Downloaded from official web and reflashed PI. The issue seems to be with display timings. After connecting other monitor, I managed it to boot and after initial setup network works fine now. Only the screen is scramble now.
Please use the search function on the forum, itâs there to help:
Thank you, seems that for version 4 there is a bit more tinkering needed, but now I have the screen working, I had correct timing already in the userconfig without pi4 tag, but seems that loading the kms overlay and adding that line end to cmdline.txt did the trick.
Now have to troubleshoot a bit unbearable slow boot time and I am ready to go again 
Edit, found couple of more issues:
Touch Display plugin from store works if left sideways. If I rotate it from UI, it crashes on next boot.
Something is wrong with PCI-E stack, the attached NVMe disk worked fine with Volumio3 now it shuts down PCI-E after boot, because nothing is found. The disk is non-branded generic chinese one (was only 2230 sized disk that I found that time in stock). Tried already removing pcie_aspm=off from cmdline.txt as it suppose to break NVMe support with some drives and delay KMS startup, nothing.
Edit 2:
After reflashing got almost everything working again, only have issues with touch panel now, it sometimes work, sometimes not. For some reason it needed quite effort to get it working, with Volumio 3 it was working almost out of the box 
It seems to be a problem with the built-in browser cache. In Chromeâs private window mode, this page opens normally. However, simply clearing the cache and cookies in the browser does not solve the problem
Is it possible to clear the web cache using standard tools?
Thank you.
I have been using volumio on my rapberry pi model B (early, only 2 USB) for years, I tried an upgrade and that failed. I have fetched the latest image Volumio-4.073-2025-12-05-pi.img and flashed it a brand new SD card.
The system boots but does not do DHCP. I have enabled a fixed IP on the command line, but then there is no response on the HTTP port. The system load looks high (node taking 60+% of CPU), and the thing is stuck.
How can I read the node logs to try progressing in the debug of this ?
I have put the SD card in a more recent Rapberry pi model, and it boots fine. Looks like the hardware requirements for volumio have gone up a bit.
@_Lou : I think that Volumio 4 is based on a 64bits Bookworm. Old Pi before Pi 3B does not support 64bits kernel.
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Hey @_Lou,
We need to confirm exactly which Raspberry Pi model you have. You mentioned âRaspberry Pi Model B (early, only 2 USB)â - this description matches the Raspberry Pi 1 Model B, which is officially unsupported in Volumio 4.
From Volumioâs official announcement at https://volumio.com/volumio-4-os/:
âRaspberry Pi 1 and Raspberry Pi Zero are no longer supported. The necessary binaries simply arenât available for these older boards.â
Please identify your exact board using this guide: [GUIDE] Identifying Your Raspberry Pi Board on Volumio: A Comprehensive Guide to Revision Codes
If you have SSH access to the newer Pi where Volumio runs, you can retrieve the revision code with:
cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep Revision
If your original board is indeed a Pi 1 Model B, Volumio 4 will not work on it. Your options would be:
- Continue using Volumio 3 on that hardware
- Move to supported hardware (Pi 2B or newer)
Hey @domcars0,
Your statement about 64-bit is incorrect. Volumio 4 for Raspberry Pi runs a 32-bit OS (armhf):
From /etc/os-release on a running Volumio 4.084 system: VOLUMIO_ARCH=âarmâ
From /boot/volumioconfig.txt: arm_64bit=0
The Volumio Pi image includes multiple kernels that are selected dynamically at boot based on detected hardware:
- kernel.img - ARMv6 (Pi 1, Pi Zero)
- kernel7.img - ARMv7 (Pi 2)
- kernel7l.img - ARMv7 with LPAE (Pi 4, CM4)
- kernel8.img - ARMv8 64-bit kernel (Pi 3, Pi 4, Pi 5 when needed)
The kernel may run in 64-bit mode on capable hardware, but the userland remains 32-bit. This is not why Pi 1 and Pi Zero are unsupported.
The actual reason is that required binaries - specifically Node.js 20 and other dependencies - are not available for ARMv6 architecture. The DTB files for bcm2708 (Pi 1/Zero) are still present in the image, but the software stack cannot run on that hardware.
Kind Regards,
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Hello all of you Volumio users and Developers! @nerd @balbuze @wheaten @gkkpch @gelo5 among many other
I hope youâre all ok and had some good times during Christmas and New Year holidays!
For me personally 2025 was Volumios best year when it comes to development like
-âThis is one small step for mankind, one giant leap for Volumio.â
Volumio 4.xxx, with a lot of new features like install system on nvme etc. Some really good essential plugins like eeprom firmware updater and so on. For me Volumio 4.xxx works very well.
I also want to mention that support here works very well. Itâs also important that that I can see that almost every developer are very engaged and listen to us Volumio users and our wishes and ideas when possible. So Thanks,You all know who you are.
So letâs hope 2026 will be just as good for Volumio as 2025 was
Kind Regards / C
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Yes, sorry I made an inaccurate report. This is indeed the single-core Rpi 1 model B with only 512MB RAM.The Linux system boots, but the application is stuck possibly trying to do its initialization. Maybe adding a check upon startup to not attempt boot when hardware is not supported would help, or maybe also writing a more details around the download link on the web page could avoid this. Thank for the very detailed message and the support !
3 posts were merged into an existing topic: X86 Hardware issues (Graphics, WiFi, Onboard Sound, external DACs, Disks, BIOS/UEFI Boot problems etc.)
Hello,
I had to reflash Volumio, which was running on version 3 (and worked really well). Not realising it had been updated to version 4 Iâve flashed it and have it running on a Raspberry Pi5 16GB.
Iâm currently running version 4.073. While it works wired, moving it to my desk (where the version 3 worked perfectly) it does not pick up even though I connected it to the WiFi while wired. Is there something I am doing wrong?
I canât run a Config Wizard as it takes me back to start up. And keeps doing this frequently.
I just want to know if there is some work planned to take care and renew plugin store?
I know this have been discussed earlier and I also found a work on this at GitHub
https://github.com/volumio/volumio3-backend/pull/239
From my simple point of view I think that this is an brilliant idea. So is it possible to implement this or maybe both and and let users to choose between them when configuring Volumio system settings? Like an on/off button for common or extended plugin store. What harm can it do? As I see it here on forum we have the best talent developers and devoted support team ever. Just som e maybe foolish thoughts about a better working Volumio.
Best Regards / C
Hey @Clarkeyboy,
All you need is to scroll few posts up. As you can see - this was discussed 103 times in this thread alone.
Kind Regards,
Hi,
I set up Volumio 4 on a Raspberry Pi 4B. I can extablish a connection to my home network via Ethernet but not via Wifi. I can enable Wifi and see the available SSIDs. When connecting, Volumio asks for a password. After clicking on âConnectâ the page getâs reloaded but there is no connection established. I also doublechecked on my routerâs client list. Here is the logfile: http://logs.volumio.org/volumio/FTU1EER.html
I kindly ask for advice.
Thank you!
BR
Paul
Hey @bauz007,
All you need is to scroll few posts up. As you can see - this was discussed 104 times in this thread alone.
Kind Regards,
Hello - I know you need a logfile - but my problem is that I do not get one (or cannot find it). Why:
I have a Pi Zero 2 W running with the latest downloadable firmeware (Volumio-4.073-2025-12-05-pi). But when I boot - there is no hotspot available - and the device has no ethernet.
So what can I do?
No change on config - only flashed the SD. I have also read the topic and the hint to update to a newer version - but how can I get thius verssion without network?
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All really nice with Volumio 4.0.73, but only with my RPI3 and 4, RPI5 still is not very well implemented, my Innomaker DAC PRO, donât works, my VS145ZJ01-T donât works touchscreen, only hope that will be implemented in a new upgrades, to finish my definitive box streamer/dac to replace my rose250.
KR
If you need assistance, please provide enough information for us to actually help you.
Simply saying ânothing worksâ doesnât give volunteers anything to investigate.
Please make sure to include the required details listed here:
https://community.volumio.com/t/volumio-4-feedback-thread/74379/2
For reference, all V4 versions work correctly in my tests using the following devices:
- Inno-Maker DAC Pro
- Inno-Maker DAC Mini
- Inno-Maker Skylark-UAC2-Rock
WiFi doesnât work in Volumio 4 when I use raspberry pi 3b+, ethernet works but wifi doesnât, when I try to turn it on in the settings it is still off after reset and doesnât find any networks