lcdvc(1)

💖 lcdvc — the LCDproc virtual console, bestie edition ✨

okay so welcome to lcdvc(1), the manual page for lcdvc, aka the LCDproc virtual console. she's giving utility, she's giving display magic, and she's about to make your terminal content pop off on an LCD. let's get into it 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

lcdvc [-fh] [-a addr] [-c file] [-p port] [-r level] [-s bool]

that's the whole vibe in one line, no cap 💅

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so like, this program shows content from a system console on a LCD that's controlled by LCDd. iconic behaviour, honestly.

now here's the thing: your console is usually way bigger than a LCD screen — it's giving "trying to fit your whole personality into a group photo" 😭 — so the area that's actually shown on the LCD screen can be scrolled using keys attached to the display. you literally just scroll it around. slay.

on top of that, she also has an autoscroll feature. it's on by default, and lowkey the only way to turn it off is through lcdvc's own menu. no flag for that, bestie, the menu is the moment.

by default it uses the /dev/vcs and /dev/vcsa devices as the console to show. if you want different console devices, you set those in the configuration file /etc/lcdvc.conf. and the keys used for scrolling? yeah those are settable in the config file too. everything's configurable, we love to see it ✨

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

heads up bestie: all of these can also be set in the configuration file /etc/lcdvc.conf, but whatever you put on the command line takes precedence. command line is the main character here, periodt.

• -a addr — DNS name or IP address of the LCDd server (default localhost).
• -c file — specify the configuration file.
• -f — run in foreground.
• -h — output help and exit.
• -p port — port of the LCDd server (default 13666).
• -r level — set reporting level (0-5, default: 2)
• -s bool — report to syslog (1) or stderr (0, default).

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🎀 FILES 🎀

the sacred texts, the lore, the files that matter:

• /etc/lcdvc.conf
• /dev/vcs
• /dev/vcsa

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

giving credit where credit is due, always 💜

lcdvc was originally written by Joris Robijn, modified by Peter Marschall.

this man page was written by Markus Dolze.

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go read these too, iykyk:

• LCDd(8)
• vcs(4)

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🌈 LICENSE 🌈

lcdvc is released under the GNU General Public License, version 2. free software, iconic behaviour, we stan 🌟

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okay that's the whole page bestie, you're officially educated 💖

signing off from the LCDproc era — this one's dated 12 June 2009, and yes she still eats 🎀✨