[mythtv] Re: MythLCD Channel Info

[Tako Schotanus]

That would be great, Dan! Because I wasn't able to find the problem so 
far :-)
If you need any help , let me know.

Cheers,
 -Tako

dan wrote:

>Tako, sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you.  I compiled lcdproc 
>0.4.4 at the house. After whacking at my driver (CwLnx) to make it pass back 
>all key presses I got to looking at the issues your having.  "output 0" is 
>normal.  I don't see the page late issues your seeing, but I did see the issue 
>another poster raised re: the playlist being displayed wrong on the display.  
>I believe some of the tree widgets got changed.  I'll look at that this 
>weekend.
>
>-dan
>
>
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>>Tako Schotanus (quintesse at palacio-cristal.com) wrote: 
>>
>>Dan, the messages happen appear only in the beginning.
>>I can also see that the driver does not get passed any information (only 
>>empty screens).
>>The only pages that seem to do enything are:
>>- the myth music menu
>>- the music play screen
>>- the myth video menu
>>
>>but.... and this is the strange thing... always a page "late"! So in the 
>>music play screen I'll see the menu and if I escape from the play screen 
>>I get the last song that played. Weird :-)
>>
>>But I think the the "output 0" could have something to do with it yes 
>>because the VFD doesn't support all of the things an LCD does (there's 
>>no concept of contrast for example). So it might be that the driver 
>>returns 0 somewhere it shouldn't. I'll look into it.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>-Tako
>>
>>
>>dan wrote:
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>>>Tako, it looks like the time widget works properly.  The output you sent, is 
>>>that from when it first starts, or in the middle?  I can't tell, but it 
>>>      
>>>
>looks 
>  
>
>>>like this is happening after the widgets get built.  It looks like 
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>>>
>everything 
>  
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>>>thats getting sent to lcdproc isn't getting echo'd here.  Oh wait, I bet it 
>>>doesn't understand output 0.  I don't have access to my box right now, or to 
>>>the docs, but I don't believe there is a "output" command for lcdproc.  
>>>      
>>>
>Thor, 
>  
>
>>>care to chime in?
>>>
>>>Look for where/why/how "output 0" is getting sent.  I bet thats the problem.
>>>
>>>-dan
>>>
>>>
>>> 
>>>
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>>>>Tako Schotanus (quintesse at palacio-cristal.com) wrote: 
>>>>
>>>>Hi Dan,
>>>>
>>>>here is (part of) the output I'm getting, it does seem to have to do 
>>>>with the time widget yes.
>>>>After a couple of seconds the display turns itself off abruptly and I 
>>>>have the feeling that's just about the moment when the errors disappear 
>>>>as well.
>>>>I'll try turning up the debug level on the LCDd to see if it tries to 
>>>>use any features that the driver doesn't support.
>>>>
>>>>Cheers,
>>>>-Tako
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>lcddevice: Sending to Server: screen_set Menu priority 255
>>>>lcddevice: Sending to Server: screen_set Time priority 254
>>>>lcddevice: Sending to Server: widget_set Time timeWidget 13 3 "7:46 pm"
>>>>lcddevice: Sending to Server: output 0
>>>>
>>>>lcddevice: The server is 30x4 with each cell being 5x8
>>>>lcddevice: Received from server: huh?  Invalid widget id
>>>>lcddevice: WARNING: Something is getting passed to LCDd that it doesn't 
>>>>understa
>>>>nd
>>>>last command: output 0
>>>>
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