[Etheric]

is there another way to wake up kodi from it's dimmed state other than reboot from terminal or unplugging power? this mostly happens after I switch to another input on my av receiver (eg play wii or ps3) and come back to the kodi hdmi after a while, kodi will then be dimmed and won't react to any key from the remote.

Is this a CEC issue?
Can you test if it works with a USB keyboard or phone remote?

I've found that it takes at least 5 key presses from my remote to wake up the pi when in this dimmed state, whereas one key press from a usb keyboard will wake it up.