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Further reports – for whatever it is worth …
– Downloaded the Jessie image from adafruit: The display works flawlessly
– Downloaded fresh M2P-image. Installed the Touch-Display Plugin (Link): Nothing.
– Installed the display again, as in the instructions for older kernels: Still nothing.
– Configured Jivelite, updated it to the newest version: The screen blinks momentarily but stays black.
– Installed VNC and accessed the Pi remotely: I see Jivelite and can configure it on my PC. On the Pi, though: Nothing.What else could there be to do?
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2 hours later: I now use the m2p image with the adafruit installed manually (not via m2p). This way the screen works as expected and since I found a way to adjust the screen via VNC I now have a system that functions to my satisfaction.
Strange though, what is going on with the plugin here …I now consider the problem solved and I will put the Pi in it’s intended space in my car now.
Hello Heiner,
that’s strange …
I do not get any error messages – the script seems to run in max2play exactly the same way that it does if I do it manually. The only difference is, that in m2p I do not get to choose screen orientation and resolution, but that may be on purpose from your part.
But then, after the installation seems finished I do not get any sign that the screen is working. E.g. no Max2Play desktop and no change to the display tab. The Pi (or Pis, since I tried more than one) do not show any difference to the display tab either, so there is no sign of a screen present. This happens before I even start to do anything with Jivelite.I do not really see where I could have gone wrong – I followed basically the same steps as with the 2.8 Watterott display and there it worked. More irritating: The manual install works fine, I just cannot seem to find a truly fitting Jivelite resolution.
Do you have any more ideas? Does it make sense to send you a copy of my SD-card?
Hi!
It’s been a while and in the meantime I have played around a bit.I don’t know if this is of any use for anybody, but anyway:
On top of the max2play installation I followed adafruit’s „easy Install“ instructions for their screen (according to this link).
With this the screen basically works: It shows the Jivelite interface, the touchscreen works and everything functions mostly as expected. The only problem was that I could not get the screen resolution to a correct value – it was either too big or too small, but that seemed like a minor problem for someone who knows what he is doing …
Anyway: I would love to get a working solution (plugin) for this, because I have to keep my car’s dashboard in a half-disassembled state until I can fit my functioning Pi in its place.
