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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0004821Kali LinuxGeneral Bugpublic2018-06-25 16:58
ReporterJAlbert Assigned Tosteev  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status closedResolutionno change required 
Product Version2018.2 
Summary0004821: Won't create bootable image for Raspberry pi with tft
Description

I have a Raspberry Pi 3 model B with a Kuman 3.5 inch tft screen. When I try to flash the Kali Arm version, the card does not become a bootable image. I booted up my Pi and the screen is white while the monitor is displaying a square of all the colors. All the files are there, just isnt bootable.

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steev

steev

2018-06-25 16:58

reporter   ~0009314

The RPI-TFT image is for the RPi 1 and does not have a kernel that works with the RPi 3.

For the RPi3, you will need to start with the RPi3 image, and follow the instructions for your particular TFT screen to set it up.

Although looking at the GitHub that they provide in the Kuman documentation... I would read through it closely instead of just running their script.

https://github.com/goodtft/LCD-show is the GitHub they link to, and has the files needed, although some of them shouldn't be needed to be installed as kali-rolling has the same, or newer versions of the required packages.

The main things you need are the config files that are copied into /etc/X11/xorg.conf/d and the config.txt file, and possible the .dtb file (which they put into /boot/dts/overlays and rename to whatever.dtbo.

The steps to do this aren't really something we cover in the bug tracker as it covers bugs not technical support. If you would like assistance with that, I would suggest asking in our IRC channel or on our forums.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2018-06-25 13:31 JAlbert New Issue
2018-06-25 14:04 elwood Status new => acknowledged
2018-06-25 16:58 steev Assigned To => steev
2018-06-25 16:58 steev Status acknowledged => closed
2018-06-25 16:58 steev Resolution open => no change required
2018-06-25 16:58 steev Note Added: 0009314