| 1 | --- LCD4Linux News --- |
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| 5 | lcd4linux-0.98 |
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| 7 | - improved signal-handling: lcd4linux can be restarted by sending a SIGHUP |
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| 9 | - lcd4linux uses syslog for messages/warnings etc. |
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| 11 | - support for GPO's (general purpose outputs, e.g. to connect a LED) |
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| 12 | The MatroxOrbital Displays have one GPO, and you can connect up to eight |
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| 13 | LED's to the parallel port using two IC's (see README.HD44780.GPO) |
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| 15 | - new delay loop for parallel port displays: uses either gettimeofday() or |
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| 16 | rdtsc (time stamp counter on newer processors). This delay needs no longer |
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| 17 | a calibration! The 'Delay'-entry in lcd4linux.conf has gone. |
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| 19 | - new raster driver for PNG creation |
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| 21 | - new curses-based text driver |
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| 23 | - security: lcd4linux.conf must have the same user/group than the executable, |
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| 24 | and must not me accesible by group and other (i.e. mode 0600). This is |
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| 25 | necessary because lcd4linux.conf can contain usernames and passwords for |
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| 26 | POP and IMAP queries. |
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| 28 | - support for plugins: new token 'x1'..'x9' for externel programs |
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| 30 | - new token 'ic' (ISDN connected/offline, mainly for a LED connected to a GPO) |
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| 32 | - APM client: new tokens 'bp', 'bs', 'bd' (battery percentage, status and |
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| 33 | duration) |
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| 35 | - mail client: new tokens 'e1'..'e9' for counting emails in local mailboxes |
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| 37 | - new configure-options '--with-drivers=<list>', so you can compile a minimal |
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| 38 | executable which contains only the drivers you need. |
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| 40 | - seti@home client: new tokens 'hc' (% completed) and 'ht' (cpu time needed) |
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| 42 | - simple web-server driver (see README.Webinterface) |
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| 44 | - uses new (kernel 2.4) ppdev system to access parallel port via ioctl() |
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| 46 | - mail suport for pop3 and imap4, token 'u1' ..'u9' show unseen mail |
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| 47 | (which is propably incorrect for normal mbox) |
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| 49 | - added another verbose level (-vvv) for debugging socket traffic |
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| 51 | - added nntp support for count of news/unread messages in subscribed NGs |
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| 53 | - implemented time series bar '$t' |
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