[mythtv-users] LCD Does Not Display Backend Status

[Jay Foster]

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.