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> Funny thing: yesterday evening was working, this morning I tried again and it's dead :( > > @Gadgetoid is there anything I could do to help you debug the...

@embersdev which display?

Bullseye has been a bit of a debacle, but I don't see any reason why Inky shouldn't work (I suspect they mean the one-line installer will refuse to run, but...

Just tested a new-ish red phat with a fresh 64bit Bullseye install and it works. If it's not auto-detecting (you can test with `python3 identify.py`), try: ``` python3 name-badge.py --type...

Oh there's also a chance it could be a really, really old Inky pHAT - pre EEPROM - and supported by the old library. How long have you had it?...

Well the EEPROM works at least. I'd fully expect explicitly updating with the SSD1608 type to work, ie from above: ``` python3 name-badge.py --type phatssd1608 --colour red --name "Hello World"...

@fotosyn This is tricky to nail down since I still don't have a panel I can replicate this with, but try installing the test library: ``` pip install -i https://test.pypi.org/simple/...

Excellent! (Albeit sorry for the trouble this is causing you!) I've been making do with a jumper wire to short the busy_wait pin!

@fotosyn I've got my hands on it, and managed to get it updating. The problem was the polar opposite to what I expected- busy_wait is exiting immediately which means the...

I’ve done a lot of messing with the timings and haven’t damaged a screen yet. Some displays do support updating a region of the display, but I’m not sure any...