[mythtv-users] OT: mATX HTPC cases with LCD/VFD

[David Engel]

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 02:44:06PM -0500, A JM wrote:
> I just bought the same case and would love the links that you have Larry
> used to get things patched up.

To get lirc to automatically detect the display as an LCD instead of a
VFD, you need to use lirc from CVS.  Specifically, you need revision
1.32 or later of lirc_imon.c.  If you don't want to use all unreleased
lirc, just drop that one file into lirc-0.8.4a.  I'm actually using it
with lirc-0.8.3.

To get lcdproc to correctly use the graphical display, you need to
apply the pactch at
http://codeka.com/blogs/imon/lcdproc-0.5.2-imonlcd-0.3.patch.  Then
set the driver to be "imonlcd" in LCDd.conf.  You can turn the
backlight off by setting "backlight=0" in the "[imonlcd]" section of
LCDd.conf.

Personally, I find the reverse LCD with backlight very distracting.  I
got this case mainly for the cooling, quietness and the built-in IR
receiver.  If I'd known the display worked that way, I wouldn't have
gotten it.  My return window is about to close and I'm still tempted
to return it.

David
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