Regain Use of HDMI (FAQ)?

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Hello, this must be an FAQ.?. I would like to reclaim the use of the HDMI output on my devices raspberry pi, rather than display the logo?

I really need the output for diagnostics, but rather not have to wire up another tftp device or whatever …

Can this be done with boot configs, or similar?

Thank You!

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Hi Rusty, you absolutely can make use of the HDMI port on the Raspberry Pi, via a container running an application! Our balenaDash project is an easy example project that will get you started: https://www.balena.io/blog/make-a-web-frame-with-raspberry-pi-in-30-minutes/

Or, if you’d like to run a full desktop OS in a container, have a look at this article: https://www.balena.io/blog/running-a-desktop-manager-with-balena/

Hope that helps!

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Very cool, that is exactly what I needed!!!