Troubleshooting • How to get rid of redundant icons on the new Trixie Dock
I now have the Sept 2026 Trixie release running on two Pi400's and two Pi5's. The "dock" feature is fantastic, but I'm having trouble getting rid of redundant icons shown on the dock. Same problem...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Force RPI3 to 720x486i @59.94hz and disable HDMI hot plug
I need to force the HDMI output on a RPI3 to always output 720x486i @ 59.94hz regardless what is connected to the HDMI port.This is standard SDTV interlaced television resolution that HDMI and the...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: LCD problem
LCD-show certainly used to use rpi-fbcp, which relied on the legacy and deprecated DispmanX API for Pi0-4. That API does not exist on Pi5.Waveshare sell 3 variants of 3.5" displays - which one do you...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Low Power Warnings
Post a photo of your setup showing the Pi plugged into the new power supply.Statistics: Posted by rpiMike — Tue Sep 22, 2026 12:40 pm
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Raspberry Pi 5 not booting
Hi, my Raspberry Pi 5 (bought from Adafruit) is not booting. I've tried following the sticky, however don't have a micro-HDMI adapter to be able to show any input on the monitor. It occasionally works...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Desktop issues after recent pcmanfm changes
Hmm… it’s a waste of space and looking ugly. But if it is intentional, well there’s nothing we can do now and it’s good to know it “works as designed” and is not a bug.Could be improved anyway from an...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Raspberry Pi Zero 2H - solar setup failed
Your wires look a bit thin, that in itself shouldn't destroy the Pi but it might be upsetting the controller.Your description of the switch's position and your schematic don't agree with each...
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Troubleshooting • Raspberry Pi Zero 2H - solar setup failed
Hi all, I just registered because I have a problem with my latest project. I am new here, but not new to Rpi, programming and electronics, although I am still a noob with regards to each of these (I...
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Troubleshooting • Re: One-off freeze and sudden restart on Pi 400 with many...
Was that many, many many, or lots? *Sounds to me like you ran out of (virtual) memory and the OOM** killer did it's thing. You could try adding more swap which may stop it crashing but won't improve...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • One-off freeze and sudden restart on Pi 400 with many...
Hello everyoneI am using a Raspberry Pi 400 and recently experienced a sudden freeze followed by an automatic restart.At the time, I had several tabs open in the Chromium browser. The system suddenly...
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Troubleshooting • Desktop issues after recent pcmanfm changes
Seems like once https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/an-upd ... i-desktop/ shipped, I experience this on one Pi 3 B+, being accessed via VNC:1. Using PCManFM - starting it, usually in the users home...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: RPi4 will not connect to WiFi after update
Is that Pi4 running Raspberry Pi OS 64-bit with desktop "Trixie" or something else?Statistics: Posted by neilgl — Sun Sep 20, 2026 7:00 pm
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Nemo and System freezes when copying 1.4GB to internal SD
Debian bookworm. RPI 5 with 8GB memory. Cinnamon on X. Approx 9GB free partition space on 32GB micro-SDIf the first thing I do after logging in is the copy, then it freezes - mouse, already-running...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • RPi4 will not connect to WiFi after update
Hi All,I've just updated one of my Pi4 via APT and halfway through the update the WPA_Supplicant service was setting up, stopped and closed the session. WiFi then went down and I was unable to access...
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Troubleshooting • Identify SMD component
At one moment, my Raspberry Pi 5 stopped booting up. The only sign of life is a solid red LED. So, I decided to test the surrounding components with a multimeter and identified a problem with the SMD...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Help! What's going on with this? Pi 1, constant red,...
Yes, I can write to itStatistics: Posted by Upspex — Sun Sep 20, 2026 7:38 am
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: APT-Cacher-NG Suddenly Causing "apt-get...
Before I get to the outcome, I'd just like to express my sincere thanks to everyone who posted in response to my original request for help. Every response was helpful and I really appreciate all of...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Pi 3B+ new Trixie 32-bit, Network Manager...
Not seeing that with latest Trixie 32-bit Lite on my Pi3B+Are you using Lite or Desktop?Statistics: Posted by neilgl — Sat Sep 19, 2026 10:17 am
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Pi 3B+ new Trixie 32-bit, Network Manager...
All,After being chided that I was still running bullseye, I grabbed the latest pi-installer and installed the latest Trixie 32-bit OS on my Pi 3B+. That was a day ago. I access the Pi over the network...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Low Power Warnings
Sounds like a defective power supply. Do you have another USB-C one you can try?Statistics: Posted by jamesh — Fri Sep 18, 2026 1:07 pm
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