Download sunxi-tools tool:

git clone git://github.com/linux-sunxi/sunxi-tools.git

cd sunxi-tools

make

  ...yadayada

  you might have errors but look for "sunxi-fexc"

cp /boot/bin/orangepipcplus.bin .

sunxi-fexc -I bin -O fex orangepipcplus.bin orangepipcplus.fex

nano orangepipcplus.fex

 

Line 354: (yours may be different.)

  hdmi_used = 1

 to

  hdmi_used = 0

 

Convert back to .bin with:

sunxi-fexc -I fex -O bin orangepipcplus.fex orangepiEES.bin

cp orangepiEES.bin /boot/bin/

cd /boot/bin/

mv orangepipcplus.bin orangepipcplus.not

mv orangepiEES.bin orangepipcplus.bin

 

reboot

 

 

 

Hi,

 

thanks for sharing, I suggest to use the built-in h3consumption script to switch to headless mode. It also allows to set CPU/DRAM speed and ethernet link speed.