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berryja · 05-18-2016, 05:05 PM

I am not sure what the hardware is exactly, but using the udlfb driver, I am able to get images to display using the fbi program. Interestingly, the display stays off (backlight off) until I display something on it. The first run seems to have some issues (black pixels show a random line pattern), but after I get all the pixels painted not-black, everything seems to work. The display comes up in 16-bit mode (5, 6, 5) which is not as convenient to work with, but I guess better than not working at all.

I have not gotten it to work with a custom app I wrote to draw on the framebuffer. I guess now it's just comparing to the fbi code to see what it is doing differently. I am not doing any VT stuff in my app, so maybe that is it.

Thanks for the suggestion.

05-18-2016, 05:05 PM	#3
berryja Junior Member Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 3	I am not sure what the hardware is exactly, but using the udlfb driver, I am able to get images to display using the fbi program. Interestingly, the display stays off (backlight off) until I display something on it. The first run seems to have some issues (black pixels show a random line pattern), but after I get all the pixels painted not-black, everything seems to work. The display comes up in 16-bit mode (5, 6, 5) which is not as convenient to work with, but I guess better than not working at all. I have not gotten it to work with a custom app I wrote to draw on the framebuffer. I guess now it's just comparing to the fbi code to see what it is doing differently. I am not doing any VT stuff in my app, so maybe that is it. Thanks for the suggestion.