LCDproc is a piece of open source software that displays real-time system information from your Linux/*BSD box on a LCD. The server supports several serial and USB devices from Matrix Orbital and CrystalFontz as well as some devices connected to the LPT port: HD44780, T6963, SED1520 and SED1330. Various clients are available that display things like CPU load, system load, memory usage, uptime, and a lot more.

 

 

 

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Very cool idea. I'd love to have it, especially on my headless and aging Acer H340.

I have been trying to get LCDproc working in a Docker and passing the /dev/bus/xxx/xxx and /dev/ttyUSBx with no luck.

 

I tried passing the lis based panel to a Linux VM but somehow it causes my assigned keyboard to stop working.

 

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I concur this would be a very cool option.

I got the LCD character display working in a Windows 7 VM but of course that only shows stats for the VM.  I do have problems with the LCD panel stopped working until an unRAID reboot.

 

So much easier if it was part of unRAID natively.

 

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Almost a year later, still requesting this.

On 5/5/2016 at 7:01 AM, Paul_Ber said:

I have been trying to get LCDproc working in a Docker and passing the /dev/bus/xxx/xxx and /dev/ttyUSBx with no luck.

 

I tried passing the lis based panel to a Linux VM but somehow it causes my assigned keyboard to stop working.

 

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Do you have the Dockerfile and related in a github repo somewhere? I'd like to take a look at this too. I have a LCD module somewhere in my $100 back of Arduino sensors.

Never got it to work and gave up

In need of this as well..I used to have a FreeNAS box and was a breeze to install LCDproc in it..This feature will not only be cool but kinda is important for headless Boxes.

Hi! Any progress with LCDProc for unraid? Thanks.

Yes this feature would be great.

 

I had it working 10 years ago in a XBMC Linux system but I don't really understand how to do it for Unraid. 

20 minutes ago, Paul_Ber said:

Yes this feature would be great.

 

I had it working 10 years ago in a XBMC Linux system but I don't really understand how to do it for Unraid. 

For docker, It still needs a (display) driver installed on the host.

if it worked with XBMC, you could try installing the DVB plugin and installing the LibreELEC driver pack, a good chance the driver is included there already.

Edited January 6, 20215 yr by tjb_altf4

I'll bump this thread as it would be mighty useful for us qnap converts!

Love this idea myself... Though it couldn't work in a docker could it? why not a plug in in the base os?

 

On 1/6/2021 at 1:54 AM, Paul_Ber said:

Yes this feature would be great.

 

I had it working 10 years ago in a XBMC Linux system but I don't really understand how to do it for Unraid. 

Do you have any configs when you had it working. I have compiled the source and created a package, but dont have any hardware to test. Any cost effective devices(USB Attached) in the UK?

 

Found this will give it a go.

 

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Edited March 5, 20233 yr by SimonF

What are people looking for from lcdproc. I have it working on my unraid servers so will look to create a plugin, may be basic to start with.

 

root@computenode:/mnt/user/appdata/IPMI-unRAID# ps -ef |grep -u lcd
grep: warning: --unix-byte-offsets (-u) is obsolete
nobody    7662     1  2 15:55 ?        00:01:05 LCDd -c /mnt/user/appdata/lcdproc/etc/LCDd.conf
root     13476 24230  0 16:49 pts/3    00:00:00 grep -u lcd
root     15217     1  0 16:20 ?        00:00:00 lcdproc K
root     15699     1  0 16:20 ?        00:00:00 lcdproc M
root     16557     1  0 16:20 ?        00:00:00 lcdproc C
root     25209     1  0 16:22 ?        00:00:00 lcdproc U

 

 

 

Edited March 10, 20233 yr by SimonF

I gave up a long time ago

 

19 minutes ago, Paul_Ber said:

I gave up a long time ago

 

I have the command compile and working on the host. Will start creating a Plugin, but I only have CrystalFonz Display to test with.

I have a different one, "lis VLSystem L.I.S MCE 2005 VFD T USB"