help with LCD hd44780

markp1989 · 2009-02-12 15:24:50

u just made one of these http://www.overclockers.com.au/techstuff/a_diy_lcd/

the screen is powering up, as it has a row full of squares, like described in the link.

i just want to know how i can get ubuntu or arch to control the lcd.

ProgDan · 2009-02-12 16:19:04

Oh! I have the very same one too, but I don't have LPT on my laptop :-(

Try out LCDProc (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=8344).

markp1989 · 2009-02-12 21:19:25

ProgDan wrote:

Oh! I have the very same one too, but I don't have LPT on my laptop :-(
Try out LCDProc (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=8344).

thanks, il look in to it. alot of the dependencies arnt in the repos, so im going to have to compile them aswell.

ProgDan · 2009-02-12 21:29:32

Try to use yaourt, it builds everything from AUR itself so you don't need to do it all manualy :-)

Please, could you post here later how it works for you? I'd try to find the display i made some time ago and put it on my home server to see some statistics. Thanks

markp1989 · 2009-02-12 21:51:37

i have all the packages installed. do you have any experience with configuring lcdproc for this particular lcd?

ProgDan · 2009-02-12 21:57:35

No,
I have never used the software before. I found it today as I was looking for something that could help you :-)

markp1989 · 2009-02-12 22:03:04

ProgDan wrote:

No,
I have never used the software before. I found it today as I was looking for something that could help you :-)

lol. thanks for the help. will be reading the wiki pages for lcdproc, to see how to have the /etc/lcdproc.conf file working.

thankyou.

markp1989 · 2009-02-13 20:32:06

i wont be posting on this for a while, i damaged the motherboard when fitting a new heatsink . as soon as i get the desktop up and running again, i will continue working on the lcdproc config files.

markp1989 · 2009-05-18 11:28:09

i have my new pc set up now, any one willing to help me with the config of lcdproc??

Thankyou Markp1989

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help with LCD hd44780

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