LCDproc

Notes: ====== These are the release notes for LCDproc v0.5.5, the new stable version of LCDproc. This release includes some bug fixes as well as several updated drivers. See below for a brief list or the file ChangeLog for a more comprehensive one. The CFontz633 driver has been deprecated and will output a warning about this on start-up. It will be removed after this release. Please use the CFontzPacket driver instead (setting Model=633 in LCDd.conf). The t6963 driver's 'Size' option in LCDd.conf now has to be configured in pixels instead of characters. Fingerprint: ============ SHA1 (lcdproc-0.5.5.tar.gz) = 17547391b2bf9b61fd9f7dac74782e1cebdf34be Known bugs: =========== - If vBars are used together with ICON_BLOCK_FILLED on the same screen and that icon is implemented as a custom char, it sometimes is replaced with a non full block from the vBar. - On Solaris the mtc_s16209x driver fails to compile. Configure LCDproc to exclude this driver. - The server config file LCDd.conf is not installed if 'make install-server' is used to install only the server without the clients. - On recent Linux distributions which use RPM style init scripts the script init-LCDd.rpm hangs because it incorrectly references a pid file that is not created. Workaround: Remove the line '# pidfile: /var/run/LCDd.pid'. Changes: ======== Key: - Something removed + Something added * Something changed / fixed Updated drivers --------------- + New common 5x8 font for t6963, sed1520, mdm166a and i2500vfd drivers * CFontz: Fix display of bars + sed1330: Add support for HG25504 * sed1520: Make it work with 68-family style interface * picolcd: Add OffBrightness, more icons and fix bignum * SureElec: Change port initialization (SF 3212891) * imonlcd: Fix spinning of disc icon + imon: Add bignum support * hd44780: * New (possibly faster) screen update algorithm * hd44780-imon: Add charmap for NEC uPD16314 and make it configurable * hd44780-ethlcd: fix LCDd hang up on network error (it exits now) * pyramid: Fix several problems making it more reliable * CFontzPacket: Use cellwidth = 5 on CFA-631 and CFA-635 * t6963: Rewrite this driver fixing several problems Build system ------------ * Fix xosd detection * enable-extra-charmaps adds language specific charmaps (currently russian) lcdproc client -------------- * Fix a single dot appearing on line 5 of the D screen * Make the iface screen more readable on 2x16 displays Server core (LCDd) ------------------ + Add an option to start LCDd with screen rotation disabled * Update LCDd.conf to be better understood by Config::Model