XBian 20190215-0 - CEC Keeps turning on TV

[anselal]

Hi there,

I am running the latest XBian 20190215-0 and on this update, my TV keeps turning on although the CEC option to turn on the TV is off.

Is there perhaps an error with some library?

[mkreisl]

@anselal There was an issue with the screensaver handling, you have to update xbian-package-xbmc-scripts to version 1.7.11

[anselal]

xbian-package-xbmc-scripts is already in version 1.7.11. and there are not other updates available on my install.

Is there anything else I can do ? My temporary solution is to unplug the HDMI cable when I am not using xbian. Shutting it down is no option since I also run flexget on my RPi

[anselal]

I disabled the screensaver and the problem was fixed but I think this is just a workaround.

[mkreisl]

@anselal
Please tell me more about your system

• Do you usually turn off TV manually?
• Is Kodi active source or do you switch to another source?
• Have you Kodi configured that screensaver should turnoff TV when activated? (in CEC settings)
• Is SCREENOFF=yes in file /etc/default/xbmc
• Which Kodi version are you running
• Please post file /var/log/upstart/xbmc-screensaver.log

[anselal]

• Yes, I switch the TV manually off
• When the TV was turning on Kodi was active source
• This setting was turned on, I just turned it off
• There is no such option in my * /etc/default/xbmc
• My version is 18.1
• the log file had just this inside xbmc-screensaver stop/pre-start, process 4914

[mkreisl]

Thanks for answering my questions.

So, external script /etc/init/xbmc.screensaver.conf is not involved (there was an issue in this script)
Does the TV still powering on after turning off the CEC setting?

I suppose that something running in the background (flexget) triggers screensaver to turn off, and then Kodi is powering on TV

Unfortunately, I'm not able to reproduce this issue. After powering off TV, my TV remains powered off forever

[anselal]

As mentioned earlier, disabling the screensaver did the job so I couldn't tell if turning off the CEC setting for the screensaver did something.

I guess we can close the issue.

Thnx for your time !!!

[florian-asche]

Hi,
just fyi, i have the same problem. Also i did disable the screensaver, that solved the problem.

[mkreisl]

@florian-asche
Please post your file /home/xbian/.kodi/userdata/peripheral_data/rpi_2708_1001.xml
and /etc/default/xbmc

Are you doing the same? You turn off your TV manually and after some time TV gets powered on, right?

[florian-asche]

Hi, i did clean up the kodi directory some days ago. Restored from old system. Here are the results:

root@wohnzimmer:# cat /home/xbian/.kodi/userdata/peripheral_data/rpi_2708_1001.xml
cat: /home/xbian/.kodi/userdata/peripheral_data/rpi_2708_1001.xml: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
root@wohnzimmer:# cat /etc/default/xbmc

#
# This is controlfile for XBMC/Kodi application. Most variables
# can be set by Kodi's XBian config GUI. Please do not modify
# this file manually unless you know what you are doing.
#

DAEMON=$(test -x /usr/local/lib/kodi/kodi.bin && nm=kodi || nm=xbmc; echo /usr/local/lib/$nm/$nm.bin;)

# Userdefined script will be run before XBMC/Kodi is starting or has been stopped,
# or TV is turned on/off controlled by SCREENOFF variable. See template script
# /usr/local/share/doc/xbmc/user-run.sh
# Parameter 1: what, currently 'preload', 'preload' and 'screensaver'
#           2: action, currently 'start' and 'stop'
#
USERRUN="/usr/local/sbin/user-run.sh"

# Put name of all processes which XBMC/Kodi should wait for before it will be started.
# e.g. WAITFOR="mysqld process1 process2". Please note, if process configured here does
# not exist, start of Kodi will be delayed dramatically.
#
WAITFOR=""

# Niceness levels for XBMC/Kodi while playing and while in screensaver is active.
#
PPLAYER="-3"
PSAVER="7"

# Turn CEC capable TV off on XBMC/Kodi entering screensaver (after 'AFTER' minutes)
# If IGNOREPLAYER=yes, TV will be turned off even when media are currently played.
# Userdefined script (see USERRUN) will be run with screensaver start/stop.
#
SCREENOFF=no
IGNOREPLAYER=no
AFTER=3

# Stop XBMC/Kodi when the CEC capable TV is turned off. This will also start
# XBMC/Kodi again when it's turned on.
# It should be noted that this option will set 'standby_pc_on_tv_standby' to
# value 13009 in all peripheral_data/*.xml files of Kodi's profile
#
XBMCOFF=no

# Turn CEC capable TV on when XBMC/Kodi exits.
#
XBMCEXITON=no

# Turn CEC capable TV off on system shutdown.
# Please note, the SCROFFRUN parameter does not longer exist, if any executable
# script has been defined here, it has been moved into /lib/systemd/system-shutdown
# folder and is started on shutdown AND reboot event.
#
SCROFFHALT=no

# Enable dynamic priority handling of XBMC/Kodi process.
#
DPRIORITY=no

# Disable overclocking (and overvolting) when the screensaver is started.
# When the screensaver is stopped, it will enable overclocking again.
# It does so by changing the CPUFreq governor to "conservative", which doesn't
# actually disable overclocking, but tries to set it to the minimum required
# by current system load.
#
SCR_OVERCLOCK_OFF="yes"

[mkreisl]

@florian-asche Thanks for posting /etc/default/xbmc
Unfortunately the more important file is missing.
On my system, the file is named rpi_2708_1001.xml, but on a fresh install, it seems to be rpi_2708_1001_CEC_Adapter.xml. I do not know which logic is behind this naming scheme.
Anyway, please post this file, this file holds the CEC settings

[florian-asche]

Here is the content from the file:

<settings>
    <setting id="activate_source" value="1" />
    <setting id="button_release_delay_ms" value="0" />
    <setting id="button_repeat_rate_ms" value="0" />
    <setting id="cec_hdmi_port" value="1" />
    <setting id="cec_standby_screensaver" value="0" />
    <setting id="cec_wake_screensaver" value="1" />
    <setting id="connected_device" value="36037" />
    <setting id="device_name" value="Kodi" />
    <setting id="device_type" value="1" />
    <setting id="double_tap_timeout_ms" value="300" />
    <setting id="enabled" value="1" />
    <setting id="pause_or_stop_playback_on_deactivate" value="36045" />
    <setting id="pause_playback_on_deactivate" value="0" />
    <setting id="physical_address" value="0" />
    <setting id="power_avr_on_as" value="0" />
    <setting id="send_inactive_source" value="1" />
    <setting id="standby_devices" value="36037" />
    <setting id="standby_devices_advanced" value="" />
    <setting id="standby_pc_on_tv_standby" value="36028" />
    <setting id="standby_tv_on_pc_standby" value="1" />
    <setting id="tv_vendor" value="0" />
    <setting id="use_tv_menu_language" value="0" />
    <setting id="wake_devices" value="36037" />
    <setting id="wake_devices_advanced" value="" />
</settings>

[mkreisl]

@florian-asche

setting id="cec_wake_screensaver" value="1" /

This is the setting which is responsible for turning on TV when screensaver stops. I can't tell you why screensaver stops (maybe installed addon is culprit, or any events are displayed via toast-message or access via JSON or web interface).

Anyway, setting this to value=0 will stop powering TV on after screensaver goes inactive. You can change this setting in Kodi->Settings->System->Input->Peripherals->CEC Adapter or edit file manually after stopping Kodi