On 7/17/05, Steven Bowers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/16/05, Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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.
Similar patches for CrystalFontz are available for OpenBSD: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/openbsd/2004-04/0596.html > Darn, I was kind of hoping to use the new CrytalFontz CFA635 (20x4, > plus a keypad on a PCB that will fit into a 5.25" bay). Any > recommendations on a compatible unit? Looking at the specs and test (Linux) script for the CFA635, it might just come up as a USB serial adapter, automatically or with a kernel patch (see above). I'm not quite sure enough of this to spend seventy bucks, so I bought a 634 with the serial interface, and (after patching LCDproc) it works fine under OpenBSD. Kevin Kadow
