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The CrowPi2 menu software refuses to run when Pixel Doubling is enabled. #22

Closed Pearl-852 closed 3 years ago

Pearl-852 commented 3 years ago

The CrowPi2 menu software refuses to run, complaining that "The Crowpi2 software needs to run at 1920x1080 resolution!".

To duplicate:

  1. Click on Menu (Raspberry icon).
  2. Select Preferences and click Raspberry Pi Configuration.
  3. The Raspberry Pi Configuration window appears.
  4. On the Display tab, click on Pixel Doubling: ( ) Enable.
  5. Click OK and reboot the system.

Note: This issue affects the usefulness of a workaround solution for Issue #21 Screen resolution or bigger fonts in software.


Edited on 2021-04-05: Confirmed and was fixed on V1.2.0 image
Elecrow-RD commented 3 years ago

@Pearl-852 The CrowPi2 software only can be run at 1920x1080 resolution! If you set other resolutions, the software will not be able to adapt.

Pearl-852 commented 3 years ago

@Elecrow-RD Seeing that particular display message, it is quite obvious that the Crowpi2 software is written to run at 1920 x 1080 resolution only without your reply. As I have indicated on the bottom notes, this is related to the issue #21 that requires to enable Pixel Doubling.

Please also note that you are marketing the CrowPi2 as a programming learning platform for general users, and not able to run the Crowpi2 menu software when Pixel Doubling is enabled is extremely difficult for them to learn. For the more advanced users, it would be okay to load your learning lessons manually without the Crowpi2 menu.

So, I recommend you to look into modifying your Crowpi2 software to be able to run with Pixel Doubling enabled, unless you can come up with an alternative workaround solution for the issue #21. Thanks.

ontheslab commented 3 years ago

I would like to add my support to what @Pearl-852 is saying. To be useable to a very large number of students - including this half blind teacher - such an option on the tiny screen would seem to be a requirement.

Pearl-852 commented 3 years ago

If you will so agreed to modify the Crowpi2 software, I have one other modification request, adding a way to quit the software gracefully (ex. Ctrl+Q). This request is related to the reported issue #24.

Currently, I've created a simple bash script on the desktop to forcefully kill the Crowpi2 process as shown below,

#!/bin/bash
#=====================================
# Name: Kill_Crowpi2.sh
# Purpose: Kill the process 'Crowpi2'
#=====================================

killall Crowpi2
exit 0

Edited: Moved this modification request to Issue #27

Pearl-852 commented 3 years ago

@Elecrow-RD The problem that Crowpi2 software refuses to run when Pixel Doubling is enabled has been confirmed and was fixed on V1.2.0 image. Thanks :)