[lcd4linux] Syslog overflow: "unable to compact bar characters"

[Stefan U. H. <st...@he...>]

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Hi there,

I'm running lcd4linux on debian etch (0.10.0+cvs20060825-1) with a
HD44780 based 20x4 display. The actual display does, what it is
supposed to (means: the bars and widgets work as wanted), but I get
(despite correct operation) tons of error-messages logged in my syslog:

    Apr 26 12:33:43 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: unable to compact bar
    characters
    Apr 26 12:33:43 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: nSegment=2 fSegment=1
    CHARS=8 ICONS=8
    Apr 26 12:33:43 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: Segment[0].val1=0 val2=0
    Apr 26 12:33:43 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: Segment[1].val1=5 val2=1
    Apr 26 12:33:43 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: Segment[2].val1=1 val2=0
    Apr 26 12:33:43 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: unable to compact bar
    characters
    Apr 26 12:33:43 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: nSegment=2 fSegment=1
    CHARS=8 ICONS=8
    Apr 26 12:33:43 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: Segment[0].val1=0 val2=0
    Apr 26 12:33:43 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: Segment[1].val1=5 val2=1
    Apr 26 12:33:43 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: Segment[2].val1=1 val2=0
    Apr 26 12:33:44 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: unable to compact bar
    characters
    Apr 26 12:33:44 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: nSegment=2 fSegment=1
    CHARS=8 ICONS=8
    Apr 26 12:33:44 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: Segment[0].val1=0 val2=0
    Apr 26 12:33:44 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: Segment[1].val1=5 val2=1
    Apr 26 12:33:44 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: Segment[2].val1=2 val2=0
    Apr 26 12:33:45 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: unable to compact bar
    characters
    Apr 26 12:33:45 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: nSegment=2 fSegment=1
    CHARS=8 ICONS=8
    Apr 26 12:33:45 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: Segment[0].val1=0 val2=0
    Apr 26 12:33:45 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: Segment[1].val1=5 val2=1
    Apr 26 12:33:45 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: Segment[2].val1=2 val2=0
    Apr 26 12:33:45 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: unable to compact bar
    characters
    Apr 26 12:33:45 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: nSegment=2 fSegment=1
    CHARS=8 ICONS=8
    Apr 26 12:33:45 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: Segment[0].val1=0 val2=0
    Apr 26 12:33:45 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: Segment[1].val1=5 val2=1
    Apr 26 12:33:45 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: Segment[2].val1=1 val2=0
    Apr 26 12:33:45 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: unable to compact bar
    characters
    Apr 26 12:33:45 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: nSegment=2 fSegment=1
    CHARS=8 ICONS=8
    Apr 26 12:33:45 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: Segment[0].val1=0 val2=0
    Apr 26 12:33:45 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: Segment[1].val1=5 val2=1
    Apr 26 12:33:45 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: Segment[2].val1=1 val2=0
    Apr 26 12:33:45 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: unable to compact bar
    characters
    Apr 26 12:33:45 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: nSegment=2 fSegment=1
    CHARS=8 ICONS=8
    Apr 26 12:33:45 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: Segment[0].val1=0 val2=0
    Apr 26 12:33:45 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: Segment[1].val1=5 val2=1
    Apr 26 12:33:45 zomba LCD4Linux[6791]: Segment[2].val1=3 val2=0

What is here the problem? - Or alternatively: Is there a simple way to
prevent lcd4linux from logging to syslog?

My config is as follows (I played a bit with the "fuzz"-value in order
to solve this, but so far with no result:

    # generic HD44780 display (LCD4Linux wiring)
    Display HD44780-generic {
        Driver 'HD44780'
        Model 'generic'
        Port '/dev/parport1'
        Size '20x4'
        asc255bug 1
        Icons 8
        GPOs 8
        Wire {
            RW      'GND'
            RS      'AUTOFD'
            ENABLE  'STROBE'
            ENABLE2 'GND'
            GPO     'INIT'
            POWER   'GND'
        }
        Timing {
            fuzz '85'
        }
    }

When starting lcd4linux I tried using multiple "-q" options (see
below) ... but also without any effect so far:

    #! /bin/sh

    PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
    DAEMON=/usr/sbin/lcd4linux
    DAEMON_OPTS="-qqq"
    NAME=lcd4linux
    DESC=lcd4linux

    test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
    test -f /etc/lcd4linux.conf || exit 0

    set -e

    case "$1" in
      start)
            echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
            chmod 600 /etc/lcd4linux.conf
            start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile
    /var/run/$NAME.pid \
                    --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
            echo "$NAME."
            ;;
    [...]

Any idea how to prevent this log-overflow would be highly aprreciated.

Thanks a lot in advance!

Stefan.

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