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

jr jraymyth at gmail.com
Thu Jan 22 03:27:26 UTC 2009


On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 5:01 PM, David Engel <david at istwok.net> wrote:
> 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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> David Engel
> david at istwok.net
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I returned mine and will just buy a matrix orbital when I have more
money than sense..which is a frequent occurrence.

http://www.matrixorbital.com/lcd-character-vfds-c-1_3.html


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