[Lcdproc] Newbie Questions

[Jim Dearden]

Hi All,

I have a couple of questions regarding my lcdproc setup. I'm using a 
Matrix Orbital X-Board, (http://www.matrixorbital.ca/products/xboard/) a 
serial to HD44780 converter. This is hooked up to a 4x20 HD44780 display.

Under Windows, using LCD Smartie, the board works fine. I'm having 
problems with it under Ubuntu Fiesty Fawn, on the same system. The 
symptoms are a lot of flickering on the display, with LCDd running, even 
before lcdproc is started. It appears that the cursor homing is not 
working quite right, sometimes the first line is mirrored on the second 
line.

In looking around the net, it seems that the heartbeat might be a 
problem, but I can't find any option in the config files to turn it off 
to check this. As well, a parallel port  HD44780 works just fine on the 
system.

Can anyone point me to some things to check?

Thanks,

Jim Dearden