Error message when starting peppy.py

[jimmyjules]

I have completed the steps under https://github.com/project-owner/Peppy.doc/wiki/Expert.

The headless client works ok. I control it via web interface.

Now I tried to setup a a fresh image with a Touchscreen (https://joy-it.net/de/products/RB-TFT3.2V2). I've configured it according to waveshare website (https://www.waveshare.com/wiki/3.2inch_RPi_LCD_(B)).

When booting the PI the splash screen will be displayed but nothing else. Via ssh I can see the following messages when I try to start peppy.py

pi@display:~/Peppy $ python3 peppy.py pygame 1.9.4.post1 Hello from the pygame community. https://www.pygame.org/contribute.html Traceback (most recent call last): File "peppy.py", line 2318, in main() File "peppy.py", line 2314, in main peppy = Peppy() File "peppy.py", line 93, in init self.util = Util(connected_to_internet) File "/home/pi/Peppy/util/util.py", line 133, in init self.config_class = Config() File "/home/pi/Peppy/util/config.py", line 375, in init self.pygame_screen = self.get_pygame_screen() File "/home/pi/Peppy/util/config.py", line 1259, in get_pygame_screen pygame.display.init() pygame.error: Unable to open a console terminal

pi@display:~/Peppy $ sudo python3 peppy.py pygame 1.9.4.post1 Hello from the pygame community. https://www.pygame.org/contribute.html Traceback (most recent call last): File "peppy.py", line 30, in from event.dispatcher import EventDispatcher File "/home/pi/Peppy/event/dispatcher.py", line 22, in from ui.menu.stationmenu import StationMenu File "/home/pi/Peppy/ui/menu/stationmenu.py", line 22, in from util.util import IMAGE_SHADOW, IMAGE_SELECTION, FOLDER_ICONS, EXT_PNG, IMAGE_STAR, V_ALIGN_BOTTOM File "/home/pi/Peppy/util/util.py", line 32, in from util.config import Config, USAGE, USE_VOICE_ASSISTANT, COLORS, COLOR_DARK, FONT_KEY, CURRENT, FILE_LABELS, \ File "/home/pi/Peppy/util/config.py", line 27, in from util.collector import GENRE, ARTIST, ALBUM, TITLE, DATE, TYPE, COMPOSER, FOLDER, FILENAME File "/home/pi/Peppy/util/collector.py", line 27, in from mutagen import File ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'mutagen'

mutagen is installed:

pi@display:~/Peppy $ pip3 install --user mutagen Looking in indexes: https://pypi.org/simple, https://www.piwheels.org/simple Requirement already satisfied: mutagen in /home/pi/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages (1.45.1)

[jimmyjules]

I have followed the steps described here. I was able to complete the calibration successfully, but Peppy still won't start.

[project-owner]

Hi,

Please make sure that you start the player using the following command in the ssh session: openvt -s -- python3 peppy.py

BTW, I found some info about joy-it display installation on German forum: https://forum-raspberrypi.de/forum/thread/38115-peppy-webradio/?postID=418741#post418741 It's very helpful forum.

Best regards

[jimmyjules]

Ok I got it now. I used the driver from the waveshare.com website and I also put the parameters in /boot/config,txt.

dtparam=spi=on dtoverlay=joy-IT-Display-Driver-32b-overlay:rotate=270,swapxy=1 dtparam=audio=on max_usb_current=1 hdmi_force_hotplug=1 config_hdmi_boost=7 hdmi_drive=1 hdmi_ignore_edid=0xa5000080

After that Peppy player still wouldn't start. It turned out I did not set the correct display dimensions in ~/Peppy/config.txt

[screen.info] width = 320 height = 240 depth = 32 frame.rate = 30 hdmi = False no.frame = False flip.touch.xy = False multi.touch = False

Thank you! I will refer to the forum in the future. ;)

[jimmyjules]

see above

[project-owner]

OK,

Also make sure that you changed the resolution for the VU Meter screensaver for 320x240: nano /home/pi/Peppy/screensaver/peppymeter/config.txt screen.size = small

Best regards.