[mythtv-users] Need help to setup iMON remote and VFD on Fedora 14

[Ben Kamen]

On 11/13/2010 2:16 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> On Nov 13, 2010, at 2:09 PM, Ben Kamen wrote:
>
>> On 11/13/2010 11:55 AM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>>> On Nov 12, 2010, at 5:58 PM, Ben Kamen wrote:
>>> ...
>>>> I have a VFD that I needed to force to type=1 to get it happy.
>>>>
>>>> It's pretty old. (like 2005)
>>>>
>>>> It's still chugging away!
>>>
>>> I'm not aware of any imon devices that aren't properly auto-detected
>>> and configured for the right display type with the latest driver. But
>>> it was only within the past year that this became the case. Anyone
>>> with a device that *isn't* auto-configured is highly encouraged to
>>> speak up so that the driver can be updated such that it *is*.
>>
>> I updated my system to LinHES 6.01 maybe almost 1.5yrs ago (IIRC, I could be off a little) and I just did a straight install (not attempting to upgrade).
>>
>> I had problems with the VFD (which I bought back around end of 2005) and I remember in my futzing with it - forcing it to a VFD was one of those things that seemed to help get it working reliably -- and so I didn't think about it much since.
>>
>> But I do remember it not working "out of the box" without me tweaking a little or at least forcing it to a known state.
>>
>> (shrug)
>>
>> So I'm speaking up - as requested. :D
>
> Something you set up 1.5 years ago likely isn't using the driver
> code that's at most a year old. You'd have to try with the latest
> imon driver for me to be interested. :)
>
> (I'd wager its auto-configured correctly w/the latest code).

That's certainly fair enough. When I can get to it - I'll try the latest and re-post to the list if I still have issues.

  -Ben


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