My current lcd4linux configuration. For more details of some of the python stuff here, and some preview videos, see: http://www.tenshu.net/2013/01/funky-lcd4linux-python-module.html

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# lcd4linux config

## Local config

Variables {
   # This are useful substitutions for later
   tick 500
   tack 100
   seconds 2000
   net_if 'br0' # Set this to the network interface to monitor
   disk_match 'sd.' # Set this to something that matches disks (sdX, hdX, mdX, etc)
   alldisks '/=/,srv=/srv,New=/srv/media/New'
}

## Displays

Display LCD2USB {
    # My actual hardware LCD
    Driver 'LCD2USB'
    Size '20x4'
    Icons 2
    Contrast 220
    Brightness 50
    Bus '005'
    Device '003'
}

Display Curses {
    # Show in a terminal for very quick testing
    Driver 'Curses'
    Size '20x4'
}

Display XWindow {
    # Show in an X11 window for testing.
    # Note that this is configured to replicate the 20x4 red-on-black LCD I own
    Driver 'X11'
    Size   '100x32'
    Font   '5x8'
    Pixel  '4+1'
    Gap    '-1x-1'
    Border 20
    Buttons 0
    Foreground  'ff0000ff'
    Background  '000000ff'
    Basecolor   '000000'
    Bordercolor '000000'
}

## Labels

Widget LabelAllDisks {
    # Rotating label for the disks I want to monitor space usage on
    class 'Text'
    update seconds
    width 3
    expression python::exec('lcd4linux_rotator', 'main', 'AllDisks key ' . alldisks)
}

Widget LabelDiskRW {
    # Two arrows moving in opposite directions.
    # This is intended to be placed between an icon/word and a bar
    #  widget to indicate which half of the widget is which direction
    class 'Icon'
    speed 400
    Bitmap {
    Row1 '.....|.....|*....|.*...|..*..|...*.|....*|.....|.....'
     Row2 '.....|*....|**...|***..|****.|.****|..***|...**|....*'
     Row3 '.....|.....|*....|.*...|..*..|...*.|....*|.....|.....'
     Row4 '.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....'
     Row5 '.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....'
     Row6 '.....|.....|....*|...*.|..*..|.*...|*....|.....|.....'
     Row7 '.....|....*|...**|..***|.****|****.|***..|**...|*....'
     Row8 '.....|.....|....*|...*.|..*..|.*...|*....|.....|.....'
   }
}

Widget LabelRxTx {
    # Animated Rx/Tx label showing which relates to which half of a bar
    class 'Icon'
    speed 250
    Bitmap {
      Row1 '****.|***..|**...|*....|.....|.....|....*|...**|..***|.****'
      Row2 '*...*|...*.|..*.*|.*.*.|*.*.*|.*.*.|*.*.*|.*.*.|*.*..|.*...'
      Row3 '****.|***..|**...|*...*|...*.|..*..|.*..*|*..**|..***|.****'
      Row4 '*...*|...*.|..*.*|.*.*.|*.*.*|.*.*.|*.*.*|.*.*.|*.*..|.*...'
      Row5 '.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....'
      Row6 '*****|****.|***.*|**.*.|*.*.*|.*.*.|*.*.*|.*.**|*.***|.****'
      Row7 '..*..|.*...|*....|....*|...*.|..*..|.*...|*....|....*|...*.'
      Row8 '..*..|.*...|*...*|...*.|..*.*|.*.*.|*.*..|.*...|*...*|...*.'
    }
}

## Widgets

Widget DiskBar {
    # Split bar widget that shows all the read/write activity on a given
    #  set of disks (as defined earlier by 'disk_match')
    class 'Bar'
    expression  diskstats(disk_match, 'read_sectors',  500)
    expression2 diskstats(disk_match, 'write_sectors', 500)
    length 19
    direction 'E'
    #style 'H'
    update tack
}

Widget NetBar {
    # Split bar widget that shows all the receive/transmit activity on a
    #  given network interface (as defined earlier by 'net_if')
    class 'Bar'
    expression  netdev(net_if, 'Rx_bytes', 500)
    expression2 netdev(net_if, 'Tx_bytes', 500)
    length 19
    direction 'E'
    update tack
    #style 'H'
}

Widget BarAllDisks {
    # Bar widget that rotates through the percentage usage of several
    #  disks (as defined earlier by LabelAllDisks)
    class 'Bar'
    update seconds
    length 17
    #style 'H'
    direction 'E'
    min 0
    max 100
    expression path=python::exec('lcd4linux_rotator', 'main', 'AllDisks value') ; ((statfs(path, 'blocks') - statfs(path, 'bavail')) / statfs(path, 'blocks'))*100
}

Widget TextScroll {
    class 'Text'
    width 20
    align 'M'
    update 20000
    speed 130
    expression python::exec('dailymail', 'main')
}

## Layouts

Layout tenshu {
   # The Layout I use for my fileserver
   Row1 {
     Col1 'LabelDiskRW'
     Col2 'DiskBar'
   }
   Row2 {
     Col1 'LabelRxTx'
     Col2 'NetBar'
   }
   Row3 {
     Col1 'LabelAllDisks'
     Col4 'BarAllDisks'
   }
   Row4 {
     Col1 'TextScroll'
   }
}

## Config selection
##  Choose which output display to use
##  and which layout

#Display 'Curses'
Display 'XWindow'
#Display 'LCD2USB'

Layout 'tenshu'

Thanks for sharing!