Re4son / Re4son-Pi-TFT-Setup

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Re4son-Pi-TFT-Setup

A tool for setting up TFT displays on a Raspberry Pi. This program is heavily based on Adafruit's PiTFT Helper.

This setup tool is used in Sticky Finger's Kali Pi.

TFT Documentation

Products: The following products are fully supported:

The following products may need some manual calibration:

Getting Started: Kernel & Setup Tool Installation

First, make sure /boot is mounted:

sudo mount | grep /boot

If /boot is not mounted, mount it now:

sudo mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /boot

Install Sticky Finger's Kali-Pi Kernel:

cd ~
wget  -O re4son_kali-pi-tft_kernel_current.tar.xz https://whitedome.com.au/re4son/downloads/11299/
tar -xJf re4son_kali-pi-tft_kernel_current.tar.xz
cd re4son_kali-pi-tft_kernel_4*
sudo ./install.sh

Reboot.

Updating Re4son-Pi-TFT-Setup

This setup tool can be found in the root directory folder of the kernel package. To update it to the latest version, just run:

./re4son-pi-tft-setup -u

Using Re4son-Pi-TFT-Setup

re4son-pi-tft-helper must be run with root privileges, and takes a parameter specifying the type of TFT to configure. Invoke it like so:

sudo re4son-pi-tft-setup -t 35r -d /root

For a full list of available options, check the help:

re4son-pi-tft-setup -h

Removing TFT settings

To reset all settings, just run:

re4son-pi-tft-setup -r

or

re4son-pi-tft-setup -r -d /root