Support for: 7″ Touchscreen Monitor for Raspberry Pi

hondagx35

Hi Ralf,

thank you for your report.

I'm also not happy with the touch experience on midori.
At the moment i'm testing other browsers like chromium to see if it is an issue with midori.

Frank

Perjan

I don't think its a midori problem. I've had moodeaudio running (raspbian based) with midori the same way as we now use runeaudio. This didn't had this problem.

Could it be an issue with arch Linux?

morias

hondagx35 wroteI'm also not happy with the touch experience on midori.
At the moment i'm testing other browsers like chromium to see if it is an issue with midori.

Frank

Hi Frank, any luck with your testing on the touch screen issue?

Martin-Fell-C

Frank

Been away - so only just got chance to download ... it looks great and loaded straight away with no issues - fantastic and thanks!

You asked for some feedback - so, comments so far (after only a short time using it) ...

# Sound output is fairly quiet and actually a bit noisy (sounds a bit like a fm radio with a weak signal) ... I guess this could be my Pi (I am using the in-built jack) - but I have had much better sound on a Pi in the past

# I have tried to get it to boot directly into the display (using settings - local browser - on - apply settings) ... but no joy (always re-starts needing password etc >> and when I look at settings it hasn't saved the local-browser-on setting). I am pressing the "apply settings" button underneath the local browser option.

# Bit confused by power off ... if I click this, the "turn off the player" box comes up ... but stays there >> are we meant to then just turn off at the wall at this point?

Hope this is useful
Martin

hondagx35

Hi Martin,

thank you for the feedback.

# Bit confused by power off ... if I click this, the "turn off the player" box comes up ... but stays there

Please see here and the config.

I have tried to get it to boot directly into the display (using settings - local browser - on - apply settings) ... but no joy (always re-starts needing password etc

This should work, i'll check this.
Does it work for others user?

Sound output is fairly quiet

Please check the volume settings with

alsamixer

Frank

Martin-Fell-C

Frank

Thanks - will try all this tomorrow (no time today!)

But just wondering if I am testing most up to date version ... I downloaded from the Google Drive link you posted on December 8th ... But have just noticed you have also referred to a version on GitHub ??

Martin

Martin-Fell-C

Sound output is fairly quiet

Please check the volume settings with

alsamixer

Frank[/quote]

Frank

When I type "alsamixer", I get the message:

alsamixer: error while loading shared libraries: libformw.so.5: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory

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NB: I am typing this by plugging a keyboard directly into the Pi and using the raspberry pi 7" screen >> I am sure there must be a way of accessing the command line from my laptop - but just cant seem to find any instructions on how to do this. I have tried using putty - but that doesn't seem to work. I cant see anything on the Rune website or in the forums on how to do this (I am new to Rune, but not to the Pi and have a bit of coding experience)

Martin-Fell-C

For new folks (like me), the following may be useful ...

Editing files

if you want to edit a file (such as /root/.local/share/midori/styles/local-styles.css)
1) Login using ... username "root" and password "rune"
2) Type nano (opens the nano text editor)
3) Open the file you want to edit (you will need to type in the complete file name)
4) edit the file
5) Exit ... you will ask if you want to save the file ... select yes
6) it will then ask for the file name >> type in the same file name you used to open it with ... and save this

Oh ... and the keyboard settings must be in German ... confused me to start with >> took me a while to find / ... and never found { or }

Martin-Fell-C

Frank

Update on the issues I raised ...

A) Power off issue >> now sorted, after modifying the file you described (/root/.local/share/midori/styles/local-styles.css)

B) Autostart into browser >> the "local Browser = on" function is now working - not sure what I did different today - but it is working ... I can turn this off and on as I want

C) Sound issue >> NOT sorted ... see my earlier post on the error message I got when running alsamixer

Hope this is all useful
Martin

hondagx35

Hi Martin,

thank you for the report.

First i thought updating the kernel and some services may be sufficient to get the display and midori running.
As you can see it isn't, i should have known better!

I have to set up a new image right from the beginning.

Frank

morias

I gave this a go last night and it looks very promising however touch is not working on my touch screen. I think I got a bad one as I have tried reseating the touch cable several times with no luck.

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morias

While I wait for a new touch screen could someone let me know if this image dims/turns off the screen during long periods of inactivity.

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hondagx35

Hi morias,

if this image dims/turns off the screen during long periods of inactivity.

It should not, because screensaver and power saving is turned off.

Frank

morias

hondagx35 wrote It should not, because screensaver and power saving is turned off.

Hi Frank, could that be an option as I tend to leave mine on 24/7. If I am playing something I would want the screen on but if it is not playing and inactive for 10 minutes it could turn off the screen to avoid burn in and brightness at night.

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Perjan

hi morias,

try this :

Adjust the code in /root/.xinitrc

xset -dpms

xset dpms 0 0 600

It will shut down the display after 10 minutes of inactivity. It will switch back on immediately when touching the display.

morias

hondagx35 wroteI have to set up a new image right from the beginning.

I found another screen despite the main stockists in Australia being out of stock until after Christmas and have got it all working. Thanks for the image Frank.

Based on your earlier post, are you working on an updated image?

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guardian

Hello Frank,

I´m using runeaudio for quite a while now, but the possibility to use it as a standalone with the touch diplay really takes it to a higher level! Great job, thank you very much for that!!

So far I just played around a bit. It works really well!

Here something I fell over:
- Sometimes the buttons for stop, play, next... do not work properly. You have to push them several times although the color changes at the first touch, so the touch seems to be recognized.
- The same for the bottom buttons "Library", "Playback" and "Queue"
- Maybe I don´t hit them right. Does the Raspberry 7" touch display has to be calibrated? I didn´t get it to work. Trying to launch xinput_calibrator says "Unable to connect to X server" What am I doing wrong?
- The time elapsed display in the playback view says always 00:00 although the circle around it moves on.

That´s it so far...
Best Regards
Carsten

hondagx35

Hi morias,

Based on your earlier post, are you working on an updated image?

Yes a new image with all services updated will come soon.

Frank

hondagx35

Hi Carsten,

thank you for the report.
I'm working on a updated image and hope to get all this fixed soon.

Frank

morias

Perjan wroteIt will shut down the display after 10 minutes of inactivity. It will switch back on immediately when touching the display.

Hi Perjan, I am finding that after I run Rune for a while I can't get the screen to come back to life. The player is still working and can be accessed by another computer through the web browser but the local touch screen will not reactivate.

Not sure if this has happened to you and whether you have a fix.

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