On Monday, August 26, 2013 10:41 CEST, Denis Maros <denisalima...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Alexander, > Yes, i'm talking about 2*20 character LCD display connected to 24 pin > parallel port on motherboard. > I've tried to access this device simply via this command: > # echo "Test" > /dev/lpt0 > ksh: cannot create /dev/lpt0: Device busy > Yeah, failed. > Do you suggest any other method/code to try if /dev/lpt0 accessable? > > I had thought that a driver would be needed cause the vendor had Linux and > FreeBSD driver included in CD. > By the way that the vendor is Lanner INC and device is FW-7581A.
I don't know if comms/lcdproc supports LCD displays on parallel port, but it may worth give it a try. cheers, Sebastian > > Thanks. > > Denis
