Hi Sebastian, I've already tried lcdproc but got no success.
2013/8/26 Sebastian Reitenbach <[email protected]> > > On Monday, August 26, 2013 10:41 CEST, Denis Maros < > [email protected]> 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
