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[lcd4linux] CrystalFontz 634 USB

[Fridtjof B. <fb...@gm...>]

Hi
Did anybody get the CF 634 with USB [1] working with lcd4linux?
I'm using kernel 2.6.6 with usbserial/ftdi_sio and the LCD appears 
as /dev/usb/tts/0. 
With Speed 9600, only garbage appears on the screen. With Speed 19200 
and without any Speed setting, the LCD gets switched off completly (I 
have to unplug it to get it working again, but lcd4linux will switch it 
off again).
Thanks for any hints. :)

BTW: lcdproc works, so the display is not broken, but I'd prefer 
lcd4linux.
[1] http://www.crystalfontz.com/products/634usb/index.html
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Re: [lcd4linux] CrystalFontz 634 USB

[Michael R. <re...@eu...>]

Hi Fridtjof,

> Did anybody get the CF 634 with USB [1] working with lcd4linux?
Yes, me :-)

> I'm using kernel 2.6.6 with usbserial/ftdi_sio and the LCD appears 
> as /dev/usb/tts/0. 

At the moment I'm working on udev to get kernel 2.6 up and running...

What version of lcd4linux are you using? The Crystalfontz USB displays 
are supported with the CVS version only, IIRC.


bye, Michael

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Re: [lcd4linux] CrystalFontz 634 USB

[Fridtjof B. <fb...@gm...>]

* Michael Reinelt <re...@eu...>:
> > Did anybody get the CF 634 with USB [1] working with lcd4linux?
>
> Yes, me :-)

OK, that sounds good :)

> > I'm using kernel 2.6.6 with usbserial/ftdi_sio and the LCD appears
> > as /dev/usb/tts/0.
>
> At the moment I'm working on udev to get kernel 2.6 up and running...

Yeah, I also thought about migrating to udev from devfs :)

> What version of lcd4linux are you using? The Crystalfontz USB
> displays are supported with the CVS version only, IIRC.

I'm using 0.9.11, but if this device is supported in CVS, I'll try to 
get it working with a fresh CVS checkout.
Thanks for the hint.

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Fridtjof Busse
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Re: [lcd4linux] CrystalFontz 634 USB

[Michael R. <re...@eu...>]

Hi Fridtjof,

>>At the moment I'm working on udev to get kernel 2.6 up and running...
> 
> Yeah, I also thought about migrating to udev from devfs :)
I *had* to migrate. Someone removed the devfs stuff from the i4l 
subsystem :-(

> I'm using 0.9.11, but if this device is supported in CVS, I'll try to 
> get it working with a fresh CVS checkout.

But be warned that CVS aka 0.10 is a nearly complete rewrite, which 
means that a) it's full of bugs and b) the configuration changed a lot.

If you need help, just let me know.


bye, Michael

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