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    • stephenw10S Offline
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      @jdijulio:

      Closing in on a month now. Has this been added to 2.3.2?
      Can anyone confirm?

      It's in 2.3.3 and 2.4 both of which are pretty stable currently.

      Steve

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        jdijulio
        last edited by

        @stephenw10:

        @jdijulio:

        Closing in on a month now. Has this been added to 2.3.2?
        Can anyone confirm?

        It's in 2.3.3 and 2.4 both of which are pretty stable currently.

        Steve

        The man, the myth, and the legend himself! Hey Steve - Been a big fan of your work on the WatchGuard's. I think we've chatted a few times back in the day when I was tinkering around with an X750e. Appreciate all the work you've done for the community!

        Not to hijack this thread but, say, I have a pair of new XTM5s (a 505 and a 510 specifically, but hardware is identical anyway - right?). I'm thinking about installing 2.4, probably waiting until it hits RELEASE (which I see we're closing in on it seems, and as you've said, it seems stable). Have you had any luck installing any of the Beta builds of 2.4 on a XTM5 series box? What's the latest pfSense-on-Watchguard thread going nowadays?

        Thanks (as always) for pointing me in the right direction!

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        • R Offline
          revengineer
          last edited by

          I found and fixed a problem with (some?) Matrix Orbital LCDs, which I first discovered playing with pfsense 2.4 beta described in the thread https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=124321.0. Following the instructions in this thread for pfsense 2.3, I found the same problem. So I am linking the above thread in case anyone runs into problems with bad characters showing in the display.

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          • T Offline
            Topper727
            last edited by

            I do not see it in 2.3.  am i missing something?

            Dell 2950 g3 server
            Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5430 @ 2.66GHz
            Current: 2000 MHz, Max: 2667 MHz
            8 CPUs: 2 package(s) x 4 core(s)
            8152 MiB and 600meg 10k drive
            Pfsense 2.4 .. Hoping to get the phpvirtualbox going again.

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            • R Offline
              revengineer
              last edited by

              @Topper727:

              I do not see it in 2.3.  am i missing something?

              It's not in the standard packages. You need to manually install using the instructions linked above in this thread. The procedure is well documented and worked flawlessly for me.

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              • chpalmerC Offline
                chpalmer
                last edited by

                @Topper727:

                I do not see it in 2.3.  am i missing something?

                Only the snapshots for 2.3.3 and 2.4 have it as a "standard" package now.  Otherwise as mentioned-  its a manual install.

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                • I Offline
                  icest0rm
                  last edited by

                  @treer:

                  If people want something to play with, here's my start at a pfsense 2.3 package. It's still the old UI, no Bootstrap changes yet.

                  • Installation commands

                  • source

                  • Compiled package: pfSense-pkg-LCDproc-0.9.15.txz

                  anyone knows if the package could work also in OPNSense?

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                  • chpalmerC Offline
                    chpalmer
                    last edited by

                    @icest0rm:

                    @treer:

                    If people want something to play with, here's my start at a pfsense 2.3 package. It's still the old UI, no Bootstrap changes yet.

                    • Installation commands

                    • source

                    • Compiled package: pfSense-pkg-LCDproc-0.9.15.txz

                    anyone knows if the package could work also in OPNSense?

                    No Clue.  You would have to ask them.

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                    Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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                    • R Offline
                      revengineer
                      last edited by

                      There is a bug with displaying load averages but I cannot make sense of the relevant php code below. The load averages are good until the 1-day uptime boundary is reached. So for uptime

                      1:00AM  up 7 mins, 2 users, load averages: 0.23, 0.26, 0.17

                      the load average is properly displayed as "0.23, 0.26, 0.17". But for

                      8:24PM  up 1 day,  1:02, 1 user, load averages: 0.54, 0.40, 0.25

                      the text shown is "averages: 0.54, 0.40,". The php code seems to account for the string "day" in the output, but I cannot account for the array indices in the code. Maybe someone can explain and propose a fix.

                      Thank you.

                      UPDATE: Ok, I looks like the double spacing throws the array indexing off. I am not sure if the double space before "1:02" turns into a single space when the uptime is "10:02". This is important for interpreting the indices.

                      
                      function get_loadavg_stats() {
                      	exec("/usr/bin/uptime", $output, $ret);
                      	if (stristr($output[0], "day")) {
                      		$temp = explode(" ", $output[0]);
                      		$status = "$temp[11] $temp[12] $temp[13]";
                      	} else {
                      		$temp = explode(" ", $output[0]);
                      		$status = "$temp[10] $temp[11] $temp[12]";
                      	}
                      	return($status);
                      }
                      
                      
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                      • R Offline
                        revengineer
                        last edited by

                        I fixed the issue with the Load Averages posted above. Replacing the following function properly handles the day boundary:

                        function get_loadavg_stats() {
                        	exec("/usr/bin/uptime", $output, $ret);
                        	if (stristr($output[0], "day")) {
                        		$temp = preg_split("/ /", $output[0], -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
                        		$status = "$temp[9] $temp[10] $temp[11]";
                        	} else {
                        		$temp = preg_split("/ /", $output[0], -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
                        		$status = "$temp[8] $temp[9] $temp[10]";
                        	}
                        	return($status);
                        }
                        
                        
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                        • N Offline
                          n0s3
                          last edited by

                          Hey all,
                          i am unsure if i should open a new thread, so i post here:
                          i have an old intranator 2500 case with a display.
                          As i understand LCDproc (http://lcdproc.omnipotent.net/hardware.php3) i need driver i2500VFD.
                          But i cant find it in the driver dropdown of the LCDproc package.

                          my "usbconfig" shows this:

                          [ugen0.5: <vfd display="" intra2net="" ag=""> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON (0mA)
                          [/code]
                          
                          [b]any idea how to control that old display?[/b]
                          
                          regards
                          n0s3</vfd>
                          
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                            revengineer
                            last edited by

                            @n0s3:

                            Hey all,
                            i am unsure if i should open a new thread, so i post here:
                            i have an old intranator 2500 case with a display.
                            As i understand LCDproc (http://lcdproc.omnipotent.net/hardware.php3) i need driver i2500VFD.
                            But i cant find it in the driver dropdown of the LCDproc package.

                            my "usbconfig" shows this:

                            [ugen0.5: <vfd display="" intra2net="" ag=""> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON (0mA)
                            [/code]
                            
                            [b]any idea how to control that old display?[/b]
                            
                            regards
                            n0s3
                            
                            As it looks, your LCD is supported by the demon which is the most important thing. It has likely not been added to the pfSense package because it is a one off and no one had a means to test the implementation. This will now be your task.  :)
                            
                            You will need to add the option to the web interface in /usr/local/www/packages/lcdproc/lcdproc.php. The you need to configure the display in /usr/local/pkg/lcdproc.inc, althought the LCDproc manaul does not show any specific cofnig commands for this display, so the  may not be needed.
                            
                            Be mindful that he ugen0.5 port may be misleading. I got similar output on my firewall but had to choose /dev/cuaU0 as the device. So there are several knobs to turn and it took me a few hours to get my display working.
                            
                            If you do get it to work, I suggest you create a new post with the display name in the title, so that others can find the solution more easily. If you post the changes, treer may be able to include it in the package.
                            
                            Good luck!</vfd>
                            
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                            • chpalmerC Offline
                              chpalmer
                              last edited by

                              Anyone else having problems with this package lately?  Since upgrading a handful of boxes to both 2.3 snaps and 2.4 beta the boxes are only showing

                              [[ LCDproc Server ]] on the display..
                                Cli:0    Scr:0

                              All various Watchguard boxes.

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                              • R Offline
                                revengineer
                                last edited by

                                Everything is fine here, the package has been working perfectly for over a week now on pfSense 2.3.2_1. Could it be that the com port has changed?

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                                • chpalmerC Offline
                                  chpalmer
                                  last edited by

                                  @revengineer:

                                  Everything is fine here, the package has been working perfectly for over a week now on pfSense 2.3.2_1. Could it be that the com port has changed?

                                  We have changed nothing other than-

                                  My test unit here is on 2.4beta snap which Ive updated roughly once a week.  I don't always look but know it was working mid January.

                                  My couterpart decided to update his home box yesterday (2-06-17) to the latest snap and discovered his LCD followed suit to mine..  Was working before.

                                  I have some friends Ive set up (X-e model) that I upgraded from 2.27 (yes they were around) snap to 2.3 snap which is now doing the same.  Seems like the latest LCDproc is the reason but I want to be sure..

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                                  Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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                                  • R Offline
                                    revengineer
                                    last edited by

                                    Looking at the history of this package there seem to have been incompatibilities with pfSense arising with changes in the LCDproc binary. That was before I joined the pfSense club. Have you tried reinstalling the package via the GUI and following the instructions in treers post linked below?

                                    https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=110177.msg647262#msg647262

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                                    • chpalmerC Offline
                                      chpalmer
                                      last edited by

                                      Yep- tried re-installing on all the boxes.

                                      Getting this now also-    syntax error, unexpected 'return' (T_RETURN) in /usr/local/pkg/lcdproc_client.php on line 109  on the dashboard.

                                      Triggering snowflakes one by one..
                                      Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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                                      • T Offline
                                        treer
                                        last edited by

                                        Getting this now also-    syntax error, unexpected 'return' (T_RETURN) in /usr/local/pkg/lcdproc_client.php on line 109  on the dashboard.

                                        Ahh! That's the clue that was needed. Looks like some '+' symbols somehow got into the code when I created a pull request.

                                        Lines 107, 108, and 109 should not start with +

                                        You could edit them out yourself (e.g. Diagnostics -> Edit File), but I'll submit a fix this weekend, if someone doesn't do it faster.

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                                        • chpalmerC Offline
                                          chpalmer
                                          last edited by

                                          Thanks!  Fixed it.  :)

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                                          • R Offline
                                            revengineer
                                            last edited by

                                            Yup, the manual install does not have this problem, which is why it was working fine for me.

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