Firebox LCD Driver for LCDProc

stephenw10

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

erisan500

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=16x2

Don't see anything related to Backlight. Or am I using an older version?

stephenw10

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=60

How 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.

hmeister

@ridnhard19:

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

hmeister

@slider_nww:

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.

stephenw10

@hmeister:

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

That 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

hmeister

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...
H.

stephenw10

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

erisan500

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

stephenw10

Great, that's good to know.
Can you remember if it gave any errors?

Steve

erisan500

No errors at all, just run the install script and poef…enjoy your lcd display

hmeister

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….

erisan500

I'm running 2.0 on a HD

hmeister

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;
H.

phr0zen

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.sh

I get this:

ln /lib/libkvm.so.4: File Exists

I try to run it anyway with:
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/lcdd.sh

I 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

stephenw10

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

stephenw10

Ok, so as pointed out phr0zen above the file lcdd4.tar does not install properly on 1.2.3 since it sets sym links for libkvm.so.5 which doesn't exist in 1.2.3.

If you have installed it and got the error

ln /lib/libkvm.so.4:  File Exists

You need to add the sym link manually with the following console commands:


/etc/rc.conf_mount_rw
ln -s /lib/libkvm.so.4 /lib/libkvm.so.3
/etc/rc.conf_mount_ro

Now you can start the server and all should be well.

Steve

hmeister

@phr0zen:

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.sh

I get this:

ln /lib/libkvm.so.4: File Exists

I try to run it anyway with:
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/lcdd.sh

I 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

phr0zen & steve…
Ok - so if I run the 4.tar with the original syntax and then clean up with your (phr0zen) instructions will that get this to work? I just hate to hose my HD install of the 1.2.3 imbedded. I just finished up cleaning up the 3 fans and added a quiet coolermaster with a modded heat sync. I also fell into the perfect drive sled that works with the 2.5laptop drive. I made the decision to close the case - but this may be too soon if this next attempt at the CLI does not get the lcd working... Thanks for all your help here...
H.

hmeister

@stephenw10:

Ok, so as pointed out phr0zen above the file lcdd4.tar does not install properly on 1.2.3 since it sets sym links for libkvm.so.5 which doesn't exist in 1.2.3.

If you have installed it and got the error
ln /lib/libkvm.so.4:  File Exists
You need to add the sym link manually with the following console commands:
/etc/rc.conf_mount_rw
ln -s /lib/libkvm.so.4 /lib/libkvm.so.3
/etc/rc.conf_mount_ro
Now you can start the server and all should be well.

Steve

Steve - Ok - I read this twice and I am ready to jump in again on the CLI…
I will expect the error and move on with your instructions here...
Thanks for the efforts here and hoping to put this project together and start building the firewall rules. Will update tomorrow and let you know how things are going ....
Thx & Best Regards...
H.
BTW - I took off Friday and on Admin at work asked if I stayed home on Friday to watch the wedding but my reply was something like beer and fishing were the order of the day. Her reply was "In the name of the wedding I presume" :)

stephenw10

Here in London it was pretty crazy! ::)

National day off was nice though. :)

Steve