NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
Solved
Front display control
Well, I'm not sure if there is anyone left in this forum but, on the off chance, here goes a question đ I have installed Debian on my old ReadyNAS Pro 6 (it has a VGA header on the motherboard, ...
From a shell, try the following:
cat /etc/init.d/lcd #!/bin/bash echo "E" > /dev/ttyS1 sleep 0.5 echo "L OMV" > /dev/ttyS1Note that you do have to include the L in the last line for the text afterward to actually display - and yes, the L is inside the quoted text portion.
You can replace the OMV portion with whatever text will fit.
Try the suggestion in post 2 here:
Ugh! My Google-Fu is terrible, it seems.
Thank you for that!
I did manage to clear the display but if I try
echo randomwords > /dev/ttyS1
nothing happens. How can I display a customised message?
I know this probably sounds incredibly noobish but this really is all very new to me.
Thank you for your help! đ
Did you try quoting "randomwords"?
- I did. Both with double and single quotation marksâŠ
a_carneiro wrote:
echo randomwords > /dev/ttyS1
Does it make any difference if you use >> instead of >
No, doesn't seem to make a difference.
The only thing that I can make happen is the display go blank.
Oh, well. Shame but not the end of the world đ
NETGEAR Academy
Boost your skills with the Netgear Academy - Get trained, certified and stay ahead with the latest Netgear technology!
Join Us!
