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

[A JM]

On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 9:27 PM, A JM <vbtalent at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 7:58 AM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> 2009/1/22 A JM <vbtalent at gmail.com>:
>> > I do use Ubuntu, are your patches widely available or only for personal
>> use?
>> >
>> > I'm assuming your patches are to address the same issues as what David
>> was
>> > running into? great information David.
>> >
>> > "To get lirc to automatically detect the display as an LCD instead of a
>> > VFD, you need to use lirc from CVS.  Specifically, you need revision
>> > 1.32 or later of lirc_imon.c.  If you don't want to use all unreleased
>> > lirc, just drop that one file into lirc-0.8.4a.  I'm actually using it
>> > with lirc-0.8.3."
>>
>> Here are the messages I wrote regarding the lcd support in lirc 0.8.3
>> that comes with ubuntu 8.10.
>>
>> For adding support of the LCD in stock lirc:
>> "For those running Ubuntu (tested on Ubuntu 8.10 beta)
>>
>> I've made a patch to the existing lirc modules, the advantage being
>> that they will be installed in the proper location, and it will be
>> easier to maintain in the future.
>> Patch is available there:
>> http://www.avenard.org/mythtv/lirc-0.8.3.imon.patch
>>
>> How to use it:
>>
>> # apt-get install lirc-modules-source
>> # cd /usr/src/lirc-0.8.3
>> # patch -p1 < /path/th/lirc-0.8.3.imon.patch
>> # dpkg-reconfigure lirc-modules-source
>>
>> either reboot or type:
>> rmmod lirc_imon
>> rmmod lirc_dev
>> modprobe lirc_imon:
>>
>> Then, for getting the remote control to work in Linux with LIRC:
>>
>> "For people with an Antec Fusion Remote and the MX200 remote control.
>>
>> I've created a lircd configuration file for the buttons of that remote
>> , including the volume knob. As well as the script to start everything
>> automatically.
>>
>> The lirc script is it be copied into /etc/init.d
>> and the other configuration files to be located in their right location.
>>
>> What it does is start two lircd daemon as described in this great blog.
>>
>> Creating it was a pain as if you make any mistakes during the irrecord
>> you have to restart the configuration after starting/stopping lircd
>>
>> To start the lirc daemon, either reboot or type /etc/init.d/lirc start
>>
>> So this take the pain away from you ; enjoy
>>
>> http://www.avenard.org/mythtv/lirc-conf.tar.gz"
>>
>> Follow both steps , the simply create the right .lirc file for mythtv...
>> full LCD and IR support for the Antec case
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>
>
> Very generous! thanks for all the hard work you've put into this.
>
> "The lirc script is it be copied into /etc/init.d
> and the other configuration files to be located in their right location."
>
> What would the"right location" represent? I've done a search for Lirc files
> and don't see any lircd.conf or hardware.conf files?
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>
>
Scratch my last post.. duh it finally dawned on me.

Can I test this without using Myth at the moment? this is a fresh install
and just want to see if she's working.

Also, Davids post earlier referred to turning off the backlight and I see
his suggestions are a little different than yours are they basically the
same processes? Can I simply add the lines *backlight=0 *into the
hardware.conf file?

*To get lirc to automatically detect the display as an LCD instead of a
VFD, you need to use lirc from CVS.  Specifically, you need revision
1.32 or later of lirc_imon.c.  If you don't want to use all unreleased
lirc, just drop that one file into lirc-0.8.4a.  I'm actually using it
with lirc-0.8.3.

To get lcdproc to correctly use the graphical display, you need to
apply the pactch at
http://codeka.com/blogs/imon/lcdproc-0.5.2-imonlcd-0.3.patch.  Then
set the driver to be "imonlcd" in LCDd.conf.  You can turn the
backlight off by setting "backlight=0" in the "[imonlcd]" section of
LCDd.conf.*
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