The screen ID is a little strange indeed. I did not know about any "recommended" displays. Mine is a Samsung 21 '' full hd monitor attached via an hdmi-to-dvi cable. In the meanwhile, I found that I can get the display to work using armbian. I will try using the script.bin file generated t...

Thanks for your reply.

I hooked up a serial adapter to the debug port and looked at the output (The entire transcript is in the attachment).

So far, I have not found what causes the trouble, but others seem to have power supply issues that lead to similar symptoms. I will investigate this further.

Ok, now I have tried the same with a colleages M1 with the same result: no image. Could anyone tell me whether connecting a Full HD (1080p) display via HDMI should display a console? If not - how do I get an X server to run on the standard Debian image? On the other hand - if a console should be dis...

I have installed the default debian image on an SD card, the M1 boots normally and I can log in via ssh. However, the display that I attached to the HDMI port stays dark. It does detect that it is plugged in, but there is no signal, not even a console. An X server is started on vnc, which is not qui...