vcgencmd man page mentions obsolete 'tvservice'

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Issue type
Documentation
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Mostly clear
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Stale
Tech stack
raspberry-pi
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Locate the vcgencmd man page and its display_power documentation, then confirm how tvservice -l is referenced. Remove or update that obsolete reference, and verify the resulting man-page text no longer presents tvservice -l as available.

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Description

In the documentation section for vcgencmd display_power, the command tvservice -l is mentioned. Sadly, this command is not available anymore.

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