Re: [lcd4linux] picoLCD

[gcombs <gc...@gm...>]

Great news!  I look forward to the new fix!

g

On 2/3/07, Michael Reinelt <re...@eu...> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> >    Did you managed to make picoLCD work ? I'm still having problems with
> > bar graphs maybe you can take a look too ?
> >    Some tips will be great.
> >
> > P.S. There is indeed a problem with 2.6.19 kernel that prevents libusb
> > detaching from the kernel hid driver.
>
> Ok, today I tried to use the picoLCD with linux-2.6.18, but I get the
> same "nothing".
>
> I had a look at the sample code from ituner, and found that they use
> usb_interrupt_write() instead of usb_bulk_write(). I changed this in the
> lcd4linux driver too, and.... it works!
>
> Now I've seen the "bar bugs" too, and I found and corrected the bug: As
> you've stolen^Wadopted the code from USBLCD, there are two places where
> a ASCII 0 (zero) is escaped by another zero. This is necessary for the
> USBLCD, but not for your picoLCD. Removind this code, and all the bars
> work correctly!
>
> Unfortunately the SVN server is down at the moment, so I cannot chek my
> changes in. But I will do so as soon as it is up again.
>
>
> bye, Michael
>
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