output HDMI-1 --off" as an alternate, but it resets my display rotation to landscape when it turns back on.

This has been a thing for 3 or 4 years now.

Expected behavior

What is the recommended command set please?

Current behavior

No response to command

Possible solution

An alternative command option

Steps to reproduce

Explained

Log

No log- the command returns a response stating the current display on/off state as though being queried vs commanded

config.js

Not relevant to issue

Additional info

No response

ezeholz commented

Hello! As you stated, and rightfully looked for, this issue is purely about configuration. RC uses those commands to turn on and off the monitor. So if you use them in a console, and they are not working, they will not work either in RC.

Here's another pair of commands that could be helpful, you should test all the options and search what suits best for your environment.

xset -display :0 dpms force on
xset -display :0 dpms force off

I'll also link an issue that seems relevant. Again, every environment it's different and uses different commands, please check it out on google BEFORE asking around here. Thanks!

JDiaz11 commented

Yeah I googled all night -- that's how I learned that the command doesn't work for the Pi 4 (that very link as a matter of fact). Thanks I'll give these a shot.

biejay commented

For me this works for turning on in Portrait Mode:

DISPLAY=:0.0 xrandr --output HDMI-1 --auto --rotate right