Firebox LCD Driver for LCDProc

fastcon68

LIsted below are the exact steps I used to try to install the watchguard lcd driver. anybody got any idea why I am missing this libary? I formatted my card twice now. I really want to get the LCD working before I start building the configuration.
RC

login as: admin
Using keyboard-interactive authentication.
Password:

*** Welcome to pfSense 1.2.3-RELEASE-nanobsd on pfsense-wg ***

WAN* -> re0 -> 192.168.14.246(DHCP)
LAN* -> re1 -> 192.168.14.3

pfSense console setup

0) Logout (SSH only)
1) Assign Interfaces
2) Set LAN IP address
3) Reset webConfigurator password
4) Reset to factory defaults
5) Reboot system
6) Halt system
7) Ping host
8) Shell
9) PFtop
10) Filter Logs
11) Restart webConfigurator
12) pfSense Developer Shell
13) Upgrade from console
14) Disable Secure Shell (sshd)

Enter an option: 8

[1.2.3-RELEASE] [admin@pfsense-wg.cartersweb.net]/root(1): cd /var/tmp
[1.2.3-RELEASE] [admin@pfsense-wg.cartersweb.net]/var/tmp(2): ls
bootup_messages nohup.out rules.boot
captiveportal.lock pfctl_si_out rules.debug
carp.sh pfctl_ss_out rules.debug.old
check_reload_status php-fastcgi.socket-0 sdeclcd.so
config.cache php-fastcgi.socket-1 sdeclcd.so.txt
dhcpd.sh php-fastcgi.socket-2 tmp
ifconfig_re0 re0_error_output tmpHOSTS
last_term_seen re0_output uploadbar
lcdd.tar.gz re0_router vi.recover
[1.2.3-RELEASE] [admin@pfsense-wg.cartersweb.net]/var/tmp(3): gunzip lcdd.tar.gz
[1.2.3-RELEASE] [admin@pfsense-wg.cartersweb.net]/var/tmp(4): scp lcdd.tar root@192.168.14.3:/var/tmp
Could not create directory '/root/.ssh'.
The authenticity of host '192.168.14.3 (192.168.14.3)' can't be established.
DSA key fingerprint is 1a:55:e5:ed:4a:64:58:47:a9:bd:85:92:a5:f8:7c:b6.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? y
Please type 'yes' or 'no': yes
Failed to add the host to the list of known hosts (/root/.ssh/known_hosts).
Password:
Password:
lcdd.tar 100% 243KB 242.5KB/s 00:00
[1.2.3-RELEASE] [admin@pfsense-wg.cartersweb.net]/var/tmp(5): ls -l
total 340
-rw-r–r-- 1 root wheel 89 May 29 04:01 bootup_messages
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 May 29 04:01 captiveportal.lock
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 May 29 04:00 carp.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 9 May 29 04:17 check_reload_status
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 4682 May 29 04:10 config.cache
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 393 May 29 04:10 dhcpd.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 48 May 29 04:00 ifconfig_re0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 11 May 29 04:12 last_term_seen
-rw------- 1 root wheel 248320 May 29 04:16 lcdd.tar
-rw------- 1 root wheel 162 May 29 04:10 nohup.out
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1776 May 29 04:16 pfctl_si_out
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 847 May 29 04:16 pfctl_ss_out
srwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 0 May 29 04:00 php-fastcgi.socket-0
srwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 0 May 29 04:00 php-fastcgi.socket-1
srwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 0 May 29 04:00 php-fastcgi.socket-2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 296 May 29 04:00 re0_error_output
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 May 29 04:00 re0_output
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 13 May 29 04:00 re0_router
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 128 May 29 04:00 rules.boot
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 5610 May 29 04:10 rules.debug
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 5610 May 29 04:10 rules.debug.old
-rw------- 1 root wheel 10780 May 29 04:08 sdeclcd.so
-rw------- 1 root wheel 10780 May 29 04:11 sdeclcd.so.txt
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1 May 29 04:00 tmp -> /
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 May 29 04:17 tmpHOSTS
drwxrwxrwx 2 root wheel 512 May 29 04:00 uploadbar
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 May 29 03:59 vi.recover
[1.2.3-RELEASE] [admin@pfsense-wg.cartersweb.net]/var/tmp(6): tar -xvf lcdd.tar
x install-embed.lcdd.sh
x lcdd
x lcdd/drivers
x lcdd/LCDd.conf
x lcdd/lcdd.sh
x lcdd/lcdproc
x lcdd/LCDd
x lcdd/drivers/curses.so
x lcdd/drivers/sdeclcd.so
[1.2.3-RELEASE] [admin@pfsense-wg.cartersweb.net]/var/tmp(7): chmod 700 install-embed.lcdd.sh
[1.2.3-RELEASE] [admin@pfsense-wg.cartersweb.net]/var/tmp(8): ./install-embed.lcdd.sh
[1.2.3-RELEASE] [admin@pfsense-wg.cartersweb.net]/var/tmp(9): mount
/dev/ufs/pfsense0 on / (ufs, local, read-only)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local)
/dev/md0 on /var/tmp (ufs, local)
/dev/md1 on /var (ufs, local)
/dev/ufs/cf on /cf (ufs, local, read-only)
devfs on /var/dhcpd/dev (devfs, local)
[1.2.3-RELEASE] [admin@pfsense-wg.cartersweb.net]/var/tmp(10): cd /usr/local/etc/rc.d
[1.2.3-RELEASE] [admin@pfsense-wg.cartersweb.net]/usr/local/etc/rc.d(11): ls
lcdd.sh
[1.2.3-RELEASE] [admin@pfsense-wg.cartersweb.net]/usr/local/etc/rc.d(12): ./lcdd.sh
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: [1.2.3-RELEASE] [admin@pfsense-wg.cartersweb.net]/usr/local/etc/rc.d(13): Shared object "libkvm.so.3" not found, required by "lcdproc"

CaseyBlackburn

You still have not followed the bit of instructions that have been mentioned in the link in the post before you and various other parts in this thread.

This is the part you seem to be missing:

[root@pfSense.local]/var/tmp(8): cd /lib
[root@pfSense.local]/lib(10): /etc/rc.conf_mount_rw
[root@pfSense.local]/lib(11): ln -s libc.so.7 libc.so.6
[root@pfSense.local]/lib(12): ln -s libkvm.so.4 libkvm.so.3
[root@pfSense.local]/lib(13): /etc/rc.conf_mount_ro

fastcon68

I am going to write this whole process up tomorrow. It was quite confusing but came from two different posts. It's now working. After a quick format flast and rebuild tomorrow. my watchguard goes into service.

I only have 256 meg in my box. I am only uising it for DHCP/DNS and a few ipsec tunnels. Should that sufice for now?
RC

stephenw10

Hmm, very confusing. :-
I don't really understand all the steps in your post. You seem to SCP the file from /var/tmp back into /var/temp ???
Never mind you seem to have got there in the end.
Hopefully you now have a better understanding, I know I do. ;)

Has anybody made LCDproc run under 2.0beta?
The simlinks have to be updated to the newer libraries but it's still not happening for me. No useful errors either.

Steve

fastcon68

Now I have gone back and reviewed everything and the buttons, and backlight are the only thingk left to address. If I have gotten all of this straight this prcess should go something like this:

1. upload the following two files after downloading from PFSENSE or enduser location:
a. sdeclcd.so
b. lcdd.tar.gz
Note: sdeclcd.so will be call sdeclcd.so.txt on your windows machine. you will need to rename either on your
winodws macine or pfsense after you have copied it.
2. Make sure to enable ssh, I tried to run this via the serial connection and it did not work very well. I am not sure why
3. Open a ssh connection via putty, login with admin and your password
4. select option 8 and drop into FREBSD operation system
5. type cd /var/tmp and press enter
6. type ls and press enter. you should get the following results
bootup_messages nohup.out rules.boot
captiveportal.lock pfctl_si_out rules.debug
carp.sh pfctl_ss_out rules.debug.old
check_reload_status php-fastcgi.socket-0 sdeclcd.so
config.cache php-fastcgi.socket-1 sdeclcd.so.txt
dhcpd.sh php-fastcgi.socket-2 tmp
ifconfig_re0 re0_error_output tmpHOSTS
last_term_seen re0_output uploadbar
lcdd.tar.gz re0_router vi.recover
7. type gunzip lcdd.tar.gz and press enter
8. type scp lcdd.tar root@(enter the IP address of your watchguard device here):/var/tmp, you
should get the following results:
Could not create directory '/root/.ssh'.
The authenticity of host '192.168.14.3 (192.168.14.3)' can't be established.
DSA key fingerprint is 1a:55:e5:ed:4a:64:58:47:a9:bd:85:92:a5:f8:7c:b6.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes(spell the word out)
Failed to add the host to the list of known hosts (/root/.ssh/known_hosts).
Password:(enter the password for your watchguard here and press enter)
lcdd.tar 100% 243KB 242.5KB/s 00:00
you will get a command propt once the process is compete
9: type ls -l and press enter get the following results. you are looking for the highlighted file
total 340
-rw-r–r-- 1 root wheel 89 May 29 04:01 bootup_messages
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 May 29 04:01 captiveportal.lock
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 May 29 04:00 carp.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 9 May 29 04:17 check_reload_status
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 4682 May 29 04:10 config.cache
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 393 May 29 04:10 dhcpd.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 48 May 29 04:00 ifconfig_re0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 11 May 29 04:12 last_term_seen
-rw------- 1 root wheel 248320 May 29 04:16 lcdd.tar
-rw–----- 1 root wheel 162 May 29 04:10 nohup.out
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1776 May 29 04:16 pfctl_si_out
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 847 May 29 04:16 pfctl_ss_out
srwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 0 May 29 04:00 php-fastcgi.socket-0
srwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 0 May 29 04:00 php-fastcgi.socket-1
srwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 0 May 29 04:00 php-fastcgi.socket-2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 296 May 29 04:00 re0_error_output
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 May 29 04:00 re0_output
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 13 May 29 04:00 re0_router
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 128 May 29 04:00 rules.boot
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 5610 May 29 04:10 rules.debug
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 5610 May 29 04:10 rules.debug.old
-rw------- 1 root wheel 10780 May 29 04:08 sdeclcd.so
-rw------- 1 root wheel 10780 May 29 04:11 sdeclcd.so.txt
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1 May 29 04:00 tmp -> /
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 May 29 04:17 tmpHOSTS
drwxrwxrwx 2 root wheel 512 May 29 04:00 uploadbar
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 May 29 03:59 vi.recover
10. type tar -xvf lcdd.tar and you will get the following results:
x install-embed.lcdd.sh
x lcdd
x lcdd/drivers
x lcdd/LCDd.conf
x lcdd/lcdd.sh
x lcdd/lcdproc
x lcdd/LCDd
x lcdd/drivers/curses.so
x lcdd/drivers/sdeclcd.so
11. type chmod 700 install-embed.lcdd.sh ans press enter
12. type ./install-embed.lcdd.sh and press enter
13. type mount and press enter ad you will get the folowing results
/dev/ufs/pfsense0 on / (ufs, local, read-only)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local)
/dev/md0 on /var/tmp (ufs, local)
/dev/md1 on /var (ufs, local)
/dev/ufs/cf on /cf (ufs, local, read-only)
devfs on /var/dhcpd/dev (devfs, local)
14. type cd /usr/local/etc/rc.d and press enter
15. type cd /lib and press enter
16. type /etc/rc.conf_mount_rw and press enter
17. type ln -s libc.so.7 libc.so.6 and press enter
18. type ln -s libkvm.so.4 libkvm.so.3 and press enter
19. type /etc/rc.conf_mount_ro and press enter
20. type ./lcdd.sh and your LCD should now be working.

Optional step. you can copy the updated file sdeclcd.so to correct location per the forum to get the buttons and backlight to work correctly.

Enyjoy the script

RC

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stephenw10

Thanks for taking the time to note all this down and report back. However I think your post maybe confusing to other users (and me!).
You seem to have repeated steps 1-7 three times. I assume this is just a typo, perhaps edit the post.
(Post now edited)

Step 8 is completely unnecessary. It does nothing at all! ???

Step 20 won't work because you are in the wrong directory. you have to call the script with the complete path or change to the correct directory. E.g. /usr/local/etc/rc.d/lcdd.sh

I personally copied the newer driver into /var/tmp/lcdd/driver before running the install script so that it was installed along with the other files.

Steve

fastcon68

I go back over it one more time. I removed the extra lines. No clue how it happened. I tookl instruction from about 4 different posts and combined them into one posting.

I will see if I can run over see where I missed a step.
RC

jimmy

@trendchiller:

fix it by:

cd /lib
ln -s libc.so.7 libc.so.6
ln -s libkvm.so.4 libkvm.so.3

then it works

Did this, but I still receive:

/usr/local/etc/rc.d/lcdd.sh

/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: # Shared object "libkvm.so.3" not found, required by "lcdproc"

I'm using the latest pfsense 2.0 beta, but as far as I can see that should not be the problem.
libc.so.6 and libkvm.so.3 do exist, so making the links was not a problem:

ls /lib
…
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9 Jun 8 10:05 libc.so.6 -> libc.so.7
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 11 Jun 8 10:04 libkvm.so.3 -> libkvm.so.4
...

stephenw10

That's because pfsense 2.0 uses libkvm.so.5 so you need to use:


ln -s libkvm.so.5 libkvm.so.3

However when I did this it still wouldn't work under 2.0beta and there were no useful errors given either.

Steve

jimmy

@stephenw10:

However when I did this it still wouldn't work under 2.0beta and there were no useful errors given either.

Steve

Ok, I've made the link to libkvm.so.5 now and it gives no error anymore.
Since I'm currently working remote I cannot see if the display shows anything (but I expect it to be the same as yours)… I'll check the display later today!

EDIT: After some time, an error came up:
sock_connect: connect failed
Error connecting to LCD server 127.0.0.1 on port 13666.
Check to see that the server is running and operating normally.
???

stephenw10

It doesn't really suprise me since everything in this thread was built against freebsd7.2 and pfsense2.0 is freebsd 8.
It works great on 1.2.3 though! ;D

Steve

jjstecchino

@stephenw10:

It doesn't really suprise me since everything in this thread was built against freebsd7.2 and pfsense2.0 is freebsd 8.
It works great on 1.2.3 though! ;D

Steve

I am using the firebox lcd driver and lcdproc on 2.0 beta 2 and it works like a charm. The box is a firebox x500 with a full install, not nanobsd.
One thing different that I have not seen mentioned is that the updated driver with key and backlit timer support is looking for LCDd.conf in /usr/local/etc and not in /usr/local/share/lcdd. Once LCDd.conf was moved to the appropriate location it worked just fine. Maybe that is the problem.

jimmy

@jjstecchino:

I am using the firebox lcd driver and lcdproc on 2.0 beta 2 and it works like a charm. The box is a firebox x500 with a full install, not nanobsd.
One thing different that I have not seen mentioned is that the updated driver with key and backlit timer support is looking for LCDd.conf in /usr/local/etc and not in /usr/local/share/lcdd. Once LCDd.conf was moved to the appropriate location it worked just fine. Maybe that is the problem.

Are you using:
A. the "lcdd.tar.gz" from post #7 ( http://files.pfsense.org/misc/lcdd.tar.gz ), and
B. the updated driver "sdeclcd.so" from post #22 ( http://goessens.dyndns.org/public )?

If I look at the lcdd.sh script, I see it using the LCDd.conf from /usr/local/share/lcdd.


/usr/bin/nice -20 /usr/local/share/lcdd/LCDd -r 0 -c /usr/local/share/lcdd/LCDd.conf > /dev/null 2>&1 &
/usr/bin/nice -20 /usr/local/share/lcdd/lcdproc C M S &

Just to be sure, I've now also copied the conf file to /usr/local/etc.
But it still comes with the same error, saying that it cannot connect to the lcdd server.

EDIT:
Perhaps this would help?

If I just namually start:

/usr/local/share/lcdd/LCDd -c /usr/local/share/lcdd/LCDd.conf

I a receive more detailed error:
Could not open driver module /usr/local/share/lcdd/drivers/sdeclcd.so: Shared object "libkvm.so.4" not found, required by "sdeclcd.so"
Driver [sdeclcd] binding failed
Could not load driver sdeclcd
There is no output driver
Critical error while initializing, abort.

So I've done "ln -s libkvm.so.5 libkvm.so.4"
(I now have libkvm.so.3 and 4 linked to 5)

When I then start the same command, no error.

Then I killed the previously manually started LCDd and started the lcdd.sh script again.
No errors, only I cannot see the display right now, because I am working remotely…

EDIT AGAIN: Yes, the display is working!
Only the backlight is off, so it's a bit hard to see what's on the display.

stephenw10

The backlight should come on again if you press one of the buttons.
Confirmation of working in 2.0 is great news. ;D

Steve

jimmy

@stephenw10:

The backlight should come on again if you press one of the buttons.
Confirmation of working in 2.0 is great news. ;D

Steve

Tried the buttons: the display changes (shows other info) but no backlight.
(not even during of immediately after a reboot)

CaseyBlackburn

@jimmy:

Tried the buttons: the display changes (shows other info) but no backlight.
(not even during of immediately after a reboot)

If you don't see it even right when you power on your box, your backlight is dead.

jimmy

@CaseyBlackburn:

@jimmy:

Tried the buttons: the display changes (shows other info) but no backlight.
(not even during of immediately after a reboot)

If you don't see it even right when you power on your box, your backlight is dead.

Weird… I own a second box, also an x700... It doesn't have the original flashdisk inside anymore so it won't bootup, but this one also doesn't light when I turn on the box. Do I miss something? I mean, I can't imagine having 2 boxes with a dead backlight! ???

I will check a third box at the office tomorrow, that's one that's still operating with the original flashdisk, just to see what "should happen" with the backlight.

EDIT: Found it already. My first box does have a dead backlight. It's a bit less light here now and I can see the backlight on the second box, but not on the first box. So it's time to switch boxes. :-[

jjstecchino

@jimmy:

@CaseyBlackburn:

@jimmy:

Tried the buttons: the display changes (shows other info) but no backlight.
(not even during of immediately after a reboot)

If you don't see it even right when you power on your box, your backlight is dead.

Weird… I own a second box, also an x700... It doesn't have the original flashdisk inside anymore so it won't bootup, but this one also doesn't light when I turn on the box. Do I miss something? I mean, I can't imagine having 2 boxes with a dead backlight! ???

I will check a third box at the office tomorrow, that's one that's still operating with the original flashdisk, just to see what "should happen" with the backlight.

EDIT: Found it already. My first box does have a dead backlight. It's a bit less light here now and I can see the backlight on the second box, but not on the first box. So it's time to switch boxes. :-[

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The backlit comes on for several seconds just after power on with or without disk. If it doesnt it is dead.

If anybody is interested I may have found a solution for the watchdog errors. I posted it on a separate thread under hardware

jjstecchino

This box is getting better and better.
Now…. How do we display more useful and pertinent info on the LCD?
A network bandwidth graph
current throughput
vpn connections
errors
Boot messages.

All of the above and much more would be nice.

stephenw10

The default options are quite limited you have choices of:

screen
    can be one of the following: 
C CPU
    show detailed CPU usage 
P SMP-CPU
    CPU usage overview: one line per CPU, especially useful on SMP systems. 
G CPUGraph
    CPU histogram 
L Load
    Load histogram 
M Memory
    memory & swap usage 
S ProcSize
    memory usage of 5 biggest processes 
D Disk
    filling level of the mounted file systems 
I Iface
    network interface usage 
B Battery
    battery status 
T TimeDate
    time & date information 
O OldTime
    old time screen 
U Uptime
    old uptime screen 
K BigClock
    big clock 
N MiniClock
    minimal clock 
A About
    credits page

Add the letters to where lcdproc is called in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/lcdd.sh. Not all of them work. I went with C T U.

Otherwise write your own client or use one someone else has written (a lot). It's supposed to be quite easy but since the last time I coded anything was at Uni about 12 years ago it's beyond me! ::)

Steve