Questions tagged [display]
Display relates to the use and output of display systems for the Rasberry Pi. The built-in video connectors are HDMI, RCA composite (yellow plug), and a 4-pole 3.5 mm jack.
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RaspberryPi Running Debian 11 Won't Boot Without Monitor
I have a Raspberry Pi 4 running Debian 11 (bullseye), however, it doesn't boot when a monitor is not connected. When the monitor is connected, it boots perfectly, however without it it stalls forever ...
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Pi Zero W rotate terminal
I'm using a CLI only interface with the pi zero W, and wanted to use an older monitor, which doesn't have the ability to rotate the screen itself. Since it's command line only the "$DISPLAY" ...
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why xeyes can't open display on raspberry pi with local display and variable set, no ssh
Hi I'm trying to use xeyes on a rapsberry Pi equiped with an LCD screen. I'm using Raspberry Pi Os Lite Legacy ( a debian buster) and i've installed the packages x11-apps. But when I try a DISPLAY=:0 ...
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Control multiple (10+) monitors at the same time?
I want to make an art installation where there's an array of monitors are displaying graphic rendered by a single machine. In the picture I shown, each little square represent a monitor, and the ...
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Touch screen bug (using to display system screen)
I'm trying to display my raspberry screen on a LCD touch screen.
I followed http://www.lcdwiki.com/3.5inch_RPi_Display#Driver_Installation\
On this link there is a video showing it working properly, ...
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Adjusting the Brightness of the Official Touchscreen Display
Is there a way to adjust the brightness of the official touchscreen display? I couldn't find a definite answer. I'm running the latest release of Raspbian Jessie.
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3.5 Inch RPi LCD with colors problem
I've just installed a 3.5 Inch RPi LCD (A) V3 (XPT2046 Touch Controller) on my Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ and I'm having problems with the colors of the display. I'm attaching an image to show you.
I'm ...
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Monitor I am using is keep showing input signal out of range. (Raspberry-pi4) How can I fix it?
I am currently connecting my raspberry-pi4 to Hanns.G monitor. The monitor's display looks fine just except the message about INPUT SIGNAL OUT OF RANGE. This message is located at the center of my ...
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Not booting after enabling pixel doubling
My Raspberry Pi 4 8GB RAM version with 30Oct2021 upgrade and fully updated and booting from mSD card. As the chrome browser address bar font was too small in spite of trying many options, I tried ...
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Raspberry Pi 4B script won't run without being plugged in to monitor
I have a Python Script which takes input from a USB camera to monitor the face. The script runs as expected and runs automatically on start up when connected to a monitor.
However, I need the script ...
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SATA-to-USB adapter turns off HDMI output
When plugging in an SSD via SATA-to-USB adapter, it turns off HDMI output but I can still SSH into the pi. What is the issue?
Model: Raspberry Pi 4B 8GB
OS: Debian Bullseye aarch64
Kernel: 5.10.83-v8+
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How to create a "strobe light" (flashing) effect with a display controlled by Pi?
I've been stuck longer than I'd care to admit trying to find a solution for representing signal data visually with a "strobe light" type of effect or something similar, as a component of a ...
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Raspberry Pi official Display
I bought the official Raspberry Pi Display and wonder now how I can display a GUI on it. I‘m using Raspbian with desktop. I did a lot of research and tried to make an Autostart Programm, which shows a ...
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Raspberry Pi 4 - screen rotation [duplicate]
I just got my new Raspberry Pi 4 and I'm trying to rotate the screen. Usually on previous Raspberry versions I did that simply by putting display_rotate=1 to config.txt, but when doing this on ...
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Display going to sleep and not turning on
I am working on a kiosk powered by RaspberryPi 4, and I have a problem when the pi is running with a DVI/VGA adapter.
The issue is that monitor is that the monitor goes to sleep during the night: I ...
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Get raw touch data from display into RPI zero
I am using 7Inch HDMI Touch Display with RPI zero.
I want to pass the pixel data ( or anything else related ) where touch is sensed to another device.
I could not find related information.
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How to configure Waveshare 7 inch display for Raspberry Pi 4
I need help to configure display settings.
My config.txt is set by default.
Any clue? Thank you!
# uncomment if you get no picture on HDMI for a default "safe" mode
#hdmi_safe=1
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Adjust brightness of 7 inch Waveshare display
Is it possible to control the brightness or switch on and off the backlight of an Waveshare display via command line or a script?
I'm using the 7 inch version (rev2.1) with a resolution of 1024x600 ...
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Pi3 Model b+ Display on monitor but not on TV
I am new to the PI World just yesterday I received my Pi3 Model B+.
I am facing an issue where pi show display on conventional 24" monitor but not my TV. I've tried both options I had, through a sony ...
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Display goes out of Range
We have a Raspberry Pi 2 running Rasbian Jessie with the OpenGL driver.
It is connected to a HDMI to DisplayPort Adaptor and an odd size touch screen display (1280x800).
We are running lightdm and ...
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Which software allows Miracast over infrastructure (MS-MICE) "Wireless display" sink on the RPi other than lazycast?
Note at present time, MiracleCast does not support MS-MICE therefore the RPi cannot serve as a ethernet wired display for a windows computer.
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Bash script wont run under sudo crontab but will under pi crontab
I have a simple script start_chromium.sh:
#!/bin/bash
DISPLAY=:0 chromium-browser --start-fullscreen --kiosk http://server:8080
When I do sudo crontab -e and add @reboot /home/pi/start_chromium.sh ...
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RasPi4 shows two connected screens even though there is only one
So I'm currently building my Smartmirror with Magic Mirror and I have some problems with the screen configuration of my Raspberry Pi 4 running Raspbian Buster. I tried changing the screen orientation ...
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How to Wake the Raspbery Pi Display Without Disabling The Screensaver
People have asked how to disable the screen from going blank or to sleep, but I have a slightly different question. I would like to be able to remotely wake a sleeping or blank display, but then ...
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Official 7" Display not functioning correctly
The first day I had the display, it booted fine, loaded and worked just fine, however I had a little bit of flickering from the screen. Today I tried to boot again and the screen comes up with some ...
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How to interface to a Pi without knowing its IP or having a large HDMI monitor?
I wish to access a RPi's shell, but I do not wish to lug around some big display and ideally 120 volt power wouldn't be required. A Linux or Windows laptop are acceptable or maybe some other typical ...
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How to connect a Raspberry Pi to an RCA based display with sound?
I have a Raspberry Pi 3 and a display that has only RCA as inputs. Please help me connecting the Raspberry Pi to the display so that I get both sound and visual.
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Getting 7 Inch Touchscreen working on Stretch
I have a raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ running Stretch OS dated 3-13-2018 and am having trouble getting the touchscreen portion of my new display a GeeekPi 7 inch TFT 1024X600 display working. I have the ...
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Raspberry pi screen resolution and power supply
My RPi screen resolution is lower when I power it from a mobile charger than when I power it from a power supply. When I use the power supply it gives a different (higher) resolution.
I checked the ...
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How do I fix a Raspberry Pi 4 that isn't displaying anything?
The problem first started when I tried to change the orientation of display for retro pi. Before, the orientation was vertical. So I tried to change the resolution options in "Raspi-config" ...
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Auto reload new images in feh image viewer
I am making a project about wireless notice board using an android app and a raspberry pi. I am using feh image viewer to display images as slideshow from a specific folder.
The command I am using:
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Pi Zero W and Oled Display via HAT?
Beginning playing with PI, I am looking for a display that I can attached onto my Pi Zero W.
Very sorry that I am not very familiar with all the connectors. Could I ask whether is is possible to use ...
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Pi 4B ignores HDMI mode 4 - 640x480, boots instead at 1024x768
I edited /boot/config.txt to use hdmi_group=2 and hdmi_mode=4; one HDMI monitor is connected to the first connector. It starts at 1024x768 instead. Only when I explicitly run xrandr --output HDMI-1 --...
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Wire raspberry pi tft display, so as to keep the GPIO pins available for use
I got this product: http://www.amazon.com/PiTFT-Plus-480x320-Touchscreen-Raspberry/dp/B017PDWNKE?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
I would like to make it work ...
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How to get 3.5PiTFT and 2.8PiTFT to work on Raspbian Jessie 8?
Whenever I download Raspbian Jessie 8 and install it, it automatically works with 7inch display and a full up monitor through ribbon cable and HDMI cable respectively. However, when I plug in the 3....
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Is there a webkit for the RPi?
Context: I wrote some time ago a dashboard which displays text in text widgets placed on a fullscreen window (no user interaction, the content of the widgets changes when receiving signals). It is ...
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Weird display on VGA monitor, Ubuntu Server 19.10 on Raspberry Pi 4
UPDATE: As I suspected lately, Ubuntu Server actually boots up. Nothing worked until I tried using an actual HDMI monitor instead of an HDTV or VGA monitor. I suppose the TV will work once I install a ...
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Check if display is broken or gpio problem
I bought ST7735 128x160 display and I run it with this code
The first time I ran it, it worked, but cables were connected through a breadboard. So I decided to connect it straight to GPIO - I took a ...
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Can I use this screen from a digital brochure with the Pi?
I recently received a kind of digital brochure that was just this large screen in a cardboard envelope. I ripped it out and I'm curious - can I drive this with a Pi? I tried looking for ribbon cable ...
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Raspberry pi 4 gives vertical color lines on bootup
I am using a Raspberry pi 4 model B 4GB with ubuntu 20.04 installed on a 32GB memory card and when I booted, I got a display with vertical color lines. I tried using multiples displays and all results ...
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Change resolution on LS055R1SX03 2k screen
I bought the HDMI to MIPI LS055R1SX03 5.5 inch 2k IPS LCD module 2560*1440 from Aliexpress,
Plugged it, and used a configuration found on the internet to be able to see any image.
Surprisingly it ...
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problem with chromium: cannot open display:: 0.0
I have a screen for raspberry pi
(this one: http://www.lcdwiki.com/3.5inch_RPi_Display)
to install the drivers for the screen I put (as said in the document below):
sudo rm -rf LCD-show
git clone ...
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How to connect ST7789 LCD to SPI Bus 1 as 2nd screen?
I've been trying to get this ST7789 library working with the 240x240 1.3" display on the rpi0w
Python lib
https://github.com/solinnovay/Python_ST7789
So far I've set all the screen pins to the bcm ...
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Lost the start button on my pi?
I was messing around with my raspberry pi and i managed to delete my toolbar. I managed to get everything back but the start button. How do I get it back??
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Problem with resetting Screen Resolution using cron job
I am running a cron job with @ reboot bin/sleep 60 /path/to/script. I know the job runs 60 seconds after reboot but I get an error. The script is:
#!/bin/sh -e
sudo xrandr --newmode "2560x1440_60....
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Raspberry pi3 - Cannot show desktop
After some updates on my RPI3 running openmediavault, I cannot vnc into the system. I have tried them all by changing any resolution, enabling vnc in the raspi-confing settings and even mv .Xauthority ...
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I cannot make 7Segment 4Digit TM1637 to work
I bought 7Segment 4 Digit TM1637
And i wan to make it work with Raspberry Pi 3B
However, it doesn't work
I think i wired everything correctly,
and i used this python lib
https://pypi.org/project/...
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Can I use a Sanyo tv as raspberry pi display?
So I have a decently old Sanyo tv laying around, and I want to put it to some use. I intend on using it as a display for my raspberry pi. All in all I was just wondering whether such a task is ...
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LCD VGA Display goes blank on use of usb mouse on Pi 3
I have an old VGA monitor (Xerox XM7-19w which has its prime resolution as 1440x900 (i.e. WXGA) at 60Hz. I've connected my recently purchased Pi 3 (and recently purchased sdcard with Rasbian on it) ...
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Could not get EGL Display - Starting RetroPie
I have manually installed RetroPie, using the terminal and some tutorials..
Finally ready to start everything up... and then get this error:
Error Creating SDL window!
Could not get EGL display
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