Firebox LCD Driver for LCDProc
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steve the updated driver looks good im flashing a new cf card and will test it tomorrow morning
Thanks for all the work on the firebox!
-Jeff
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i have a problem now, without doing anything…
-> still working now
AND:
the lcd-driver works! thx steve :)
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new driver works great! and the menu looks good 2!
it would be nice to be able to switch the display screens from the menu i like that option even though it dosent work yet -
Is there a way to keep the backlight constantly on?
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There are settings for the backlight in lcdd.conf. I can't remember off hand but there is setting for the time, you could try setting that very high or 0. Have a look through the file there's probably a setting for disabling the backlight timer. The original driver didn't have it so the light was permanently on.
Steve
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This is the contents of lcdd.conf:
[server] Driver=pyramid Bind=127.0.0.1 Port=13666 ReportLevel=3 ReportToSyslog=yes WaitTime=5 User=nobody ServerScreen=no Foreground=no DriverPath=/usr/local/lib/lcdproc/ GoodBye="Thanks for using" GoodBye=" pfSense " ToggleRotateKey=Enter PrevScreenKey=Left NextScreenKey=Right ScrollUpKey=Up ScrollDownKey=Down [menu] MenuKey=Escape EnterKey=Enter UpKey=Up DownKey=Down [pyramid] Device=/dev/cuaU0 Size=16x2Don't see anything related to Backlight. Or am I using an older version?
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Hmmm, not sure what version you're using but it isn't using the firebox driver (sdeclcd).
The sdeclcd driver has parameters that appear in lcdd.conf:[sdeclcd] BackLight=yes Backlight_Timer=60How did you install it?
Steve
Edit: I see now that you're using the lcdd2 tarball which is very old now. See my post on the previous page with the lcdd4 attachment.
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Here are the directions w/ files! This only has support for the FireBox LCD compiled. I have also noticed the interface stats does not work w/ freeBSD. I've got a full install on my pc and it still doesn't pickup the traffic. I have not dug too much into it. At any rate here it is:
(Copy and paste from shell so you can see exactly how I set it up to install)
I should really wrap a cool GUI around this so it can all be configured from the web console. I do know PHP too, just need to find some time.
I'm using the EMBEDDED VERSION! the install script supports that only - if you are using a full install i'd try and comment out the 2 mount commands as you don't need to re-mount the file system as read-write then back to read-only.
Note: the /var/tmp filesystem resides in memory so you can 'play' here without wearing out your CF card.
This is from some PC to put the archive on the pfsense box.
MacWild:final jayson$ ls lcdd.tar.gz MacWild:final jayson$ gunzip lcdd.tar.gz MacWild:final jayson$ scp lcdd.tar root@***.***.***.***:/var/tmp Password: lcdd.tar 100% 124KB 124.0KB/s 00:00 MacWild:final jayson$Now ssh into the box; make sure ya got it enabled first of course ;)
pfsense:/# cd /var/tmp pfsense:/var/tmp# ls -l total 126 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 126976 Mar 6 22:30 lcdd.tar drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Mar 6 22:28 vi.recover pfsense:/var/tmp# tar -xvf lcdd.tar x lcdd x lcdd/drivers x lcdd/lcdd x lcdd/LCDd.conf x lcdd/lcdd.sh x lcdd/lcdproc x lcdd/drivers/curses.so x lcdd/drivers/sdeclcd.so x install-embed.lcdd.sh pfsense:/var/tmp# chmod 700 install-embed.lcdd.sh pfsense:/var/tmp# ./install-embed.lcdd.sh pfsense:/var/tmp# mount /dev/ufs/pfSense on / (ufs, local, read-only) devfs on /dev (devfs, local) /dev/md0 on /tmp (ufs, local) /dev/md1 on /var (ufs, local) /dev/ufs/pfSenseCfg on /cf (ufs, local, read-only) devfs on /var/dhcpd/dev (devfs, local) pfsense:/var/tmp#Now you can reboot or just 'cd' over to the run-scripts directory and start it up so you can keep that stellar 'up-time' figure
pfsense:/var/tmp# cd /usr/local/etc/rc.d pfsense:/usr/local/etc/rc.d# ls lcdd.sh lighttpd pfsense:/usr/local/etc/rc.d# ls -la total 5 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Mar 6 22:31 . drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 512 Feb 24 17:37 .. -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 174 Mar 6 22:31 lcdd.sh -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1184 Sep 11 13:00 lighttpd pfsense:/usr/local/etc/rc.d# ls lcdd.sh lighttpd pfsense:/usr/local/etc/rc.d# ./lcdd.sh pfsense:/usr/local/etc/rc.d#The driver currently does not have support for vertical filled histograms - its only a 2x20 LCD so I wrote the horizontal fill functions - I need to finish that but I really didn't need it so I pushed it to the back burner for now.
http://files.pfsense.org/misc/lcdd.tar.gz
(Can this file be put on one of the pfSense servers?) – Thanks! I've updated my url
MMmmm….
Still can't seem to get this syntax to work - it keeps saying my drive is mounted and I can't seem to write the commands...
install.embed.lcdd.sh -
at first the bootloader, then this menu. After booting "booting complete", but not the generelly menu
thx for the idea, i will test this tomorrow.
the lcdriver package "lcdproc" is not needed? only the lcdd.tar.gz?
Your getting the "Booting Complete" without the additional pfsense console setup menu system.
I have seen this happen on some loads of 1.2.3. & 2 and cannot figure out why.
I rebuilt my drive and now it works… Rev2 will do this and not give you the final menu also...
What version are you running?H.
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MMmmm….
Still can't seem to get this syntax to work - it keeps saying my drive is mounted and I can't seem to write the commands...
install.embed.lcdd.shThat post you quoted is over three years old! It's the first version of the driver built against a much older version of pfSense. It won't work for 2.0 at all.
The most recent version complete with an install script that works for 1.2.3 or 2.0 and many other improvements is here.
What version are you installing on? There is a good chance that the install script from the first version will have left your file system incorrectly mounted.
Steve
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Ok…
I will look at the other thread... just trying to figure out where to start and Yes- it messed with the setup and I started over...!
I tried the upgrade and that did not work either going from 1.2.3. to 2 x386.
That thread shows RC2. I am running 1.2.3...
I am running the embedded 1.2.3 on hard drive and that is something else I am trying to figure out - how and what file to use for upgrading...
The last attempt just cycles the boot process over and over... I was able to upgrade using the GUI.
Thx for the pointer and I will read some more...
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Hmmm,
The file I linked to in that post, lcdd4.tar, is intended for embedded systems. I'm not sure what it would do on a full install.
The embedded nanobsd install has the file system mounted read only to prevent excessive writes to flash media. The script re-mounts the filesystem RW, install the LCD driver and daemon and then re-mounts it read only. Obviously you do not want a full HD install mounted RO. However it uses the included functionality on pfSense to do the re-mounting, /etc/rc.conf_mount_rw and /etc/rc.conf_mount_ro. If those files are not included in a full install then it will probably work just fine. Or it may just throw up errors! ::)
Try it and see if it's a fresh install with nothing to loose.Steve
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stephenw10,
lcdd4.tar works perfectly on 2.0 RC1 full install (uniproc kernel) as I have this installed on my firebox core xxl.
Greetings,
Eric -
Great, that's good to know.
Can you remember if it gave any errors?Steve
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No errors at all, just run the install script and poef…enjoy your lcd display
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erisan - are you running 2.0 on CF or 1.2.3?
I am running 1.2.3 on a hard drive but am thinking to try and use the CF.
Thx…. -
I'm running 2.0 on a HD
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Ok Erisan and Steve - I will try the script tonight on the 1.2.3 embedded build on my HD install.
Thanks for the help… and thank-you for your script...
Will update you later tomorrow -
Regards;
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I am having an issue installing the lcdd4.tar. (firebox x700, 1.2.3 embeded installed via live cd, onto HD)
Steps:
1. uploaded the lcdd4.tar via web interface
2. opened console via serial (putty)
3. tar -xvf lcdd4.tar
4. ./install-embed2.lcdd.shI get this:
ln /lib/libkvm.so.4: File Exists
I try to run it anyway with:
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/lcdd.shI get:
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libkvm.so.3" not found, required by "lcdproc"Can anyone help me?
(btw, this was a fresh install, only thing i did after interface setup was try to install this lccd4.tar)Thanks!
EDIT:
Ok… so I think I figured it out. Got it working at least.
I had to edit the install-embed.lcdd.sh. It looked like it was creating the wrong symlinks for 1.2.3 (gathered from other posts). Here is what I edited it to:#!/bin/csh /etc/rc.conf_mount_rw cp -R lcdd /usr/local/share/ cp /usr/local/share/lcdd/lcdd.sh /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ chown -R root:wheel /usr/local/share/lcdd chmod -R ugo=rX /usr/local/share/lcdd chown root:wheel /usr/local/etc/rc.d/lcdd.sh chmod ugo=rx /usr/local/etc/rc.d/lcdd.sh ln -s /lib/libc.so.7 /lib/libc.so.6 ln -s /lib/libkvm.so.4 /lib/libkvm.so.3 /etc/rc.conf_mount_ro -
Yes, my fault! Sorry :-[
libkvm.so.5 is only in 2.0.
I'm late for a dinner party, I'll edit something later!
Steve
