Just to add my $0.02 into this thread:

I've loaded R5F1 fresh on my MStation HT-1100 front end with the VFD, and using the hacks I found for R5E50, the VFD still needs the chmod for permissions.

I can 'echo' to the VFD as root, but mythtv can't speak to the bugger.

Since I'm running the VFD on an FE box with no program storage or tuners, so I could help out in the testing, too.

I don't know what you mean by this. "chmod for permissions" on what? The only thing I chmod'd was /dev/lcd0 (as I was root when I ran the script and created the device), and that's in the script I posted.

If there's something else that needs permissions changed let me know so I can update the script.

slowtolearn:

I DID get it to work WITH the permission change on /dev/lcd0. I was just referencing my past hack's which didn't include the chmod.

Sorry about the misunderstanding, and thanks for the script!

Ahh, OK.

No problem, just wanted to make sure the script was complete.

Slowtolearn - OK, so a complete newbie question here...

How do I use the script? In complete ABC steps please...

copy down and save as....? Does the name have to have anything special in it?

how do I run it? Seems stupid but I've tried what I would have thought was obvious stuff but it didn't seem to work...

Apologies...

bag.

Nope. Save it into whatever name you like, make it executable and run it. For example, say you saved it as "vfd_setup":

Ok, so i've done that but come up against another problem. I've saved it as imon_vfd_setup and chmod'ed the file as you described. But it still throws a curveball at me...

Output looks like this:



I am absolutely certain that the file in question is called this - and that it is in the current directory.

So I'm obviously doing something silly - just need pointing in the right direction about this...

Help appreciated.

bag.

Copied it from a Windoze machine? Run
That will remove the ^M at the end of each line (you can see them with vi but not more), and you should be set.

Thanks - that got it working.

I got a do you wish to configure question... followed by it telling me that it all already exists.

so I'm still stuck - i can still echo to the vfd but can't get mythlcdserver to connect to it somehow...

Will keep plugging away.

bag

As it would, if you have already configured everything I built the script for a stock R5F1 setup, assuming none of the configuration had been done.

Is mythlcdserver running? Are you running LCDd on the default port of 13666? What are the permissions on /dev/lcd0?

EDIT: What is the output from lsusb? /EDIT

right - one thing at a time.

running lsusb brings up five lines, showing the following:



I then tried to run the command:



which punched up the fact that the connection was refused, maybe I have another copy of lcd server running... Probably right.

So I checked what was there:



I presume that this basically says - yes you have a copy of mythlcdserver running on your machine... is this correct?

To recap - i can echo to the vfd but can't seem to get mythlcdserver to connect to it.

How do I check that the ports are correct?

thanks,

bag.

Ditto here...

Correct.

Check /etc/LCDd.conf and find Port=. The default is 13666, I don't know if mythlcdserver is trying to connect to that specific port or not (can't seem to find much information on that and can't locate a conf file or configuration options in mythtv-setup or Utilities/Setup...)

So, what are the perms on /dev/lcd0? The mythtv user would need read/write access...

Do'h! Found http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Mythlcdserver which indicates the default port for mythlcdserver is 6545. Try netstat -a | grep 6545. Mine gives me these entries:

Slowtolearn,

Thanks for all your help so far... I really appreciate it.

Right then. On to business..!

I've checked out /etc/LCDd.conf and the Port is correct.

Permissions on /dev/lcd0 are:



Having run netstat as you suggested, I only come up with:



so am I missing something here???

So far, so good.

Hmmm, as long as mythlcdserver is running on my system I have the 3 entries I noted above. Have you changed mythlcdserver in any way (like compiling Myth from SVN)? Try this: Disable the LCD setting in Utilities/Setup, then from an xterm. Let's see what errors you get, if any. Also check /var/log/syslog, see if there is anything regarding imon in there.