Raspberry 2, piTFT 3.5 to work with RetroPie 3

[wilsonb]

I am also having a problem getting Raspberry 2, piTFT 3.5 to work with RetroPie 3(latest image)

I have not done an update and still can not get it running. I am using the RetroPir image and ran followed instructions many times (ran easy install)

Has anyone with the above config get the LCD to work?

BTW: after hours of trying to get PiTFT 3.5″ LCD to work with RetroPie 3(latest version) – no go

I think I read that there are issues getting PiTFT to work with RetroPie 3 – it changes Kernel and Bootloader
IS THIS A TRUE STATEMENT?

I went back to using older version of RetroPie

[petrockblog]

is what a true statement ? not sure what you are saying changes kernel and bootloader. retropie is based on raspbian and uses the raspbian firmware/kernel.

You have not detailed what doesn’t work – you don’t get any display output or it breaks at some point or ? I need details to help.

[wilsonb]

Thanks for the reply. Understand

“:BTW: after hours of trying to get PiTFT 3.5″ LCD to work with RetroPie 3(latest version) – no go”

Meaning, the screen stays white. I have followed many directions to the T..

https://learn.adafruit.com/running-opengl-based-games-and-emulators-on-adafruit-pitft-displays/overview

But this tells me it’s broke and not to bother with RetroPie 3(latest)
” IMPORTANT: recent updates to the Pi kernel & bootloader are incompatible with this guide — the hardware/software combination presented here DOES NOT WORK at the moment. We are working on a fix and will remove this message once things are getting along again. “

[petrockblog]

you can always rollback the firmware/kernel with rpi-update

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