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New MoBro user! lovin' it!

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Sauron2112
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Howdy all! I just discovered this whole ModBros MoBro thang. and I love it. I had an old Pi 2 B that was sitting in a box, with an 8gb SD card and an old EDiMax wifi dongle from an old abandoned project many years ago. When I saw a YouTube video about this use of a Pi, I had to give it a try. 

Before purchasing a case and display to finalize it, I wanted to prove to myself I could get it working on a Pi 2 B first. 

I connected via wired LAN rj45 first and was able to use the MoBro wizard to configure the wifi etc. 
disconnect and aok via wifi. 

My biggest problem for quite some time (more time than I want to admit) I could not get any video out. (going HDMI direct to one of my Dell monitors.) 
I moved to a Pi3 just to rule out and same problem. 

Then I came across the following settings to add into the "Overrides / Additions for the config.txt
(thank you for this wizard php interface, very convenient for lazy nerds like me) 

dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d

hdmi_cvt 480 1920 60

hdmi_group=2

That fixed it and setting the resolution in themes to 1920 x 480 is 100% perfect. 
Can switch to any theme. 

I found the Astern v1.00 theme, downloaded and got that up and running.
Forced a reboot from a SuperPutty session just to confirm the config will survive a reboot. check = aok. 
Forced a power cycle as well and also changed from Celsius to Fahrenheit. 

adding photos of current config.
I ordered a Pi 7" display, case and proper power supply with power switch etc. 
really love this project, thank you! So nice to put an old board back to work!

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