README.md

convertfb

Convertfb - python-based tool to adapt image to framebuffer

For help with command line options, use:

convertfb -h

Installation

If you have the python 'python-imaging' module, you can just place convertfb, please note the 'python-imaging' module now called 'Pillow'

in a directory on your path, or add the directory containing convertfb

to your path, or just invoke convertfb directly.

This should work:

sudo cp convertfb /usr/local/bin

convertfb

Example

Ubuntu

An example in ubuntu , the screen is 1376x768 and

the size of framebuffer is 1376x768

1. use fbset to show the size of framebuffer

   sudo apt-get install fbset
   
   sudo fbset -i

2. convert the image

   sudo apt-get install python-imaging
   
   convertfb -i demo.bmp -o demo.fb -bw 1376 -bh 768 -f BGRA

3. show the image

   press Ctrl + Alt + F1 and login in

   sudo cat demo.fb > /dev/fb0