I can not use a 5inch lcd

glennlake

@caffecomborras We can't read your file correctly when it is just cut and paste. Please read "https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first" and "http://commonmark.org/help/". Those hashtags are very important as any line that starts with in is ignored by the program.

caffecomborras

It is the first time I use a forum to get doubts. I did as you said and still did not work

caffecomborras

I solved a problem but now I have another. the already image appears on the screen . but it appears only in half of the screen. http://postimg.org/image/8wrxbrl0r/
someone can helpme?

glennlake

@caffecomborras Here is a link to a youtube video that explaines the setup of your 5 in screen "

". It looks different because it gets it power from the gpio pins but the setup is the same. I don't use the touch screen so all I did is add these 3 lines to the bottom of the file /boot/config.txt.

hdmi_group=2
hdmi_mode=87
hdmi_cvt 800 480 60 6 0 0 0

I haven't tried the touch screen so I don't know how that works.

Hope this helps

caver01

@caffecomborras said in I can not use a 5inch lcd:

I solved a problem but now I have another. the already image appears on the screen . but it appears only in half of the screen. http://postimg.org/image/8wrxbrl0r/
someone can helpme?

Also, your screenshot has a rainbow box in the corner. Your Pi is under powered. The rainbow colored box indicates low voltage.

caffecomborras

Thank you all for your help . finally after many attempts succeeded. thank you so much

glennlake

@caffecomborras Congratulation! Glad we could help. We have all gone down this path. Some of us have just traveled farther than others.

Alessio

@caffecomborras said in I can not use a 5inch lcd:

Thank you all for your help . finally after many attempts succeeded. thank you so much

I have the same problem with the same screen. Can you please explain me how you solved? I have modified the config.txt but without success...

Alessio

Solved! Many thanks to all

juankaever

@caffecomborras

Hi, i have the same problem with my screen, I search in a lot of sites, but the size is correct, but the color is strange, tell me please how you resolved this???
I read the guide retropie, but i try all combination, and I got teh result of yours pics.

Thanks, please respond.

rxone

@juankaever

for 5 inch LCD

edit on /boot/config.txt.

search, replace and add this

hdmi_group=2
hdmi_mode=87
hdmi_cvt 800 480 60 6 0 0 0
hdmi_drive=1

save and try boot again