MuPiBox Documentation MuPiBox NG

Display, touch and standby troubleshooting

Distinguish screensaver, screen-off and standby while diagnosing touch or display failures.

SymptomFirst check
Screensaver visibleFirst touch dismisses the animation
Audio plays with black screenScreen-off idle stage in Display & power
StandbyBriefly press the physical power button
Faint backlightSome display revisions cannot switch it off
No UIDisplay profile or UI service

Check display model, revision, profile and cables. HDMI touch screens with separate USB touch require both cables.

Read-only SSH diagnosis

systemctl status mupibox-ui --no-pager journalctl -u mupibox-ui -b --no-pager -n 100

Screensaver computations should stop in screen-off and standby. If CPU load remains high, report the idle stages, NG version and logs.

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