[Lcdproc] Init-lcdproc flaw under FC/Redhat

Peter Marschall peter@adpm.de
Wed Sep 13 18:45:02 2006


Hi,

On Wednesday, 13. September 2006 17:14, Technical Support wrote:
> I know a RTFM message is coming my way, so I have read the docs!  Just to
> add a little more info...
>
> I copied the sample lcdproc.conf file from clients/lcdproc/lcdproc.conf to
> /etc - clearly that was a mistake.  If I understand correctly, lcdproc uses
> TWO programs called lcdproc.conf.  One in the /usr/local/etc which has
> setup info for each screen, and one in /etc which defines which screens to
> display.  (This might be worth noting in the docs somewhere - or I just
> couldn't find this info)
Not for very much longer ...

I will remove the file lcdproc.conf from the scripts scripts/ subdir in tjhe 
source as well as the references in the lcdproc-*.in files in the same
directory.

It did not get removed when lcdproc got the ability to parse it's own config 
file.

> I did a make clean and reinstalled...now the program starts without error!
> (Well, actually the default init-lcdproc script tries to show a screen "X"
> which does not exist - but I just deleted that and it starts).

What about your original problem, the blinking backlight ?

Peter

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Peter Marschall
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