Re: [lcd4linux] Detecting if an LCD is available

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

Hi Norbert,

> If I start lcd4linux on a machine without an LCD display, I'm getting
> lots of these messages:
> 
> Nov 29 12:05:18 foo LCD4Linux[16306]: HD44780: timeout waiting for busy flag on controller 1 (85)

These should disappear after a while, with a message reading
"deactivating busy-flag checking" or so.

> That's why I'm searching a way to detect if an LCD is available or
> not, so I can prevent starting lcd4linux on machines without an LCD.
I'm afraid there is no *reliable* way to detect if a display is
connected to the parallel port.


bye, Michael

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