On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 04:42:02PM +0100, Edd Barrett wrote: > Hi, > > On 5/10/07, Andreas Bihlmaier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Hello ports@, > > > >after reading an article in a German magazine about building a very > >cheap (6 Euros) LCD connected to LPT, I build one. > > > >A LCD is much nicer with software to make use of it. > >That is the reason for my port of lcdproc. > >Really cool to have them on private "server" machines to see when the > >newest release is done building without switching on the screen. > > > >The port is i386 only because at least parallel hd44780 does not work on > >amd64, nor sparc64! > >I tried to get this running on amd64 as well, but amd64 does not > >implement amd64_set_ioperm() > >(#if 0ed out in sys/arch/amd64/amd64/sys_machdep.c) > > > ># pkg_info lcdproc > >Information for lcdproc-0.5.2 > > > >Comment: > >client/server displaying system information on a LCD > > > >Description: > >LCDproc is a piece of software that displays real-time system > >information from your Linux/*BSD box on a LCD. The server supports > >several serial devices: Matrix Orbital, CrystalFontz, Bayrad, LB216, > >LCDM001 (kernelconcepts.de), Wirz-SLI, Cwlinux(.com) and PIC-an-LCD; > >and some devices connected to the LPT port: HD44780, STV5730, T6963, > >SED1520 and SED1330. Various clients are available that display things > >like CPU load, system load, memory usage, uptime, and a lot more. > > > >LCDproc also supports key or remote control input for controlling the > >clients. > > > >The client and the server use a TCP connection to communicate, so it > >is possible to have a remote client showing its stats on a LCD display > >connected local. > > > >Maintainer: Andreas Bihlmaier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >WWW: http://lcdproc.org > > > > > >There is a small perl dependency, which is (now) trivial to port. > ># pkg_info p5-Geo-METAR > >Information for p5-Geo-METAR-1.14 > > > >Comment: > >process aviation weather reports in the METAR format > > > >Required by: > >lcdproc-0.5.2 > > > >Description: > >METAR reports are available on-line, thanks to the National Weather > >Service. Since reading the METAR format isn't easy for non-pilots, > >these reports are relatively useles to the common man who just wants a > >quick glace at the weather. > > > >Maintainer: Andreas Bihlmaier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > >Regards, > >ahb > > > > > > This would be a great piece of software to have in OpenBSD. I tried > building lcdproc last year and failed and ended up writing my own > (bodge) driver for my parallel HD44780 LCD.
I found this while looking at texlive on your page. Did you ever try to port this to am64 and/or sparc64? One would have to use a completly other access method for the lpt port. Btw. I'm looking forward to having texlive in ports. > Lcd proc is certainly very nice. > > I will test this for you. Thanks. :) If you could also port it to amd64 that would be great ;) > -- > Best Regards > > Edd > --------------------------------------------------- > http://students.dec.bournemouth.ac.uk/ebarrett/ Regards, ahb
