[mythtv-users] LCD Does Not Display Backend Status
Jay Foster
jayf0ster at roadrunner.com
Wed Nov 19 01:14:55 UTC 2014
On 11/17/2014 12:22 PM, Dan Wilga wrote:
> On 11/17/14 2:54 PM, Jay Foster wrote:
>> I have upgraded to a new MythTV machine (combined FE/BE), with a
>> fresh install of mythbuntu 14.04.1 (0.27.4-fixes). The LCD does
>> display frontend activity (clock, menu navigation, recording
>> playback, etc.), but does not display any BE status (recording). I
>> checked and the show backend info checkbox is checked in the
>> setup. Any ideas on how to fix this? I have rebooted, restarted
>> the FE and BE in different orders, and still no joy.
> I haven't read this whole thread, so I apologize if you've already
> tried this: Did you check your LCDproc settings to make sure they
> match what your display is actually capable of? There's a chance that
> the display isn't showing recording status because it's being "drawn"
> on a row your display doesn't possess.
>
> You might also try setting it to use the "curses" driver with
> something large-ish like "Size=20x4", so that you can see the output
> in your terminal. This is in LCDd.conf.
>
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I'm using the lis LCDd driver. It did have the Size unspecified, but
the comment states it is 20x2. I uncommented it to 20x2. I restarted
LCDd, mythfronted, and mythbackend. Still no difference.
If I were to try the curses driver, where would the LCD output go? Which
shell window? Is there any reason to even suspect that mythbackend
would use rows 3 and 4? I would be surprised if it did, since most LCD
displays I have seen only have two rows.
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