On Mon, 02 Jun 2025 13:57:23 +0100 "Jonathan Dowland" <j...@debian.org> wrote:
> On Mon Jun 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM BST, Joe wrote: > > Certainly the Raspberry Pi OS (closely based on Debian, formerly > > called Raspbian) allows headless use. > > The issue (for those machines that have it) is not the OS: it's the > firmware (artist formerly known as BIOS). If that does not support > headless, it doesn't matter what the OS does, it won't reach the OS. > Agreed, but I thought my post implied that the Pi hardware was OK with it. I mention the OS in case an alternative (there are) did demand a monitor. Both ends of HDMI certainly know whether the other end is connected, many sources will not power up unless they see a live sink, and sinks will usually not fully power the interface unless they see something connected. -- Joe
