Unanswered Questions
249 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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How to start xorg on a physically connected display via SSH?
The pi is configured to start into text mode so that no xorg libraries are loaded during normal operation. Yet I would like to be able to occasionally run an xorg desktop session when connected to an ...
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Arm Arch Linux 'startx' displays black screen on Raspberry Pi 3
Context: I recently got started with Arch Linux and the whole building your own distro thing. So I put Arch Linux Arm version on my Raspberry Pi 3 Model B v1.2 from the Arch Linux Arm project. I put ...
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Key Combination to interrupt bootup and get a terminal?
Is there a way for me to interrupt the boot of the raspberry pi and go into the terminal straightaway?
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I have installed a faulty LCD display driver, so I am connected to my HDMI display &...
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Different resolutions HDMI-1/HDMI-2 in Screen Layout Editor
I have a Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB) connected to 2 displays of resolution 3840x600 each (58:9 aspect ratio), running the latest version of Buster. To have the display in correct resolution, I have edited ...
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Raspberry 3 + Asus MB168b via Displaylink
I'm currently try to get my asus mb168b to work with my raspberry pi 3.
According to some research on the internet i needed to compile the raspberry kernel with support for displaylink framebuffer.
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What steps would I need to take to use a kindle fire screen with my RPi?
I have a first-generation Kindle Fire and a RPi. The Kindle Fire screen has a LVDS interface. The Kindle Fire runs a modified version of an Android OS.
As background, I have moderate experience in ...
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QPU On Linux Framebuffer Device
I've been trying to use RPI's DPI driver alongside some logic gates to drive an epaper display.
I've got it working pretty well on the CPU, essentially how it works is that it copies /dev/fb0 i.e. X ...
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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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Monitor settings not persisting across reboot
I have two monitors connected to a RPi 4B rev 1.4 running Raspbian 10. When I boot, both monitors are mirrored, so I go to Preferences > Screen Configuration and set the monitors up how I want (...
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How to connect "FPV Night Vision QVGA 320X240 Monocular" to raspberry 4?
I am working on a project which need this module to be connected with raspberry pi 4 or 3. I tried some to convert into single RCA cable (worked) but I want to convert it into HDMI. I am unable to ...
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Did anyone get a Miracast display working with a Pi 4?
I have tried using miraclecast, which builds without problems but won't find a Miracast screen which my Windows 10 laptop has no trouble to work with.
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo service wpa_supplicant ...
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Extend Official Display Connections
Is there a type of extender for the official Pi display connections? I don't mean the 15 pin FFC, but the two directly on the display. I'm mounting the driver board separately from the display in a ...
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Adafruit OLED (128x64) display very dimmed?
I bought the Adafruit 128x64 OLED Bonnet and tested it with the demo program. Unfortunately the luminosity is very low and it is not satisfying:
I have tried to adjust the contrast from 0 to 255 but ...
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How can I get my new Raspberry Pi 4B to output 1080i video
I finally got into the Pi world with a model 4B. I've updated it to Raspian/Buster and have the network working (wireless and wired - but just using wireless right now).
I'm running it using VNC-...
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How can I force the Pi to wake a monitor
This question is not specifically a Pi question, but about how to FORCE the Pi hdmi to wake my monitor from sleep, which seems to be a seems to be specific to the Pi hardware, although it may be a ...
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