On 6/2/25 06:47, Joe wrote:
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.
The original poster said he "did not see at all" and didn't want to
waste the monitor power consumption.
Best regards,
Fred
