[mythtv-users] VFD/LCD doesn't display current menu selection anymore.

Greg Grotsky spikeygg.mythbox at gmail.com
Sat Aug 6 13:45:24 UTC 2011


On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Dan Wilga <
mythtv-users2 at dwilga-linux1.amherst.edu> wrote:

> On 7/31/11 2:34 PM, Greg Grotsky wrote:
>
>> I have the "Display Menus" option selected in the lcd option menu but my
>> vfd doesn't display the selected menu option any more.  It still displays
>> the recording status and time, etc. just not the current menu selection when
>> a button is pressed on the remote (with timeout).  This used to work and the
>> functionality broke a few months ago.  Just upgraded to today's git
>> head/master and it still doesn't work, just wondering if this was
>> intentional and if others are experiencing this as well.
>>
>
> You might want to check the display size, as set in LCDproc, to be sure it
> matches what your hardware is actually capable of. It's possible that a
> system upgrade could have mucked with the setting, and it's returning
> incorrect info to MFE. In that case, MFE could be trying to show text on
> lines that don't actually exist on the hardware.
>
> I don't use the menu location setting, so I can't attest as to whether or
> not it's a MFE issue. What I do use (recording/playback status, date/time)
> works fine.
>

Thanks Dan, I just confirmed that my LCDproc settings are correct.
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