I have an odd problem I'm trying to solve. I have an older flat panel TV that I'm using as a computer monitor for a Linux system. The TV does not (appear to) support any sort of auto-standby mode when it gets no signal, so it just displays the "no signal" notice 90% of the time.
Currently I have set it up on a power strip with a motion sensor, so at least it's not spending nights & weekends on for no reason. I would like to cut this down further. I've looked into a number of options. The TV supports HDMI-CEC control codes, but I haven't found any consumer-grade video cards that implement that feature other than in a Raspberry Pi type of device. If I could find such a card, that would be ideal. I also have a power strip controlled by a USB cable - if there's power to the USB plug, it turns on the outlets. However, it seems that in kernel 2.6.38 or so, the option to arbitrarily set the state of a USB port (or whole controller) was removed. So I need to find something in the system that I can power on/off at will. Preferably something that turns off when the display turns off. I had thought about cutting into the video cable and splicing a relay onto the power circuit... but by the time I got that going, I would have spent more than the cost of a ready-made device that already exists to do what I'm trying to do. ( https://www.pulse-eight.com/p/104/usb-hdmi-cec-adapter if you're curious) Ideas? thanks, -wes _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
