Add LCDproc functionality for 16x2, 20x2, 20x4, etc LCD USB panels.


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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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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 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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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. :)

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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.

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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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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

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