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LCD/VFD support via LCDproc in XBMC for Linux? - indy5 - 2008-10-01 I was looking for some direction in getting my external display functioning in XBMC. For starters, here is some basic information about my setup. Ubuntu 8.04 XBMC Atlantis Beta1 HiperMedia HMC-2K53A-A0 Case - (Uses Futaba dm-140gink Demo LCD) I followed the directions from the following link to get the display working within Ubuntu http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Futaba I can successfully launch LCDd from a terminal and the display will come on and show: ## LCDproc Server ## Cli:0 Scr: 0 However, when I launch XBMC, the display turns dark and nothing shows. Is there a particular log file that I need to look at to determine why XBMC seems to be killing the lcdproc process? Or do you think something else is happening here? Thanks for any help. - sjonnie33 - 2008-10-04 Have you got the file LCD.xml in /home/your user name/.xbmc/userdata? If not you can copy this from /usr/share/xbmc/userdata - mkortstiege - 2008-10-04 debug log please .. - indy5 - 2008-10-04 I was able to correct this problem by building from SVN. Maybe this is the bug fix that helped my situation: http://trac.xbmc.org/ticket/4923 I do now have a followup question. Is there a way to slow down the scroll speed of text that is larger than the width of the LCD screen? It's a little dizzying watching large movie titles scroll across over and over again at such a high rate. - mkortstiege - 2008-10-04 indy5 Wrote:I do now have a followup question. Is there a way to slow down the scroll speed of text that is larger than the width of the LCD screen? It's a little dizzying watching large movie titles scroll across over and over again at such a high rate. No, speed isn't adjustable. Please post a feature request so we don't forget about it while in feature freeze. ubuntu/xbmc/lcdproc/crystalfontz 634 - DrErling - 2008-10-17 As mentioned in the title, I have a crystalfontz 634 (20x4) lcd that I want to use (if possible). Could someone guide me a bit? EDIT: Found out that XBMC expects me to use lcdproc, so I installed 0.5.2-0buntu2 (available in ubuntu 8.04 Synaptic Package Manager). Not sure what is the next step though... - sjonnie33 - 2008-10-18 First you must setup LCDproc. Open a terminal en type: Code: sudo nano /etc/LCDd.conf Code: Driver=curses Code: Driver=CFontz Now you must see some lines on your display (after reboot) Setup xbmc Copy the file LCD.xml to your userdata dir. Open a terminal and type: Code: cp /usr/share/xbmc/userdata/LCD.xml /home/[b]username[/b]/.xbmc/userdata/ Start xbmc and go to Settings/system/LCD and set lcdtype to lcdproc. - DrErling - 2008-10-19 I tried the steps you mentioned, but I did not see any lines during boot and no text after opening XBMC and setting lcdproc as LCD display. I checked that the LCD.xml got copied to /home/htpc/.xbmc/userdata I went into BIOS checking that the serial port was enabled (it was). Then I typed "sudo dmesg | grep tty" and got the following output: Code: htpc@htpc-xbmc:~$ sudo dmesg | grep tty This is the same as I can see in BIOS (0x3F8/IRQ4). Yet, no info on the screen... - DrErling - 2008-10-19 Asside from setting "Driver=CFontz", this is what I tried: Code: ## CrystalFontz driver (for CF632 & CF634) ## I edited the communication speed both to 9600 and 19200 and rebooted between each setting. I edited the NewFirmware to "yes" because my CrystalFontz634 says V2.0. (the 19200 setting I remember using in windows xp, therefore trying it here as well) When I last used this screen with windows XP I saved "foobar player" as boot-up text (because that was what the pc did.. it played foobar2000). This boot-up text was present when I connected it to my ubuntu-machine as well. This text is now gone so "there is some contact" between pc and screen. DrE LCD/VFD support via LCDproc in XBMC for Linux? - indy5 - 2008-11-12 VDRfan Wrote:No, speed isn't adjustable. Please post a feature request so we don't forget about it while in feature freeze. Before I request a feature for future releases, would the lcd display speed be a function of XBMC, or would it be a driver feature? I'm just wondering if I am barking up the wrong tree here. thanks for any thoughts... - mkortstiege - 2008-11-12 Scrolling is done by the client, in our case XBMC. - ilkz0r - 2008-11-19 Hi! I suppose im at the wrong place now, but i really dont find anything usefull when im trying search for info on how to make my VFD display work. I noticed this LCDproc supports my computer... a shuttle SG33G5M. Thing is im using Vista32. Anyone who has an idea how i can my VFD display work in XBMC running on Vista? Thanks in advance - gzusrawx - 2008-11-20 I have noticed an issue lately, If I leave XBMC on, after a while the lcdproc doesn't show any client connected anymore. I don't have a log right this moment but has anyone else experienced this? I can re-enable the client by disabling and re-enabling the lcdproc setting in xbmc. - gzusrawx - 2008-11-20 I forgot to mention I'm running Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10 and XBMC Atlantis 8.10 Final - shagworthy_uk - 2008-11-30 Sorry if this is the wrong place but here goes.... I have my lcd display working correctly with XBMC. My problem is: If i leave LCDproc enabled in XBMC and leave it idle for a long period of time (say 6 hours while i sleep) at some point LCDd spikes to 100% cpu usage. So i just dont use the LCD part of XBMC as it warms my living room up to much :-) Anyone seen this? I have a crappy imon VFD built in to my case which for the first few hours is fine. Again sorry if this is the wrong place. |