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I am new to linux and new to raspi. I need some help getting tvservice running. I am using the image from the raspberry thin client project which is based on raspbian. tvservice is installed.
If I log in via SSH I am able to run the command tvservice -s.
If I open a terminal window on the raspi itself and type tvservice -s I get bash: tvservice: command not found
I also tried to su first the same result.
I dont know where to look. Can anybody help me.
tvservice is not in $PATH, which is why you get the "command not found" message. Your shell simply does not find it. On my Pi it sits in /opt/vc/bin.
To run it type: /opt/vc/bin/tvservice -s using its full path.
find / -name tvservice. If not run as root mind a lots "Permission denied" messages. If you find it, let me know to update the answer.
– Ghanima♦
Dec 12 '15 at 16:02
which tvservice or type tvservice to find the path.
– bryn
Dec 13 '15 at 22:59
which does this by searching for an executable or script in the directories listed in the environment variable PATH (man which). So this will not work out, as we already know that it is not in PATH.
– Ghanima♦
Dec 13 '15 at 23:06
apt-cache policy libraspberrypi-bin? – Diederik de Haas Dec 12 '15 at 19:01echo $PATHboth logged in via ssh and local terminal? – Ghanima♦ Dec 13 '15 at 19:44