Waveshare DSI LCD displays

you’re doing nothing wrong, simply the scripts from Waveshare website are not meant to be used in Volumio, so they won’t work.

the latest images with kernel 6.1.x already have the required drivers installed, reworked by the Raspberry Pi team. Please start with a clean image, without running any external script.

you must add the following lines to userconfig.txt

dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d
dtoverlay=vc4-kms-dsi-waveshare-panel,<param>=<val>

here an extract from the overlays readme, with all the parameters

Name:   vc4-kms-dsi-waveshare-panel
Info:   Enable a Waveshare DSI touchscreen
        Includes the Goodix driver for the touchscreen element.
        The default is for the display to be using the I2C0 option for control.
        Use the i2c1 override if using the I2C1 wiring with jumper wires from
        GPIOs 2&3 (pins 3&5).
        invx/invy/swapxy should be used with caution as the panel specifier will
        set the default inversions for that panel. Always use them after the
        panel specifier, and be aware that you may need to set them as =0, not
        just adding it.
        Requires vc4-kms-v3d to be loaded.
Load:   dtoverlay=vc4-kms-dsi-waveshare-panel,<param>=<val>
Params: 2_8_inch                2.8" 480x640
        3_4_inch                3.4" 800x800 round
        4_0_inch                4.0" 480x800
        7_0_inchC               7.0" C 1024x600
        7_9_inch                7.9" 400x1280
        8_0_inch                8.0" 1280x800
        10_1_inch               10.1" 1280x800
        11_9_inch               11.9" 320x1480
        i2c1                    Use i2c-1 with jumper wires from GPIOs 2&3
        disable_touch           Disable the touch controller
        rotation                Set the panel orientation property
        invx                    Touchscreen inverted x axis
        invy                    Touchscreen inverted y axis
        swapxy                  Touchscreen swapped x y axis
        dsi0                    Use DSI0 and i2c_csi_dsi0 (rather than
                                the default DSI1 and i2c_csi_dsi).

you must replace the = with the model of your display.

For example, if your display is the 11.9 inches, this is the line:

dtoverlay=vc4-kms-dsi-waveshare-panel,11_9_inch

it could be required to add additional parameters from the list I posted before, I don’t have that model so I can’t help you further

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