Mechano Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 (edited) Hi there! I've installed Armbian 23.02.0 Jammy on my Banana Pi M5. And I'm using 3.5" display with HDMI interface. The screen has a native 480x320 resolution, but accept a range from 640x480 to 1920x1080. On resolutions over 800x480 is not readable, so I'm able to change resolution with the following line in /boot/armbianEnv.txt extraargs=video=HDMI-A-1:800x480M@87 fbcon=rotate:0 with lower resolutions 800x480 to 640x480 (60 to 87hz) the screen has an offset down of one character line so ther's a blank line up and I don't see login and shell input command down. Looking at 16:9 resolutions I see all the text with the minimum of 896x504 I don't know how to set overscan and screen offset up 1 character line with 800x480 o 720x480. Every help will be appreciated. Edited March 12, 2023 by Mechano 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoSie Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 I have the same problem, for now I use ssh on 192.168.0.8 from a remote computer to be able to use the console... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechano Posted March 15, 2023 Author Share Posted March 15, 2023 (edited) I've found 2 workarounds... The firs one: Change setenv line into boot.cmd with 480p@60 and recompile the boot.scr with the line you find at the end of the file boot.cmd. And add this line to armbianEnv.txt extraargs=video=HDMI-A-1:720x480M@60 fbcon=rotate:0 I've left rotate to change if I need (values 0, 1, 2, 3). Another workaround I used before find this one was to set a particular resolution of 896x504@87hz it's divisible /8 and permit on this display to see the login. With Raspberry Pi 3B I can set 640x360 and is perfect for this display with linux text console. Edited March 16, 2023 by Mechano 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechano Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 Finally a good compromise and readability of this nice 3.5" small HDMI screen with Banana Pi M5 console only (no X.org). I remember it's a physical resolution of 480x320 with an EDID range of resolutions from 720x480 to 1920x1080. The smallest resolution I can get with Banana Pi M5 is 720x480@60hz that you can see in the picture. Raspberry Pi 3B can do 640x360@85hz and has better character sharpness. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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