On Saturday 12 July 2003 23:24, you wrote: > I have a CrystalFontz 20x4 lcd without keypad, that I am trying to > get LCDproc setup on. > I am using the current stable version .0.4.3. > > The LCDd is working ok, I have the server screen displaying on my > lcd with the main LCDd heartbeat. It is just waiting for a client > to connect, when I run lcdproc and give it parameters the last > thing I see is the server screen saying 1 client is connected then > everything goes black. If I ctrl c out of the terminal I started > lcdproc I get back the server screen. Also if I start a text, or > ncurses session along with the CFonts session in LCDd I get the > text showing some system specs that I specified when starting > lcdproc. But the lcd screen is still black. > > I searched lcdproc.org archives but no one has any answers or has > given any good advice about how to solve the problem. The only > thing people are suggesting is use the CVS stable which is .0.4.4. > After looking for the change logs on CVS .0.4.4 it doesn't look > like they fixed anything else .0.4.3 doesn't cover. > > In my user.log file I see this: > > Raiz-MPX LCDd: drivers_getkey() > Raiz-MPX LCDd: Screen->Client List has timeout->-1 > Raiz-MPX LCDd: drivers_getkey() > Raiz-MPX LCDd: Screen->Client List has timeout->-1 > Raiz-MPX LCDd: drivers_getkey() > Raiz-MPX LCDd: Screen->Client List has timeout->-1 > Raiz-MPX LCDd: drivers_getkey() > > This is repeated about 20 times everytime I start the LCDd or > lcdproc. > > I did read on one of the archives that this might be normal, but I > really do not know. > > This is my LCDd.conf CFontz driver section: > [CFontz] > # CrystalFontz driver > # Select the output device to use [/dev/lcd] > Device=/dev/ttyS1 > # Select the LCD type (size) [20x4] > Size=20x4 > # Set the initial contrast [140] > Contrast=140 > # The backlight brightness settings are retrieved > # from the serversection now. And can therefore be > # modified from the server menu now. > # Set the communication speed [9600] > # possible values: 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200 > Speed=19200 > # Set the firmware version (New means >= 2.0) [no] > # if set, set Speed to 19200 > NewFirmware=yes > # Reinitialize the LCD's BIOS [no] > # normally you shouldn't need this > Reboot=yes > > In the server section everything is default except the CFontz drive > is selected. To me it seems everything is setup right because the > LCDd is showing me the server screen. I think it is a lcdproc > client problem. > > I am using an SMP machine here is my uname -a line. > Linux Raiz-MPX 2.4.21 #1 SMP Thu Jul 3 15:33:22 CDT 2003 i686 > GNU/Linux > > I am using a custom kernel for 2.4.21 from what I have read lcdproc > does not need any special kernel options for the CystralFontz lcd > screen. > > Since I really do not want to use CVS .0.4.4 because it would have > to be installed by hand. I really would like to stick with an > apt-get source. If you need anything else let me know. >
Just wanted to add to what I have already done, I changed the contrast and played with the config files again but to no avail. I then used netstate -a |grep 13666 and watched the port 13666 conection, which took both connections. So I decided to download another LCDproc client and ended up with netlcdclient which gave me the same problem. I was not able to see anything on my display. After watching port 13666 with the netlcdclient I also seen it connect but I still do not have any thing other than a black display on on my lcd. Is their any other ideas you guys suggest. Rthoreau -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]