Sept 2019 Note - hdmi_blanking doesn't appear to be implemented on RPI 4 yet.

May not be in latest release, but coming soon! Also - noticed that boot.txt and cmdline.txt were overwritten when I upgraded an RPI from stretch to buster. If youre using a display that is visible even when powered off, such as the e-ink display on the Adafruit MagTag, then you can sleep between updates to the. Then select Board in FS Mode (you may have to restart the Pico). The Open Issue shows progress - Seems to work for me. Under Run> Select interpreter you can select MicroPython (Raspberry Pi Pico). Nov 2019 Notes - RPI 4 is fixed (or darn close). Screen Blanking under Advanced Options of Raspi-Config. In mode : section, select disable screensaver and close. Yeeesh!įeb 2020 Update - Looks like it's included in latest Buster Update. Once installed, go to Rpis desktop Menu (left top corner) Go to preference -> screensaver.

Tested again today using -raspios-buster-lite-armhf. I STILL manually adjust /boot/config.txt & /boot/cmdline.txt to get HDMI to standby. Jun 2020 Update - In spite of Buster Update noted below. Works on Raspbian Stretch, have not tested previous versions.ĭec 2021 FINAL Update - I STILL Use this! Procedure below has been moved to /raspberry-pi/pi-in-the-sky/putting-raspberry-pi-monitor-to-sleep-dpms so I don't lose it when Google shuts down this site ! I recently hit upon a Raspberry Pi config option that seems to do the trick - not really sure when/where it appeared, but it does switch off the HDMI when Display Power Management ( DPMS ) is triggered, as opposed to simply blanking the screen. I've played with Linux Power Management commands, utilities, screen savers and such in attempts to get Pi's to turn off (standby) monitors when idle.

Raspberry pi sleep mode