[mythtv-users] Need help to setup iMON remote and VFD on Fedora 14

[Jarod Wilson]

On Nov 13, 2010, at 2:09 PM, Ben Kamen wrote:

> On 11/13/2010 11:55 AM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>> On Nov 12, 2010, at 5:58 PM, Ben Kamen wrote:
>> ...
>>> I have a VFD that I needed to force to type=1 to get it happy.
>>> 
>>> It's pretty old. (like 2005)
>>> 
>>> It's still chugging away!
>> 
>> I'm not aware of any imon devices that aren't properly auto-detected
>> and configured for the right display type with the latest driver. But
>> it was only within the past year that this became the case. Anyone
>> with a device that *isn't* auto-configured is highly encouraged to
>> speak up so that the driver can be updated such that it *is*.
> 
> I updated my system to LinHES 6.01 maybe almost 1.5yrs ago (IIRC, I could be off a little) and I just did a straight install (not attempting to upgrade).
> 
> I had problems with the VFD (which I bought back around end of 2005) and I remember in my futzing with it - forcing it to a VFD was one of those things that seemed to help get it working reliably -- and so I didn't think about it much since.
> 
> But I do remember it not working "out of the box" without me tweaking a little or at least forcing it to a known state.
> 
> (shrug)
> 
> So I'm speaking up - as requested. :D

Something you set up 1.5 years ago likely isn't using the driver
code that's at most a year old. You'd have to try with the latest
imon driver for me to be interested. :)

(I'd wager its auto-configured correctly w/the latest code).

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com