[Lcdproc] Problems with Pyramid LCD

[Peter Marschall]

Hi,

On Thursday, 10. August 2006 22:41, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> * tlovelac@midsouth.rr.com <tlovelac@midsouth.rr.com> [060810 04:59]:
> > Thanks for the reply. I am guessing my problem is that I am not running
> > a recent enough kernel. The software I am using is still in the 2.4
> > train and may be a little while before they get to the 2.6 code. Is
> > there no way to use this LCD with that?
>
> honestly I never tried. Check if 2.4 has ftdi_sio.c and whether you can
> basically apply this patch
>
> http://www.pyramid.de/d/downloads/patch-4-linux-2.6.13-14.txt
>
> ... plugging the LCD into a USB port should load the ftdi_sio.ko driver
> and create a ttyUSB0 for you. If it does, this is probably going to
> work.

I have added a paragraph about the requirements of the pyramid driver to the 
User guide.

Hope it helps
Peter

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Peter Marschall
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