Ili9341 works only with MPlayer / python?

[mrroland]

I have a 320x240 ili9341 based lcd. 

Based on the instructions on this forum I hooked it up to my orangepi pc (latest desktop) , loaded the fb kernel driver and run some tests. 

MPlayer (sudo SDL_VIDEODRIVER=fbcon SDL_FBDEV=/dev/fb8 mplayer -vo sdl -framedrop test.mpg) runs fine. The display shows the video without any problems. 

Also some python scripts work fine (clock etc..) 

 

But anything else fails.... 

con2fbmap 1 8 does nothing 

Using FRAMBUFFER=/dev/fb8 startx (or any other program) just starts everything in the main display (hdmi). 

 

I need to be able to run any program I want on the spi lcd. 

 

Am I missing something? 

[mrroland]

Ok, 

Just in case anyone else is having the same problem: check your nodm config. 

You will get very strange behavior if nodm is not properly configured.