Raspberry Pi and RetroPie distro plus LCD

[lennymay]

I downloaded RetroPie for my RaspberryPi 3 from this link and have been trying to get my 3.5" LCD to work. I downloaded the driver fromas described, but whenever I try and extract it with the "tar xzvf LCD_show_v6_1_3.tar.gz", the file for the Osoyoo LCD I have, around 50 lines are executed and then the Pi crashes. When I restart it, it goes into a kernel panic every time. I've reinstalled my OS multiple times. I cannot download the raspbian distro with the driver because I have been unable to install RetroPie on top of it and have been unable to display it on the LCD.

Please respond if you know how to solve this problem or what you recommend.

[dryja123]

How are you stuffing a 3.5 LCD in a mintyPi?

(You posted this in the mintyPi software help section)

[Helder]

I'll move it.

[VeteranGamer]

I downloaded RetroPie for my RaspberryPi 3 from this link and have been trying to get my 3.5" LCD to work. I downloaded the driver fromas described, but whenever I try and extract it with the "tar xzvf LCD_show_v6_1_3.tar.gz", the file for the Osoyoo LCD I have, around 50 lines are executed and then the Pi crashes. When I restart it, it goes into a kernel panic every time. I've reinstalled my OS multiple times. I cannot download the raspbian distro with the driver because I have been unable to install RetroPie on top of it and have been unable to display it on the LCD.

Please respond if you know how to solve this problem or what you recommend.

unless your LCD is the HDMI version, its not really compatible/suitable for Retropie....
if it is the HDMI version, then you dont nned to install drivers (as there for touch controls, which dont work in Retropie)


the one i think you have



https://www.amazon.com/OSOYOO-480x320-D ... entries*=0


the one that would be suitable

you'll have better success with one of these......



https://www.amazon.ca/OSOYOO-Display-Mo ... B01N447AEY



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[UbuntuBhoy]

Interesting.

I have a very similar looking touchscreen my daughter bought me that I was going to use. When you say it would be better with the other screen does that mean that his current one just wont' work, or won't perform well?

I have just spent the last hour or so trying to get mine working and although I can view a verbose startup and shutdown I don't get a desktop, yet it works when connected to my TV via USB.
I think it is a simple software solution as the desktop loads perfectly well in Raspbian.

EDIT - I managed to get my desktop showing using fbcp