[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?
>>
>> 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

>I got nothin' then, that combo works perfectly here. Can you verify
>the device isn't faulty by spinning it up under Windows?

Works just fine under windows 7.



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