[Lcdproc] Matrix Orbital LCD backlight starts blinking

[Peter Marschall]

Hi,

PLEASE KEEP YOUR REPLIES TO THE LIST !!!

On Tuesday, 12. September 2006 19:02, you wrote:
> I have downloaded and installed the latest lcdproc from CVS, but I can't
> figure out how to configure the screen backlight parameters you mentioned
> below.  I checked the Changelog and README and INSTALL files - but I can't
> find anything.  Could you point me in the right direction?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Marschall [mailto:peter@adpm.de]
> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 3:31 PM
> To: Technical Support
> Subject: Re: [Lcdproc] Matrix Orbital LCD backlight starts blinking
>
> Hi "Technical Support"
>
> Please keep your replies to the list !
>
> On Monday, 11. September 2006 18:29, Technical Support wrote:
> > I removed the "L" (load) screen from lcdproc but the screen still blinks.
> > I wonder if I'm misunderstanding what you said?
>
> This might be because the blinking status is stored on the server side.
>
> Try to restart the server and and see if it re-occurs (as long you are not
> using the L screen in lcdproc)

Did you follow this advice ?
What were the results ?


> I committed a change to CVS that will make the thresholds for blinking
> and turning off the back light a configuration parameter in the lcdproc
> client's configuration file lcdproc.conf.
> (Up to now these thresholds were configuration time parameters)
>
> This change should occur in tomorrow's nightly tar ball at
> http://lcdproc.sourceforge.net/nightly/lcdproc-CVS-current.tar.gz

Have a look at clients/lcdproc/lcdproc.conf in the LCDproc source.
(where this file exactly gets installed depends on your installation)

It contains the following lines:

----------->8 snip 8< --------------
[Load]
# Show screen
Active=True
# Min Load Avg at which the backlight will be turned off [default: 0.05]
LowLoad=0.05
# Max Load Avg at which the backlight will start blinking [default: 1.3]
HighLoad=1.3
----------->8 snip 8< --------------

Adapt these values to your needs in the installed version the file
and restart lcdproc.

Should you happen to have an old version of lcdproc without these
lines in clients/lcdproc/lcdproc.conf, simply call
	./configure --help
and look for options containing the word load.
In this case reconfigure and reinstall lcdproc with the settings changed.

> PS: Would you mind giving a name in the posts as the term "Technical
> Support"
>       is a bit misleading. You do not want to do technical support for
>       the lcdproc mailing list, do you ?

Did you even read my last mail ?

Peter

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Peter Marschall
peter@adpm.de