Re: [Lcd4linux-devel] The HD66712-thing...

[Xavier V. <xav...@fr...>]

Hello Andreas !

As I suspected, it's a configuration problem. As there are only 8
user-defined chars in these displays, Michael decided to have a "Icons"
config option which defines how many chars must be kept for icons, and
the other are used by bars. If you don't set "icons", you don't get
icons ;)

My lcd4linux.conf looks like this :
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display HD44780 {
    driver 'HD44780'
    model 'generic'
    port '/dev/parports/0'
    bits '8'
    size '16x2'
    icons '2'         <----- here's the claim
}
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And here's is the log I get about HD44780 :
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HD44780: controlling 0 GPO's
HD44780: using display with 1 controllers
HD44780: using 8 bit mode
CPU supports Time Stamp Counter
CPU runs at 600.061000 MHz
using TSC delay loop, 601 ticks per microsecond
using ppdev /dev/parports/0
HD44780: wiring: [DISPLAY:RS]<==>[PARPORT:AUTOFD]
HD44780: wiring: [DISPLAY:RW]<==>[PARPORT:GND]
HD44780: wiring: [DISPLAY:ENABLE]<==>[PARPORT:STROBE]
HD44780: wiring: [DISPLAY:ENABLE2]<==>[PARPORT:GND]
HD44780: wiring: [DISPLAY:GPO]<==>[PARPORT:GND]
HD44780: not using busy-flag checking
HD44780: reserving 2 of 8 user-defined characters for icons      <-- !
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Bye !
-- 
Xavier VELLO <xav...@fr...>