Re: [Lcd4linux-devel] LCD4Linux-0.10.0-RC1 doubts..

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

Hi Francisco,

> I'm poking around with the new RC1 version.. so.. first of all i had
> some confusion betwen old .conf format and the new.. i supose the old .9
> conf files are not interpreted as well.. right? 

Yes, the config file format did change a lot.

> i have an HD44780 lcd
> now my troubles are:
> 
> I didn't get how to use virtual rows and cols (a virtually bigger
> screen, scrolling around my real one..i think) maybe i didn't get in
> which section this rows, scroll, etc params go..
Well, the answer is simple: there are no "virtual rows" at the moment :-)

This will be solved as soon lcd4linux got it's "event" subsystem, which
will drive the "moving window" of the display against the layout
framebuffer.

> I didn't get to work my sensors.. they seem not to be detected well..
> altough my lmsensors is working ok.. i tried kernel modules and compiled
> in.. i have a via mini-itx board.. with "vt1211-isa-6000" chip.. anyway
> i get this:
> Feb 23 18:50:32 scarpiera LCD4Linux[2364]: i2c_sensors: unable to
> autodetect i2c sensors!
> uhm.. how does he autedetect this??
Xavier? Are you listening?

> Another strange behaviour of my HD44780 is that it is not able to
> visualize personalized icons and bars that are not either North nor East
> oriented.. is this normal (i'm not trying to display all this things in
> the SAME time.. just separately)? maybe it should redefine the icons in
> function of the free character it has, right?
Did you reserve some chars using the 'Icons' parameter in the display
section?

> Finally I was also arguing what was the msr.h support for lcd4linux used
> for? i get this:
> Feb 23 18:50:32 scarpiera LCD4Linux[2365]: udelay: The file
> 'include/asm/msr.h' was missing at compile time.
> What would the benefits be.. and why is the ./configure not detecting
> this .h in my system? i have it in /asm altough.. and of course my
> /proc/cpuinfo says i have msr support.. ;)
Maybe you need to have kernel sources installed. The configure script
looks for /usr/include/asm/msr.h; and if this file cannot be found, TSC
delay loops will be deactivated. The benefit of TSC delays is that it
will be more precise and takes less CPU time (well, at least I hope so :-)

> Ok i also have a feature suggestion if it would be not too complicated:
> since the bar indicators are automagically scaling according to the
> maximum value they register.. after a while and after for instance a big
> download burst, the eth indicator is almost invisible on the bar.. is it
> possible to set some sort of timeout which resets the peak maximum scale
> value? it would realy be visually more appealing..
I've been thinking about this. some kind of "slow reduction of the
maximum value".... Would you care to open a ticket for this?


bye, Michael

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