Volumio 4 Feedback Thread

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Hey @EntT,

Before we can investigate this properly, I need you to follow the problem reporting requirements. Your report is missing critical diagnostic information.

What’s missing:

  1. Log link from http://volumio.local/dev - this is MANDATORY. Without a log showing the actual errors, I cannot diagnose what’s happening during plugin installation and X11 initialization.

  2. Complete /boot/userconfig.txt contents - you provided it, but with critical components missing (see below).

  3. Complete /boot/cmdline.txt contents - you mentioned adding video= and plymouth= parameters, but didn’t show the complete resulting cmdline.txt.

Critical configuration error:

Your userconfig.txt is missing the KMS video driver overlay, which is absolutely required for the Touch Display plugin to work on Volumio 4. The Pi Zero W 2 does NOT automatically get this from volumioconfig.txt like Pi4/Pi5 do.

Without KMS, X11 cannot initialize, which explains your “display:0” errors and black screen.

What you need to do:

  1. Add this to the TOP of your /boot/userconfig.txt (before any other settings):
# Add your custom config.txt options to this file, which will be preserved during updates

[all]
# Touch Display plugin requires KMS video driver for X11/graphical interface
dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d

# Waveshare 4" HDMI 480x800 configuration
hdmi_group=2 
hdmi_mode=87 
hdmi_timings=480 0 40 10 80 800 0 13 3 32 0 0 0 60 0 32000000 3
dtoverlay=waveshare-ads7846,penirq=25,xmin=280,xmax=3710,ymin=270,ymax=3650,speed=50000

# Rotation (controlled by plugin - do not manually alter these)
display_lcd_rotate=3
display_hdmi_rotate=3

  1. Reboot.

  2. Install Touch Display plugin v3.6.0.

  3. If it still fails, generate a log from http://volumio.local/dev and paste the link here.

Additional notes:

  • Remove the overclock settings during troubleshooting (arm_freq, core_freq, over_voltage) - test with stock clocks first.
  • The cmdline.txt video= and plymouth= parameters are fine, but they won’t help if KMS isn’t working.
  • For Touch Display plugin discussion specific to Volumio 4, see: [PLUGIN] Touch Display

No log showing the issue = no help. Ever.

Kind Regards,