[Lcdproc] LCDproc 0.5.2 released

Peter Marschall peter@adpm.de
Fri Apr 27 12:49:01 2007


Hi least,

roughly half a year after v0.5.1, the new shiny version v0.5.2 of LCDproc is 
officially out.

Here are the most important changes for LCdproc 0.5.2:
* updated & extended documentation
* various fixes to the server core
* init-script templates for LSB 3.x conforming systems
* new drivers:
  + serialPOS: for text based serial Point of Sale displays
  + ea65: driver for VFD in AOpen XC Cube AV EA65 barebones
  + picolcd: driver for Mini-box.com USB LCD picoLCD
  + hd44780/pertelian: connection type for Pertelian X4020
  + hd44780/lcd2usb: connection type for Till Harbaum's LCD2USB
  + hd44780/vdr-wakeup: connection type for Frank Jepsen's vdr-wakeup
  + sed1330/SP14Q002: connection type for Hitachi SP14Q002
* updated drivers:
  + iMon: fix cellwidth, add graphics character support
  + ula200: fix build environment and documentation
  + g15: compatibility with g15daemon > 1.2
  + MtxOrb: flush(), run-time configurable Brightness/OffBrightness
  + CFontz: run-time configurable Brightness/OffBrightness, custom chars
  + CwLnx: fixes, big number support
  + serialVFD: fixes, updates
  + hd44780: fixes for the serial connection types, new options
* updated clients:
  + lcdproc:
    - ged rid of more global variables
    - fix Disk screen
    - Credit contributors in About screen
    - support Iface and ProcSize screens for OS X / Darwin
    - allow switching on/off Load screen using menu
  + lcdexec:
    - try harder to find a shell
* updated build environment:
  + allow compiling with LDFLAG "--as-needed"
  + remove compile-time option to read configuration from LDAP

It can be downloaded from sf as usual.

Have fun with it.
Peter
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Peter Marschall
peter@adpm.de