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fix issue with 12.48" rendering

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Inkycal is a software written in python for selected E-Paper displays. It converts these displays into useful
information dashboards. It's open-source, free for personal use, fully modular and user-friendly. Despite all this,
Inkycal can run well even on the Raspberry Pi Zero. Oh, and it's open for third-party modules! Hooray!
Inkycal can run well even on the Raspberry Pi Zero W. Oh, and it's open for third-party modules! Hooray!
## ⚠️ Warning: long installation time expected!
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## Hardware guide
Before you can start, please ensure you have one of the supported displays and of the supported Raspberry
Pi: `|4|3A|3B|3B+|2B|0W|0WH|02W|`. We personally recommend the Raspberry Pi Zero W as this is relatively cheaper, uses
Pi: `|4|3A|3B|3B+|2B|ZeroW|ZeroWH|Zero2W|`. We personally recommend the Raspberry Pi Zero W as this is relatively cheaper, uses
less power and is perfect to fit in a small photo frame once you have assembled everything.
**Serial** displays are usually cheaper, but slower. Their main advantage is ease of use, like being able to communicate
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| MicroSD card | Sandisk |  Search for `MicroSD card 8GB` on amazon or similar |
## Configuring the Raspberry Pi
⚠️ Warning: You cannot use the latest version of Raspberry Pi OS as a kernel upgrade has caused many projects to fail.
Please only use the version mentioned below.
Download this specific version
of [Raspberry Pi OS (11-12-2023)](https://downloads.raspberrypi.com/raspios_lite_armhf/images/raspios_lite_armhf-2023-12-11/2023-12-11-raspios-bookworm-armhf-lite.img.xz)
Flash Raspberry Pi OS on your microSD card (min. 4GB) with [Raspberry Pi Imager](https://rptl.io/imager).
Use the following settings:
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Run the following steps to install Inkycal. Do **not** use sudo for this, except where explicitly specified.
```bash
# the next line is for the Raspberry Pi only
sudo apt-get install zlib1g libjpeg-dev libatlas-base-dev rustc libopenjp2-7 python-dev-is-python3 scons libssl-dev python3-venv python3-pip git libfreetype6-dev wkhtmltopdf libopenblas-dev
# Raspberry Pi specific section start
sudo apt-get install git zlib1g libjpeg-dev libatlas-base-dev rustc libopenjp2-7 python-dev-is-python3 scons libssl-dev python3-venv python3-pip git libfreetype6-dev wkhtmltopdf libopenblas-dev
git clone https://github.com/WiringPi/WiringPi
cd WiringPi
./build
cd ..
pip install RPi.GPIO==0.7.1 spidev==3.5 gpiozero==2.0
# Raspberry Pi specific section end
cd $HOME
git clone --branch main --single-branch https://github.com/aceinnolab/Inkycal
git clone --branch main https://github.com/aceinnolab/Inkycal
cd Inkycal
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
pip install wheel
pip install -e ./
# If you are running on the Raspberry Pi, please install the following too to allow rendering on the display
pip install RPi.GPIO==0.7.1 spidev==3.5 gpiozero==2.0
```
## Running Inkycal