Pascal Schirrmann wrote: > Hi, > > This question is not directly freevo related, but just in case someone > here has any ideas... > > I'm just setting up a new freevobox. > > The system is a HIPER media box : > http://www.hipergroup.com/English/products/hmc-2k53a.html > I've been following these Hiper boxes for a while and this one looks like the one that will finally convince me to buy one. Could you tell me where you bought yours? Also it would be great if you could add a wiki page with details on this. > This box contains a VFD display. This is an USB device. It is nit > directly supported by lcdproc, but a patch has been developed > specifically. I found informations here : > http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Futaba > > BTW, I learned in this WiKi that I have to update my kernel to 2.6.23 to > solve some USB trouble I had. > > OK, I follow this tutorial, but I'm not able to start the LCDd service. > Here is the error : > ----------------------------- > # LCDd -c /etc/LCDd.conf -d dm140 -r 5 > LCDd version 0.5.2 starting > Built on Nov 25 2007, protocol version 0.3, API version 0.5 > Using Configuration File: /etc/LCDd.conf > Set report level to 5, output to stderr > Server forking to background > Listening for queries on 127.0.0.1:13666 > screenlist_init() > driver_load(name="dm140", filename="/usr/lib/lcdproc/dm140.so") > Allocating memory for framebuffer[0] > > Allocating memory for framebuffer[1] > > Device for Vendor[040b] Product[7001] was not found, exiting > > Driver [dm140] init failed, return code < 0 > Module /usr/lib/lcdproc/dm140.so could not be loaded > Could not load driver dm140 > There is no output driver > Critical error while initializing, abort. > Did you follow the mknod instructions? Other than that I haven't a clue. > -------------------------------- > But lsusb find the device : > lsusb > Unknown line at line 2389 > Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c00c Logitech, Inc. Optical Wheel Mouse > Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > Bus 001 Device 005: ID 040b:7001 Weltrend Semiconductor > Bus 001 Device 007: ID 05e3:070e Genesys Logic, Inc. > Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0db0:6874 Micro Star International > Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05e3:0606 Genesys Logic, Inc. > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > > My system is build on a mandriva 2008 x64 basis, and the kernel was > updated from mandriva repository to > kernel-tmb-desktop-2.6.23.1-2mdv-1-1mdv2008.0 > Handy, that's the distro I will probably use if I buy one. > I wanted to post a mail to the patch author but was unable to find > anything but is name (and unfortunately, he share his name whit a well > known soccer player, so google is not my friend !) > > Any hint ? > > Thanks, > Pascal I'd take a guess that he must have posted to the lircd lists so they'd be worth a shot. Keep us posted on your progress.
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