[Lcdproc] simple LCDProc on OSX setup

[Russell Jones]

Great info, thanks peter. That sounds like a solid plan before I  
invest in actual hardware.

-Russ


On Aug 27, 2006, at 4:53 PM, Peter Marschall wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Sunday, 27. August 2006 04:51, Russell Jones wrote:
>> 1. I understand that LCDProc is said to run on Darwin now, does that
>> include OS X (Tiger) specifically? Are there any differences I should
>> make note of before investing in hardware? Like, are some parts of
>> LCDProc's featureset unavailable?
> I cannot tell whether LCDproc runs on Tiger.
> But I am not aware of any feature differences between Darwin and other
> platform.
> As a first test you might try compiling LCDproc on Tiger and see  
> whether
> it produces a runable binary. Next step: try it with the curses  
> driver that
> does not need special hardware.
>
>> 2. Ideally, I'm looking for a USB blue-tinted backlit LCD, sort of
>> like the Crystalfontz "CFA634-TMC-KU" (20x4) that's as conflict free
>> with OS X as possible. Is anyone running OS X with LCDProc that could
>> recommend their solution?
> There are users that currently have issues with the CFA634
> I'd rather suggest the USB variants of the CFA631 or CFA635
> which I oen myself and which work flawlessly (when compiled  
> correctly ;-)
> on my PC.
>
>> Please do pardon my inexperience, I've been monitoring the group for
>> well over a year now (in between other hobbies) and have gotten the
>> feeling LCDProc might just be functional on OS X now. Thanks for
>> letting me ask :)
> You're welcome
>
> Peter
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