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[Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Joel Ebel [2014-02-10  3:23 -0000]:
> So this used to (At least as recently as 12.04) stably sit on /dev/lcd0,
> and now, as this bug indicates, it seems to pick randomly between
> /dev/lcd0 and /dev/lcd2. Is the kernel responsible for that?

Yes. It's indeed weird why it wouldn't start enumerating them at 0
always.

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Title:
  Imon LCD device number changes each boot

Status in “lcdproc” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “udev” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  LCD display does not output anything, only back light works. sudo LCDd
  -f -r 4 gives follow output:

  Server running in foreground
  Listening for queries on 127.0.0.1:13666
  imonlcd: using Device /dev/lcd0
  imonlcd: ERROR opening /dev/lcd0 (No such file or directory).
  imonlcd: Did you load the iMON kernel module?
  Driver [imonlcd] init failed, return code -1
  Module /usr/lib/lcdproc/imonlcd.so could not be loaded
  Could not load driver imonlcd
  There is no output driver
  Critical error while initializing, abort.

  
  Display worked correctly on Ubuntu 12.04

  Andrew

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: lcdproc 0.5.5-2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.9.0-3.8-generic 3.9.4
  Uname: Linux 3.9.0-3-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.10.2-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat Jun  1 10:50:02 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-30 (2 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130529)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: lcdproc
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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