SD-Card Image

Ready to run SD-Card image (Raspbian/Raspberry Pi OS with FBTFT) for 2.8" RPi-Display.

Copy the disk image after extraction (ZIP archive) to a SD-Card with dd under Linux or Win32-Disk-Imager under Windows (screenshot). To start the desktop run $ sudo startx.

Downloads

• Buster: 2019-09-26 Buster, 2019-09-26 Buster Lite
• Stretch: 2019-04-08 Stretch, 2019-04-08 Stretch Lite, 2018-04-18 Stretch, 2018-04-18 Stretch Lite, 2017-09-07 Stretch, 2017-09-07 Stretch Lite
• Jessie: 2017-06-21 Jessie, 2017-06-21 Jessie Lite, 2017-03-02 Jessie, 2017-03-02 Jessie Lite, 2016-03-18 Jessie, 2016-03-18 Jessie Lite, 2016-03-18 Jessie Retro
• Wheezy: 2015-05-05 Wheezy, 2015-05-05 Wheezy Retro, 2014-06-20 Wheezy (9-Bit SPI)

Information

• Login: pi and Password: raspberry (English Keyboard Layout, Y and Z are swapped on German Keyboards)
• SSH on port 22 activated
• The file system has to be expanded, run $ sudo raspi-config --expand-rootfs and perform a reboot.
• Further infos: FBTFT Image, FBTFT on Raspian (Video showing the boot up)
• Guide: SD-Card Setup for Pi, Installing operating system images

Retro Image

The Retro-Image contains the RetroPie setup files and is pre-configured for RetroPie/EmulationStation.

Installation

• Power-on the Raspberry Pi with Ethernet/Internet connection
• Login with pi and password: raspberry (English Keyboard Layout: Y and Z are swapped on German Keyboards)
• Run $ sudo sudo raspi-config
• The keyboard layout can be changed under Internationalisation Options and then Change Keyboard Layout
• Select Expand Filesystem and then exit the tool with Finish and perform a reboot
• Login again
• Run: $ sudo ./RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh
• Select Binary-based Installation and wait till the installation is finished
• Select Setup / Configuration and then Auto-start EmulationStation
• Go back to the main menu and select Perform Reboot
• After boot EmulationStation will be started directly
• Further infos about the EmulationStation configurations here

EmulationStation

To start EmulationStation run $ emulationstation.

Desktop

To start the desktop run $ startx -- -layout HDMI, because the HDMI output is mirrored to the display.

fbcp (Framebuffer Copy)

• To enable automatic startup of fbcp run: $ sudo update-rc.d fbcp defaults
• To disable automatic startup of fbcp run: $ sudo update-rc.d fbcp remove
• For a manual start of fbcp run: $ fbcp &
• For a manual stop of fbcp run: $ killall fbcp

HDMI

The HDMI output is set to a resolution of 320x240 and mirrored/scaled to the display. To change the HDMI resolution, you have to edit the file /boot/config.txt. Further infos can be found here.

$ sudo nano /boot/config.txt

320x240

hdmi_force_hotplug=1
hdmi_group=2
hdmi_mode=87
hdmi_cvt=320 240 60 1 0 0 0

640x480 (60Hz)

hdmi_force_hotplug=1
hdmi_group=2
hdmi_mode=4

800x600 (60Hz)

hdmi_force_hotplug=1
hdmi_group=2
hdmi_mode=9

1024x768 (60Hz)

hdmi_force_hotplug=1
hdmi_group=2
hdmi_mode=16