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Raspberry Pi 4B connected via micro-HDMI to HDMI cable to a 1920x1080 computer monitor. The boot sequence starts with text being printed to the screen (splash screen off) and when it should switch to graphics mode, it goes blank. The monitor says there is no signal and then goes into standby mode. Pi OS is running and I can ssh in.

What I've tried:

  • Uncomment hdmi_force_hotplug=1
  • Uncomment and set hdmi_group=2 and hdmi_mode=82
  • Same with hdmi_drive=2 and config_hdmi_boost=4

If I reboot over ssh I can see the boot sequence again but no graphics. What else can I try? Is it possible this is because of a faulty cable? I don't have any other micro HDMI to HDMI to try, and this one can transfer low res (640x480 text mode).

goldilocks
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After trying many configs and workarounds I found this thread https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/issues/1647.

I ssh into Pi and edited /boot/config.txt to comment out this line, uncommented by default on the PiOS image. After reboot the graphic environment was finally available.

#dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d
kaldimar
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This might be the most stupid answer, but I wasted 3 days with troubleshooting just to find the following solution: If your Raspberry Pi is in a case, make sure that it's screwed in correctly and that the HDMI Pin reaches deep enough into the port. To check, unscrew it from the case and try booting it

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Remove the comment from #dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d, as suggested by kaldimar solved this for me after hours of fighting other (non)issues.

NOTE: This is for the display signal being lost after the 4 pixel and "Welcome to Raspberry pi" screen has already come up.

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In the config.txt file look for the line with dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d and change it to dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-v3d (add an f in front of kms on that line).

Switches to an older driver, not my fix but from raspberry forums

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