LCD status display

[Jonathan Hudson]

On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:14:20 +0100, Muzer wrote:

>I'm thinking of getting a small LCD display to monitor the status of the 
>system (I know these exist, since I've noticed references to them when 
>configuring the kernel; I'm talking about one that plugs into something 
>like the serial or USB port, not a VGA/DVI one). Which one would be the 
>best to get: at a good price and with compatibility with Ubuntu (so I'd 
>have to do as little as possible to get it to work; I'd be fine with 
>compiling software/drivers for it, but I'd like to stay away from 
>recompiling the kernel, it just takes too much effort). I'd only really 
>like to display things like a few temperatures, I/O usage, RAM usage, 
>CPU usage, wireless connection speed, and other such things on it (maybe 
>not all at once, but it'd be good if all or most of those could be 
>accessible; maybe if the screen is too small you could page through them 
>by pressing a key?)
>
>As said, I'm sure these exist (though whether or not they are sold to 
>endusers or at all any more is beyond my knowledge), and I'm sure if 
>extensive kernel support exists, there must be some sort of software for 
>them. Any recommendations?
>
>Muzer.

I have a pertilian x2040 (USB) which works just fine with pertd2
(probably compiled from source). Try  'lcd linux' into Google for a
plethora of options, both hardware and software.