cronjob vcgencmd display_power

[sdetweil]

@megagprime what user is cron executing them as?

what user do you use when testing?

cron is root by default unless u add another parm for the username

[megagprime]

@sdetweil i use sudo for cron and root vcgencmd display_power for the command.

no idea if i am doing this right but like i said, i used to work lol

[megagprime]

@sdetweil i use sudo for cron and have tried root and just the vcgencmd, neither work

[sdetweil]

@megagprime I think vcgencmd needs a DISPLAY env variable

[megagprime]

@sdetweil yes i use vcgencmd DISPLAY_POWER 0 or 1, like i said those commands work just fine just not in cron

[sdetweil]

@megagprime https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/16865/mmm-remotecontrol-or-vcgencmd-issue/5?_=1673646835489 maybe