Great news, thx... time to update!

DougieLawson wrote:sudo rpi-update includes a commit https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/co ... 52b94d22fb that updates the COW processing in the 4.4.26 kernel.

Is there a fix for the 'dirty cow' bug in the Raspian code base? I have several devices running and this issue sounds like a serious one but I was not sure where I should look to find out about the latest patches. If you know where I can look for those please just let me know. Thanks.

Thanks for the suggestion. I edited the file and added these items, the entire file now reads: @lxpanel --profile LXDE-pi @pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE-pi # @xscreensaver -no-splash @xset s 0 0 @xset s noblank @xset s noexpose @xset dpms 0 0 0 However when I ssh in post reboot and check on what ...

sudo nano ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart Yup, tried that... see the list of locations in my original post. I'm puzzled as the man pages for xinit led me to believe if you start it with a client then only X is invoked and then .xserverrc is checked but clearly something else is going on... BT...

I'm starting up a kiosk like environment by starting up into a console then using a script to call xinit with a client browser application. However 10 minutes later the screen blanks, not very useful for a kiosk! I found that if I ssh into the pi and issue the commands: xset -display :0 s off xset -...

@gkreidl, your comment has explained a problem I have. Running Kweb in kiosk mode without a WM to host a Smart Mirror I have set the screen to be rotated, 1920x1080 instead of 1080x1920. As a mirror it is a much better display :) Unfortunately it then required that I choose a screen size that only u...

BTW I have run some test with vanilla mzt280 driver from Amazon and different boot.conf settings. Here is what I get: config.txt mzt280 fb diver output screen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 640x480 640x480 ok ok (but blurred) 320x240 640x480 Read...

Hi theimmc,

thanks, that's what was missing! Now to figure out why it will not run at 320x240.

Hi all, thanks for all of the useful information here, I just got the 2.8" version of the screen from Amazon and have found the downloaded driver is now called mzt280-pi-ext. I've found a couple of things so far. 1) I can only get the version I have downloaded to work in 640x480 mode. Simply ch...