I think we have the same problem, see my topic: https://www.petrockblock.com/forums/topic/emulationstation-on-gpio-instead-of-console/

OF cource I’m using other hardware, but I configure it to show console perfectly, but cant force it to show ES on GPIO screen.

I don’t think I can help you, as far as I still don’t know how to solve my problem, but maybe we can figure it out :)