No output to Media-Center Hat after install.sh

[barrettap]

After running install.sh, no output to display'
Actions:-

• Pi3B+ running headless. boot from USB memory stick

• Fit Media Center Hat. Install PiOS Lite from Raspberry Pi Imager.

• ssh and perform apt-get update/upgrade.

• use instructions at https://learn.pi-supply.com/make/getting-started-with-the-media-center-hat/

• run cmd sudo su -c "bash <(wget -qO- https://pisupp.ly/mediacentersoftware)" root

Problem
Discrepancy from the screen displays shown in the instructions. After entering 90 to the first question, I was shown the following messages:-

EEPROM Loaded
X Server not installed
Activate the console on the TFT display? y/n
--- /usr/share/x11/xorg.conf.d/ ---
thru to
Option(1-3):
SO I DID NOT SEE THE LINES AND GET THE CHANCE TO SPECIFY TFT or HDMI or COMBINED OUTPUT

• n to the Activate the console... question.

• n to the next 4 questions (Install fbcp, Install calibrator, Enable buttons, Configure IR Remote)

• sudo reboot.

Result, after reboot, nothing has been displayed on the TFT.

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Google found me "Media Center Hat not working on RPi 3B+ and Raspberry Pi OS (Buster installed 2020-11-10)" and I show below the output from a couple of command referenced therein:-
pi@PiHole3B:~ $ apt policy raspberrypi-kernel
raspberrypi-kernel:
Installed: 1.20210108-1
Candidate: 1.20210108-1
Version table:
*** 1.20210108-1 500
500 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian buster/main armhf Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
pi@PiHole3B:~ $ uname -a
Linux PiHole3B 5.4.83-v7+ #1379 SMP Mon Dec 14 13:08:57 GMT 2020 armv7l GNU/Linu x

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• Ryantech at Pi-Supply suggested making dtoverlay changes listed in issue# 11 (re Kernel 5.4)

• Made those changes.

• During boot, media center hat flashed white screen momentarily, and turned backlight on

• Nothing else appeared on screen, I expected CLI

• Plug HDMI screen in and boot output date and CLI on that screen

I seem to have the same problem as shown in issue #10

[tvoverbeek]

Install procedure assumes you are running a desktop and an X-server. It uses X-server settings (or fbcopy to copy the HDMI to the TFT) to display on the TFT.
Start with the Raspberry-OS Desktop (Raspberry Pi OS (32-bit) the first entry on the Choose OS screen of the RPi imager.

[barrettap]

Ok, will try that. -------- Original message --------From: Ton van Overbeek <[email protected]> Date: 14/01/2021 13:21 (GMT+00:00) To: PiSupply/Media-Center-HAT <[email protected]> Cc: barrettap <[email protected]>, Author <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [PiSupply/Media-Center-HAT] No output to Media-Center Hat after install.sh (#15) Install procedure assumes you are running a desktop and an X-server. It uses X-server settings (or fbcopy to copy the HDMI to the TFT) to display on the TFT. Start with the Raspberry-OS Desktop (Raspberry Pi OS (32-bit) the first entry on the Choose OS screen of the RPi imager. —You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. [ { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "EmailMessage", "potentialAction": { "@type": "ViewAction", "target": "#15 (comment)", "url": "#15 (comment)", "name": "View Issue" }, "description": "View this Issue on GitHub", "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "GitHub", "url": "https://github.com" } } ]

[barrettap]

It works. Thank you.
I think the instructions should mention that PiOS Lite won't work.
I'm going to use this for PiHole, for which I understand Lite is sufficient.