PiTFT Mini Kit problem

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macdidi5
 
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PiTFT Mini Kit problem

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I follow the learn of PiTFT, after reboot, PiTFT display blank screen. But I type startx and video play test is correct.
The https://www.adafruit.com/products/1601 product pictures, my PiTFT like first and second picture is correct, but third picture is blank screen. Please help me solve this problem, thanks.

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Re: PiTFT Mini Kit problem

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To get the startup text to appear on a PiTFT, follow the instructions on this page of the tutorial: https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-pit ... he-console

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Henso
 
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Re: PiTFT Mini Kit problem

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Total NOOB tearing what little hair I have left out and I can see lots of other people having issues also
Really struggling with PiTFT and Raspi to get it working and I have used many different versions of Wheezy currently using Sept 2013 version with a bare install no updates and no additional libraries installed I am following the guide to a tee but still having issues I get to the sudo modprobe portion and when I run sudo modprobe fbtft_device name=adafruitts rotate=90 screen flashes for a second the reverts to white, no screen motion when export FRAMEBUFFER=/dev/fb1 is ran then when I run startx ( running Raspi through Motorola Lapdock) screen goes black and does nothing and have to power pi down
I will attach picture so you can see my soldering I pumped solder off my board and re-soldered all joints but all with little or no effect the same issue persists please please help me resolve this issue as it is just making me want to throw my Pi stuff in a drawer and forget about it.

Updates.

1.Just to update when I use the trackpad on the Motorola Trackpad the TFT flashes, any suggestions?

2.Screen is still white but obviously something is working as the touch screen works with touch as I can move the mouse about with no calibration yet performed.

3. After a reboot TFT not working again :( also got rid of gdbus error by disabling - LXPolKit

22/05/2014

Well after 4 very frustrating evenings trying to get this screen to work with my Pi I am going to write this of as a bad purchase as well as the Pi and just place it in my trash and not worth doing anything with drawer, I know it is all about getting involved and doing things yourself but to a total NOOB who has never really used a computer or electronics before it would of been nice for someone like me if a pre built Raspbian image had been created all configured and working to stop my stress levels from rising

I have followed the guide to a tee using 4 different builds of wheezy and all to no avail

If anyone feels like they could assist I will check the forums to see if anyone posts a reply

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