LCDproc User's Guide

The Ultimate Guide to LCDproc 0.4.3

Rene Wagner

Guillaume Filion

William W. Ferrell

0.0.1

Table of Contents
Introduction
About this Document
What is LCDproc?
The LCDproc Server - LCDd
The LCDproc "Main" Client - lcdproc
Other LCDproc Clients
How to Obtain LCDproc
Versioning
Download Last Day's CVS Version of LCDproc as a Tarball
Download The Latest Version of LCDproc from CVS
apt-get
Installation
Build LCDproc
Install LCDproc Directly From The Sources
Generate And Install Packages of LCDproc
LCDproc Configuration
Configure LCDd
LCDd.conf: The [server] Section
LCDd.conf: The [input] Section
LCDd.conf: The Drivers Section
The LCDproc Init Scripts
init-LCDd
init-lcdproc
LCDproc Drivers
The HD44780 Driver
Connections
Compiling
Configuration
Running
Miscellania
Parallel Port Troubleshooting
Check The Wiring
Power Source Unregulated / Noisy
Ground Lift
Latchup
Contrast
Parallel Port Voltage
Enable Signal Rise Time
EMI
One or Two Black Lines
Software Too Fast
LED Backlight
HD44780 Compatible
Miscellania
The Matrix Orbital Driver (MtxOrb)
Matrix Orbital LCD Modules
Matrix Orbital Hardware Installation
Copyright
The lircin Driver
Checking Your LIRC Setup
Build LCDd with the lircin Driver
Configure LCDd to Use the lircin Driver
Modify Your ~/.lircrc
Running LCDproc
Running LCDd
Running LCDd from the command line
The Command Line Options of LCDd
Running lcdproc
The Command Line Options of lcdproc
Contact Us
Errata
The LCDproc Mailing List
Reporting Bugs
GNU Free Documentation License
PREAMBLE
APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS
VERBATIM COPYING
COPYING IN QUANTITY
MODIFICATIONS
COMBINING DOCUMENTS
COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS
AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS
TRANSLATION
TERMINATION
FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE
How to use this License for your documents