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Small Python program for Pi MusicBox to use with Adafruit PiTFT - 2.8"
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Calibration not possible #12

Closed Effizjens closed 9 years ago

Effizjens commented 9 years ago

Hey, the guide worked perfectly till the screen calibration. I was not able to calibrate it. This is what I get: root@MusicBox:~# sudo TSLIB_FBDEVICE=/dev/fb1 TSLIB_TSDEVICE=/dev/input/touchscreen ts_calibrate ts_open: No such file or directory

I skipped this step and followed the other steps, but the deamon won't start. Could you please help me?

ISO-B commented 9 years ago

Try installing firmware with sudo REPO_URI=https://github.com/notro/rpi-firmware rpi-update 4815829b3f98e1b9c2648d9643dfe993054923ce that should do the job. I tought that I updated it to installing instructions last time, but apparently not.

Effizjens commented 9 years ago

Works fine now, thank you :)

Now I can't start the deamon. root@MusicBox:~# sudo python /root/pmb-pitft/pmb-pitft/ui.py start After that line the Pi ist working for a few seconds, the screen turns dark, it's not off, it's like after the second reboot.

root@MusicBox:~# sudo python /root/pmb-pitft/pmb-pitft/ui.py stop
pidfile /tmp/pmbpitft-daemon.pid does not exist. Daemon not running?
root@MusicBox:~#

Trying to stop the deamon causes this error.

ISO-B commented 9 years ago

Thats probably its not running. You could check pmb-pitft.log, it should tell what went wrong. Did you changed font config? if not and you are not using helvetica-neue-bold.ttf thats probably what is wrong.

From pitft-ui.py you need to change font if you are using something else than Helvetica Neue Bold and check that path is correct.

To change font edit /root/pmb-pitft/pmb-pitft/pitft_ui.py file line 26 and replace "helvetica-neue-bold.ttf" with your own font name. example "OpenSans-Bold.ttf". You can download Open Sans from www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/open-sans. Transfer ttf file to /root/pmb-pitft/pmb-pitft/ folder.

Effizjens commented 9 years ago

I didn´t changed the font config, in the readme it´s sounds like it is an optional step, I thought helvetica-neue-bold is the standard font, now everything works perfect, thank you :) I used WinSCP to transfer the OpenSans-Bold.ttf to the Pi, maybe it`s worth mention it. If i have improvement ideas or questions in the next few days, I will let you know.