# Screen stays blank **URL:** \ **Category:** Anthias\ **Created:** [July 9, 2026, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/screen-stays-blank/6732 "2026-07-09T11:58:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![geert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/848f3c/32.png) [@geert](https://forums.screenly.io/u/geert)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/screen-stays-blank/6732/1 "2026-07-09T11:58:00Z")
Hi, The last couple of weeks Anthias has worked very well. But this morning when I arrived in the office the screen was blank. The web interface works fine and if I reboot the splash-screen does show. I’ve tried re-installing AnthiasOS, but with no luck. I’m running it on a Raspberry Pi 2B connected to ethernet. An old device but it has worked fine before. Any idea on what I could try? Is it a bad update? Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![vpetersson](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.screenly.io/vpetersson/32/8_2.png) [@vpetersson](https://forums.screenly.io/u/vpetersson)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/screen-stays-blank/6732/2 "2026-07-09T12:01:51Z")
Hmm, strange. Should in theory work, but Pi 2 and Pi 3 (32bit) is in legacy/maintenance mode so you might want consider swapping it for a Pi 5. We’ll try reproducing. ---
**Author:** ![geert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/848f3c/32.png) [@geert](https://forums.screenly.io/u/geert)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 12:06pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/screen-stays-blank/6732/3 "2026-07-09T12:06:15Z")
Thanks for you quick reply. I’ll see where it goes with the 2B the next couple of days. If it stays like this I’ll file a ticket to order the Pi 5 with my company. ---
**Author:** ![vpetersson](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.screenly.io/vpetersson/32/8_2.png) [@vpetersson](https://forums.screenly.io/u/vpetersson)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/screen-stays-blank/6732/4 "2026-07-09T13:01:51Z")
Reproduced and found the root cause. It’s a faulty library shipped in the updated QT. Still investigating. ---
**Author:** ![geert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/848f3c/32.png) [@geert](https://forums.screenly.io/u/geert)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 11:25am UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/screen-stays-blank/6732/5 "2026-07-13T11:25:17Z")
Hi vpetersson, Have you been able to investigate this further? I’ve noticed that an MP4 does play every now and then, but JPG’s and websites stay blank. Thanks again 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![vpetersson](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.screenly.io/vpetersson/32/8_2.png) [@vpetersson](https://forums.screenly.io/u/vpetersson)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/screen-stays-blank/6732/6 "2026-07-13T11:43:22Z")
Yeah, we’re doing some more stress testing. It is however worth noting that the Pi 2 will suffer with playing modern web content due to both limited resources and the fact that the browser stack isn’t updated in QT 5. I think it is probably time to swap it out for a Pi 5 if you can. ---
**Author:** ![vpetersson](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.screenly.io/vpetersson/32/8_2.png) [@vpetersson](https://forums.screenly.io/u/vpetersson)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/screen-stays-blank/6732/7 "2026-07-13T15:47:17Z")
Should be resolved in 2026.07.2 ---
**Author:** ![geert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/848f3c/32.png) [@geert](https://forums.screenly.io/u/geert)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 8:00am UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/screen-stays-blank/6732/8 "2026-07-14T08:00:15Z")
Came to the office this morning to a working screen! Thanks a lot for your support!