[mythtv-users] Trouble with VFD

[Eric Yanush]

> Hi, 
> 
> I having alot of trouble getting an antec veris elite vfd/ir combo to work under ubuntu karmic. 
> I can get the ir portion to function with no problems, but cannot get any sign of life from the vfd. 
> it has a device id of 0x0044 
> 
> After configuring lirc and lcdproc I end up with a dmesg output of : 
> 
> [   21.408199] lirc_imon: send_packet: packet tx failed (-32) 
> [   21.408203] lirc_imon: vfd_write: send packet failed for packet #2 
> [   21.656487] lirc_imon: send_packet: packet tx failed (-32) 
> [   21.656490] lirc_imon: vfd_write: send packet failed for packet #1 
> [   22.279698] lirc_imon: send_packet: packet tx failed (-32) 
> [   22.279701] lirc_imon: vfd_write: send packet failed for packet #1 
> [   22.520654] eth0: no IPv6 routers present 
> [   22.780632] lirc_imon: send_packet: packet tx failed (-32) 
> [   22.780635] lirc_imon: vfd_write: send packet failed for packet #5 
> [   22.903530] lirc_imon: send_packet: packet tx failed (-32) 
> [   22.903532] lirc_imon: vfd_write: send packet failed for packet #2 
> [   23.277822] lirc_imon: send_packet: packet tx failed (-32) 
> [   23.277826] lirc_imon: vfd_write: send packet failed for packet #2 
> [   23.778395] lirc_imon: send_packet: packet tx failed (-32) 
> [   23.778399] lirc_imon: vfd_write: send packet failed for packet #5 
> 
> 
> if I try the echo 'Hello mythtv... command with any combination of lcdproc and lirc running, with the lirc_imon driver loaded i get: 
> 
> -bash: /dev/lcd0: Permission denied 
> 
> run either as user or as root. 
> 
> Any ideas? 

-32 is -EPIPE... No clue wtf would trigger that. I have the exact same 
hardware in my own myth frontend box, works perfectly. What lcdproc 
driver are you trying to use to drive it? 

-- 
Jarod Wilson 
jarod [at] wilsonet 


I have tried both lcdproc 0.5.2 and 0.5.3, with the imon driver, and the lirc modules lirc_imon and lirc_dev

Eric


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