[mythtv-users] Imon VFD in Silver Antec Fusion

[George Galt]

On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 5:36 PM, Mike Holden <mythtv at mikeholden.org> wrote:
> Been trying to get this working,and so far all I have is random scrolling
>  garbage on the display :-(
>
>  Everything that Google and the Myth wiki throws up seems to imply I need
>  to build lcdproc from source - is this the case? I have Fedora 8 with the
>  latest Myth from atrpms, although I haven't got as far as trying to run it
>  in myth yet, just using echo from the command line!
>
>  I have changed the driver= line to set it to imon, but not getting too far
>  so far :-(
>
>  Be much obliged if anyone can give a simple step by step guide. I'm happy
>  to build/patch source if need be, but would much rather stick with the
>  installed rpms if possible.
>
>  lcdproc version is as follows, on 64-bit:
>
>    lcdproc.x86_64    0.5.2-3.fc8
>
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Mike:

I had no trouble getting it started using the stock parts from Fedora
8 -- no need to build anything from source, just used F8 and atrpms.
Just make sure you follow the editing of LCDd.conf from the wiki at
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Imon#iMON_VFD_.28Vacuum_Fluorescent_Display.29

George