On 7/16/05, Steven Bowers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm interested in using an LCD on my OBSD box to view a few stats. The > box already runs headless so this would just be a means to check stats > at a glance. Has anyone here used LCDProc or something similar?
Yes. lcdproc-0.4.5, released 2004-04-13. > If so what comments do you have? There have in the past been overflows in the network listener. Also, using CrystalFontz driver (CFontz.c) in lcdproc-0.4.5, some minor changes to the code which initializes the serial port were necessary for the LCD display to actually work correctly. I have a patch. > As to hardware - serial or USB? Which is better supported under OBSD 3.7? Serial. Most of the "USB" displays are basically serial displays with embedded USB to serial controllers, ones likely not supported under OpenBSD. The LCDproc mailing list is full of discussion about patching the Linux kernel to make some esoteric USB-connected display panel work. Kevin Kadow
