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

Stef Coene stef.coene at docum.org
Sun Jan 25 18:57:41 UTC 2009


On Saturday 24 January 2009, Steven Adeff wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:25 PM, Stef Coene <stef.coene at docum.org> wrote:
> > On Thursday 22 January 2009, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
> >> It's only on Linux that it doesn't.
> >
> > I had the same problem with my silverstone case.
> > When mythfrontend stops and disconnects from lcdproc, lcdproc show some
> > default message.  The usb port keeps this message around forever untill I
> > unplugged the power cord.
> > I changed the lcdproc source so the message lcdproc shows when there are
> > no clients connect is nothing ....
> > Since this is a VFD and has no backlight, it's all black.
>
> Stef, could you tell how you did this? I'd like to do the same.
This is a diff:

root at leffe:/usr/src/lcdproc-0.4.5-imon # diff -u server/serverscreens.c.ori 
server/serverscreens.c
--- server/serverscreens.c.ori  2007-09-22 21:56:19.000000000 +0200
+++ server/serverscreens.c      2007-09-22 21:52:17.000000000 +0200
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
                report (RPT_ERR, "server_screen_init: Can't find widget 
three");

        /* And enqueue the screen*/
+       // screenlist_add (server_screen);
        screenlist_add (server_screen);

        debug (RPT_DEBUG, "server_screen_init done");
@@ -185,10 +186,12 @@
        char *l20 = "      LCDproc!      ";
 #endif

-       char *t16 = "Thanks for using";
+       // char *t16 = "Thanks for using";
+       char *b16 = "                ";
        char *t16 = "                ";
 #ifdef LINUX
-       char *l16 = " LCDproc+Linux! ";
+       // char *l16 = " LCDproc+Linux! ";
+       char *l16 = "                ";
 #else
        char *l16 = "    LCDproc!    "

Stef


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