# Problems Adding a Display

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/problems-adding-a-display/6592>\
**Category:** balenaOS\
**Created:** [April 29, 2019, 12:03am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/problems-adding-a-display/6592 "2019-04-29T00:03:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Notorious515](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Notorious515](https://forums.balena.io/u/Notorious515)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 12:03am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/problems-adding-a-display/6592/1 "2019-04-29T00:03:03Z")

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Hey everyone,

I was trying to add a display to my rpi3 but it is currently not working. The Display is a XPT2046. I am having a problem with the dtoverlay i believe and cant figure out what to do.  
I believe I found more info for it here  
[https://github.com/CytronTechnologies/xpt2046-LCD-Driver-for-Raspberry-Pi](https://github.com/CytronTechnologies/xpt2046-LCD-Driver-for-Raspberry-Pi)  
but since I’m new to balena os I didnt know how that transfers. If anyone one can help that would be great thanks.

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**Author:** ![imrehg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/imrehg/32/36_2.png) [@imrehg](https://forums.balena.io/u/imrehg)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 6:48pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/problems-adding-a-display/6592/3 "2019-04-29T18:48:29Z")

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Hi @Notorious515 which exact screen are you using? I see from the linked repository that there are a number of different models, and the required `dtoverlay` values might be different for each. Maybe there’s a product page you can link as to?

When you use a screen, do you have anything shown? Or nothing at all?

I also checked that the touch screen drivers for these devices should work with balenaOS as the required `dtoverlay` for the touch part is definitely shipped. For the screen itself, it might be just setting the right hdmi variables, etc, or maybe using the `piscreen` as `dtoverlay` as for example mentioned here [https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=143581](https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=143581)

If you have any more details, we should be able to assist you further!