ModuleNotFoundError

[smashingpumps]

Hi,

I have followed the instructions up to the first "sudo python3 display_controller.py" and am getting the following error:

ledpi@ledpi:~/LEDMatrix $ sudo python3 display_controller.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/ledpi/LEDMatrix/display_controller.py", line 9, in
from src.display_controller import main
File "/home/ledpi/LEDMatrix/src/display_controller.py", line 15, in
from src.clock import Clock
File "/home/ledpi/LEDMatrix/src/clock.py", line 7, in
from src.display_manager import DisplayManager
File "/home/ledpi/LEDMatrix/src/display_manager.py", line 13, in
import freetype
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'freetype'

So far I have had no luck getting anything to display at all despite green LED on the adafruit bonnet.
Any ideas what could be going on here?

Thanks

[ChuckBuilds]

That's interesting - I just did a fresh install yesterday and didn't get that error. I'd ask you to run the "sudo bash first_time_install.sh" again and if that still doesn't work you should be able to run

echo "Installing Python packages and dependencies..."
apt_install python3-pip python3-venv python3-dev python3-pil python3-pil.imagetk build-essential python3-setuptools python3-wheel cython3 libfreetype6-dev
``` and try again

[smashingpumps]

Thanks for the reply. I’m the end I used the legacy version from the pi image creator instead of Trixie an up and running and ready to customise.
Fantastic project, thanks so much!

[ChuckBuilds]

Oh yup that would’ve done it. I need to get air a few days for all the package versions to settle down then I’ll try to make sure it works on trixie.

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[ChuckBuilds]

Closing - display requirements are not working with rasbian 13 / trixie, solution is to use Legacy OS (for now)