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- #HOW TO SET UP RETROPIE SCREENSAVER MOVIE#
- #HOW TO SET UP RETROPIE SCREENSAVER INSTALL#
- #HOW TO SET UP RETROPIE SCREENSAVER CODE#
The Pi communicates with the touchscreen through SPI (serial peripheral interface). Watch the video tutorial for a quick overview of the steps: So just follow the steps below to get your LCD touchscreen working on the Raspberry Pi.
#HOW TO SET UP RETROPIE SCREENSAVER INSTALL#
Here is a good article explaining Linux kernel modules, devices, and drivers, which you may want to read for some background information. The standard version of Raspbian does not include the drivers for LCD touchscreens, so we will need to install and configure them manually. One set of drivers is for the actual LCD display screen, and the other set of drivers is for the touchscreen sensors. There are two types of drivers we need to be concerned with here. I posted this in case others need to do this and discover this thread like I did.What we need to do to get the LCD working is install and configure the FBTFT drivers created by notro. It's networking is set up static for wired and DHCP for wireless allowing two ways to access it if needed.
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This Pi has no keyboard/mouse associated with it because it's purpose in life is to be a media client, nothing more. I haven't tested that extensively because, well, I don't need anything to show up. If you exit Kodi you get a blank screen that on the TS even touching it does not cause anything to appear.
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YMMV Once Kodi starts if Kodi's screensaver dims you see nothing from/in the background. The /usr/local/bin/ClearScreen script is spawned from rc.local allowing rc.local to complete then 10 seconds later the screen is cleared again. So, the screen is cleared by the lines in rc.local but after rc.local is executed and has completed more boot status lines appear and then the login request appears. Set the permissions to 700 and owner root:staff on /usr/local/bin/ClearScreen.
#HOW TO SET UP RETROPIE SCREENSAVER CODE#
Paste the following code into the file and save it: So we are going to edit the profile file:Īdd the following line to the end of the file and save it: Now we need to add a script to run once we log in. Then paste the following below that line:ġ:2345:respawn:/bin/login -f pi tty1 /dev/tty1 2>&1 Edit the inittab file with this command:įind this line (assuming you haven't changed it before):ġ:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty -noclear 38400 tty1 It is written in PERL (natch).įirst, make sure auto login to a command line is enabled.
#HOW TO SET UP RETROPIE SCREENSAVER MOVIE#
The mount and running the movie isn't important, but I will post the code for blanking the screen on login if people are interested. So basically she makes sure her TV is on the proper source, and turns on the RPi (which is plugged into a power bar so she can just flip the power switch). Then it mounts the usb key (which is where the movie is stored) and plays the movie file with omxplayer (only one movie is allowed on the flash key at a time). The image automatically logs into tty1, blanks the screen, and places the cursor right in the middle of the screen without a prompt. I set her up with a RPi with an 2GB SD card with a minimal raspbian image on it. I have an elderly friend who likes to watch movies but doesn't know about computers at all.
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