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Hi all,

Just finished wiring my HD44780 Seiko L2014 display (20x4). On powerup,
I see the 2 lines of "black". When I startup LCDd using the startup
script I see the screen flash, then go back to the black bars. When I
startup lcdproc (again using the script) the screen displays the 2 black
bars (only slightly dimmer now) with 2 1/2 black bars on lines 3 and 4.
It alternates between this and the solid 2 black bars.

Here's my LCDd.conf:

[server]
Driver=HD44780
Bind=127.0.0.1
Port=13666
ReportToSyslog=yes
WaitTime=10
User=nobody
ServerScreen=no
Foreground=no
Heartbeat=open
InitialHeartbeat=on
Backlight=open
InitialBacklight=on
BacklightBrightness=255
BacklightOffBrightness=0
[input]
[bayrad]
Arguments="fill in here"
[CFontz]
Device=/dev/ttyS0
Size=20x4
Contrast=140
Speed=9600
NewFirmware=no
Reboot=no
[curses]
foreground=blue
background=cyan
backlight=red
size=20x4
topleftx=7
toplefty=7
[GLK]
device=/dev/lcd
contrast=140
speed=19200
[HD44780]
Port=0x378
ConnectionType=8bit
Keypad=no
Backlight=no
Size=20x4
DelayMult=2
DelayBus=true
[IrMan]
Arguments="fill in here"
[joy]
Arguments="-d /dev/js0"
[LB216]
Arguments="-d /dev/ttyS0 -s 9600"
[lcdm001]
Device=/dev/ttyS1
PauseKey=DownKey
BackKey=LeftKey
ForwardKey=RightKey
MainMenuKey=UpKey
[lircin]
[MtxOrb]
device=/dev/lcd
size=20x4
enablebacklight=yes
contrast=140
speed=19200
type=lcd
PauseKey=N
BackKey=K
ForwardKey=A
MainMenuKey=F
keypad_test_mode=no
[SED1330]
Port=0x378
Type=G321D
[SED1520]
Port=0x378
[stv5730]
Port=0x378
Mode=0
VidSys=1
ZoomFirst=1
ColFline=4
ColText=1
ColCback=3
ColCbord=0
ColSback=2
[svgalib]
[T6963]
Arguments="fill in here"
[text]
size=20x4
[Wirz-sli]
Arguments="fill in here"

I had parallel support and lp0 support compiled into the kernel, so I
recompiled the kernel and configured them as modules. Here are my
loaded modules:

Module Size Used by
au8830 143328 0
ipchains 45284 0 (unused)

But, if I look at the dmesgs I see this:

parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [PCSPP(,...)]

Does that mean the parallel port module is stll being used????

Also, does LCDd or lcdproc write out any error messages anywhere? I
didn't see anything in /var/log/messages.

Thanks for any help anyone can give me.

Mike

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• [Lcdproc] Hd44780 problems, Michael Sobik, 12/25/2002

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