[mythtv] Re: MythLCD Channel Info

[Tako Schotanus]

Hi Dan,

had any time to look into the problem yet?

Yesterday I started again to try to make it work for 0.4.4 and at at
least I've gotten to the point that everything compiles again, but
unfortunately it doesn't work anymore right now ;-)
I'm just hoping that getting it to work for 0.4.4 will at least solve
all the problems I had with MythTV thinking that it will probably be
easier to fix the driver than to change MythTV to support 0.4.4 AND 0.5.

Cheers,
 -Tako


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-dev-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-dev-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of dan
> Sent: donderdag 12 februari 2004 18:02
> To: mythtv-dev at mythtv.org
> Subject: Re: [mythtv] Re: MythLCD Channel Info
> 
> 
> 
> Tako, sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you.  I 
> compiled lcdproc 
> 0.4.4 at the house. After whacking at my driver (CwLnx) to 
> make it pass back 
> all key presses I got to looking at the issues your having.  
> "output 0" is 
> normal.  I don't see the page late issues your seeing, but I 
> did see the issue 
> another poster raised re: the playlist being displayed wrong 
> on the display.  
> I believe some of the tree widgets got changed.  I'll look at 
> that this 
> weekend.
> 
> -dan
> 
> 
> >Tako Schotanus (quintesse at palacio-cristal.com) wrote: 
> >
> >Dan, the messages happen appear only in the beginning.
> >I can also see that the driver does not get passed any 
> information (only 
> >empty screens).
> >The only pages that seem to do enything are:
> >- the myth music menu
> >- the music play screen
> >- the myth video menu
> >
> >but.... and this is the strange thing... always a page 
> "late"! So in the 
> >music play screen I'll see the menu and if I escape from the 
> play screen 
> >I get the last song that played. Weird :-)
> >
> >But I think the the "output 0" could have something to do 
> with it yes 
> >because the VFD doesn't support all of the things an LCD 
> does (there's 
> >no concept of contrast for example). So it might be that the driver 
> >returns 0 somewhere it shouldn't. I'll look into it.
> >
> >Cheers,
> > -Tako
> >
> >
> >dan wrote:
> >
> >>Tako, it looks like the time widget works properly.  The 
> output you sent, is 
> >>that from when it first starts, or in the middle?  I can't 
> tell, but it 
> looks 
> >>like this is happening after the widgets get built.  It looks like 
> everything 
> >>thats getting sent to lcdproc isn't getting echo'd here.  
> Oh wait, I bet it 
> >>doesn't understand output 0.  I don't have access to my box 
> right now, or to 
> >>the docs, but I don't believe there is a "output" command 
> for lcdproc.  
> Thor, 
> >>care to chime in?
> >>
> >>Look for where/why/how "output 0" is getting sent.  I bet 
> thats the problem.
> >>
> >>-dan
> >>
> >>
> >>  
> >>
> >>>Tako Schotanus (quintesse at palacio-cristal.com) wrote: 
> >>>
> >>>Hi Dan,
> >>>
> >>>here is (part of) the output I'm getting, it does seem to 
> have to do 
> >>>with the time widget yes.
> >>>After a couple of seconds the display turns itself off 
> abruptly and I 
> >>>have the feeling that's just about the moment when the 
> errors disappear 
> >>>as well.
> >>>I'll try turning up the debug level on the LCDd to see if 
> it tries to 
> >>>use any features that the driver doesn't support.
> >>>
> >>>Cheers,
> >>>-Tako
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>lcddevice: Sending to Server: screen_set Menu priority 255
> >>>lcddevice: Sending to Server: screen_set Time priority 254
> >>>lcddevice: Sending to Server: widget_set Time timeWidget 
> 13 3 "7:46 pm"
> >>>lcddevice: Sending to Server: output 0
> >>>
> >>>lcddevice: The server is 30x4 with each cell being 5x8
> >>>lcddevice: Received from server: huh?  Invalid widget id
> >>>lcddevice: WARNING: Something is getting passed to LCDd 
> that it doesn't 
> >>>understa
> >>>nd
> >>>last command: output 0
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>    
> >>>
> >
> >
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