[lcd4linux] Automatically start lcd4linux and Ubuntu

[Jan P. <jp...@mg...>]

Hi All,

Since a day or two, I'm now using lcd4linux to show some messages on a 
MatrixOrbital LK202-25 LCD Display. Everything is working fine, I also 
managed to get my own personal message on the display when it is turned on.

But now I would like to automatically start lcd4linux when my ubuntu 
boots. So I followed the guide on the website and created the lcd4linux 
file under /etc/init.d/ with the code found here 
(http://ssl.bulix.org/projects/lcd4linux/wiki/Howto) and I also created 
the softlink /etc/rc5.d/S99lcd4linux

But when I boot my Ubuntu, the lcd4linux isn't starting at all. Should I 
do something more to launch the lcd4linux when booting Ubuntu???

An other issue that I would like to solve is that when I manually boot 
lcd4linux (sudo /etc/init.d/lcd4linux start) I first get a message:

LCD4Linux 0.11.0-SVN
lcd4linux.bulix.org

I would like to remove this message and replace it with my own. Where 
should I change this message? I figured out that the message is in the 
file drv_generic_text.c, but I think that that's not the place to change 
the message since at that point, I'm messing with the main code...

All help would be great!!

Thanks in advance!
Jan Pannecoeck