hey nnowhinjing, no worries...thanks for taking any time at all! good luck with the move, perhaps i'll hit you up again once you're settled
jgrulich, yeah i'm definitely using the -piCore+ versions (for pi zero). i've been doing a LOT of research, seems like i might have to load additional modules. i'm not really sure. honestly, i have been reading/studying for hours each day and it's still a lot to learn! i've tried most of the things that have been posted (including all of your helpful posts) and yet it still doesn't seem to be working. i'm kind of at a loss, not sure where to go from here. also, the tft folder is showing up in the list of modules (?) so it seems like that is being loaded. the problem is that "flexfb" is nowhere to be found still. where would i find that, and how would i call that as a command line option? ("sudo modprobe flexfb")
@greg, thanks for taking the time to consider this one! i understand you weren't on the coding or the "official" screen stuff....but you understand everything a LOT more than me, so perhaps you can help if what i need becomes clearer. basically the problem seems to be that most stuff is loading ok, but i'm still looking for the "flexfb" module. as far as i know, most of the stuff is the same as the "official" screen, just different driver settings.
@greg, one thing you might be able to answer for me though: i can install 2.06 on my pi zero no problem using the "newconfig" with my wifi settings. on first boot, it connects to network, all is good! however, when i try to install 3.02 on my pi zero using the *same* "newconfig" file, it just won't connect. my network sees the MAC address, but there is no IP given. so i can't SSH to it, and i can't connect via web. do you have any idea why this might be happening? i'm using the EXACT same steps, just the 3.02 img instead of the 2.06 img. very stumped
thank you all for your help, this is very encouraging