[PROBLEM] Waveshare5/Sainsmart 7" HDMI with GPIO touch

[Matt Larose]

(22nd Oct, 2016 01:44 AM)Nachteule Wrote:  So, here is my configuration

Please add following lines to file /boot/config.txt

Quote:# 800x480 HDMI TFT Display und Touch Begin

# Force resolution to 800x480
hdmi_drive=1
hdmi_ignore_edid=0xa5000080
hdmi_group=2
hdmi_mode=87
hdmi_cvt 800 480 60 6 0 0 0

# Enable Touch
dtparam=spi=on
dtparam=i2c_arm=on
dtoverlay=w1-gpio-pullup,gpiopin=4,extpullup=1

dtoverlay=ads7846,penirq=25

# 800x480 HDMI TFT Display und Touch End

If Kodi has issues coming up with forced resolution 800x480 (happened here), you could try following workaround:

1: Boot RPi with connected TV at HDMI
2: Modify /boot/config.txt (see above)
3. Reboot RPi
4. Configure screen resolution to 800x480 in Kodi settings
5. Shutdown RPi
6. Connect LCD display
7. Boot RPi

Now Kodi should come up with forced 800x480 resolution



Running Kodi Krypton (v17) from devel repo on Rpi3

Well, it kind of worked. The loading screen for xbian looks great on the screen.
When it gets to loading kodi, however, the screen fades completely grey.

I'll try hooking it up to a tv to see if I can change the resolution settings within kodi.
Hopefully it works!