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      DeLorean
      last edited by

      @flecom:

      I manage a ton of XTMs with actual watchguard software I assure you the backlight stays on 24/7

      it's lcdproc that turns it off in the driver

      @stephenw10:

      That's true, it's the driver that turns off the back light and not the BIOS.

      It would not be that hard to recompile the driver with the timer edited out if you really need that. I personally prefer it going out. If I see the LCD is lit that means the driver has crashed out for some reason.

      Steve

      You guys where 100% right.
      I never used these boxes with the Watchguard software, only for a powerup test after receiving it for verifying
      if the listed modelnr corresponds with the seller information.
      Besides that, these boxes where immediately converted to pfSense, and that's why i never saw the LCD screens keeps on.  ::)

      Grtz
      DeLorean

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        dhoffman98
        last edited by

        OK, so… if it's the driver... is there a way to include a command to NOT turn it off or to change the timer value? Perhaps being able to set it to zero to keep it on, or to a number of seconds before it shuts off.

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          DeLorean
          last edited by

          It would be nice if the option to keep on the LCD screen under settings was working.
          So that you can decide if the LCD screen backlight must be kept on or off.

          Grtz
          DeLorean

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            dhoffman98
            last edited by

            That's true. Since there are options set in the settings interface for LCDProc, I wonder if there isn't some way for the file to disregard it's internal clock for killing the backlight and just allow the settings to override it.

            Where is the latest code source for the program? I don't know if I can properly write the changes, but I'll try.

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Go to the source!  ;D

              http://lcdproc.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/lcdproc/lcdproc/server/drivers/sdeclcd.c?view=markup

              But yeah a code revision to enable or disable the backlight timer from the driver config would be appreciated by many. There can;t be that many people running the original X-Core models now.

              Steve

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                fmertz
                last edited by

                It's here, now: https://github.com/lcdproc/lcdproc

                So, this backlight timeout is only useful for the old X-Core boxes? What about the X-Core-e (x550e, x750e)? X-Peak?

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  The X-Peak may have a limited life but the display is different hardware. My X-Peak died of bad caps a while back anyway.

                  The X-e and newer models are all led backlight I believe so no problems.

                  I would not want to have it on all the time personally but a choice to do so seems reasonable.

                  Steve

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                    vizi0n
                    last edited by

                    –EDITED POST--

                    This might be the wrong way to disable the backlight off toggle because I am not a driver coder, but I have edited/compiled a sdeclcd.so that has "no timeout" on FreeBSD 10.3 (32 bit and 64 bit) and FreeBSD 11.1 (64 bit) virtual machines

                    So far the 32 bit works great on my X750e and the 64 bit works on XTM5 according to networkBob

                    Here's how I proceeded (from scratch on a new install of FreeBSD)

                    
                    pkg install automake autoconf gcc git nano
                    cd ~
                    git clone http://github.com/lcdproc/lcdproc
                    cd lcdproc
                    nano server/drivers/sdeclcd.c
                    ----- change BACKLIGHT_OFF to BACKLIGHT_ON on lines 650 and 676 then save CTRL-X, Y, ENTER
                    sh ./autogen.sh
                    ./configure --enable-drivers=sdeclcd
                    make server
                    
                    

                    This will generate ~/lcdproc/server/drivers/sdeclcd.so which you can copy somewhere in order to download it to your pfSense box by FTP or whatever method you prefer.

                    If you don't want to compile it yourself, you can grab the ones I have compiled at the following links or as an attachment to this post

                    pfSense 2.3 (FreeBSD 10.3)

                    • 32 bit version : http://www.vizi0n.com/watchguard/sdeclcd.so.32bit.zip
                    • 64 bit version : http://www.vizi0n.com/watchguard/sdeclcd.so.64bit.zip

                    pfSense 2.4 (FreeBSD 11.1)

                    • 64 bit version : http://www.vizi0n.com/watchguard/sdeclcd.so.freebsd11.zip
                    • 32 bit version : none, pfSense has no 32 bit release since 2.4

                    You need to extract the zip file's content and move it it /usr/local/lib/lcdproc/
                    Then make sure that you run "chmod +x sdeclcd.so" to make it executable

                    Feel free to edit my post if the method I haved used is not the proper way to bypass that timeout in the driver.

                    sdeclcd.so.64bit.zip
                    sdeclcd.so.32bit.zip
                    sdeclcd.so.64bit.freebsd11.zip

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                      dhoffman98
                      last edited by

                      @vizi0n:

                      I am not a driver coder, this might be the wrong way, but I have compiled a sdeclcd.so that has "no timeout" on a i386 FreeBSD 10.3 virtual machine.

                      So far it works great on my x750e.

                      All I did was edit "sdeclcd.c" and replace "BACKLIGHT_OFF" to "BACKLIGHT_ON" on lines 650 and 676

                      Hope this works for you

                      You can grab it here : http://www.vizi0n.com/watchguard/sdeclcd.so or as an attachment to this post

                      Feel free to edit my post if the method I haved used is not the proper way to remove that timeout.

                      That made LCDProc fail on startup. If I went into the services status, it showed LCDproc not started, and when I tried to start, it just failed.

                      Error in the system log: Could not open driver module /usr/local/lib/lcdproc/sdeclcd.so: /usr/local/lib/lcdproc/sdeclcd.so: unsupported file layout

                      But I'm happy that you tried! Thank you for that.

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        On 32bit?  ;)

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                          networkBob
                          last edited by

                          @vizi0n:

                          I am not a driver coder, this might be the wrong way, but I have compiled a sdeclcd.so that has "no timeout" on a i386 FreeBSD 10.3 virtual machine.

                          So far it works great on my x750e.

                          All I did was edit "sdeclcd.c" and replace "BACKLIGHT_OFF" to "BACKLIGHT_ON" on lines 650 and 676

                          Hope this works for you

                          You can grab it here : http://www.vizi0n.com/watchguard/sdeclcd.so or as an attachment to this post

                          Feel free to edit my post if the method I haved used is not the proper way to remove that timeout.

                          Thank you so much for the effort, vizi0n. However, this did not work on my 64-bit XTM515 box.

                          As noted by dhoffman98, LCDproc failed to start after replacing the release sdeclcd.so file with your modified version. Maybe it has to do with the 64-bit architecture vs 32-bit. I do not possess the required knowledge to know.

                          I tried messing around with online C compilers but got super frustrated trying to find a way to compile to a .so file. It seems to me that eliminating the timeout would be more complicated than, say, increasing the timeout from 30 seconds to 300,000 seconds, although that would add a tiny amount of processor overhead.

                          Watchguard XTM525 running pfSense 2.4.1

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            Yes, you need a 64bit driver to run in 64bit. That error is what you see when you try to load a 32bit driver.

                            Steve

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                              vizi0n
                              last edited by

                              Yes this driver is for 32 bit, I can recompile it for 64 bit later tonight for you fancy 64 bit folks  :P

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                                vizi0n
                                last edited by

                                I have updated my previous post with both drivers as separate attachments

                                32 bit version : http://www.vizi0n.com/watchguard/sdeclcd.so.32bit.zip
                                64 bit version : http://www.vizi0n.com/watchguard/sdeclcd.so.64bit.zip

                                Please confirm if the 64 bit works as I have no way to test it. Also make sure that you run "chmod +x sdeclcd.so" to make it executable

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                                  networkBob
                                  last edited by

                                  Thank you, vizi0n. That worked on my XTM515 box (running 2.3.4 amd64)! Now the backlight stays on! I am happy and frankly kinda giddy. I appreciate your help.

                                  Cheers

                                  Watchguard XTM525 running pfSense 2.4.1

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                                    vizi0n
                                    last edited by

                                    @networkBob:

                                    Thank you, vizi0n. That worked on my XTM515 box (running 2.3.4 amd64)! Now the backlight stays on! I am happy and frankly kinda giddy. I appreciate your help.

                                    Cheers

                                    You're welcome

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                                      whitexp
                                      last edited by

                                      hi guys ,
                                      offtopic :

                                      any lcd recomend for work with pfsense ?

                                      thanks .

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                                      • StlCardsFanJRS
                                        StlCardsFanJR
                                        last edited by

                                        @vizi0n:

                                        I have updated my previous post with both drivers as separate attachments

                                        32 bit version : http://www.vizi0n.com/watchguard/sdeclcd.so.32bit.zip
                                        64 bit version : http://www.vizi0n.com/watchguard/sdeclcd.so.64bit.zip

                                        Please confirm if the 64 bit works as I have no way to test it. Also make sure that you run "chmod +x sdeclcd.so" to make it executable

                                        I apologize in advance if this is a stupid question. I opened the file "sdeclcd.so.64bit.zip" and noticed the "__MACOSX" folder. I don't have a Mac.

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                                          vizi0n
                                          last edited by

                                          I don't have a Mac.

                                          I do haha. Sorry, I did not notice that it had added this folder. I thought I had zipped it on my VM. You only need the .so file inside the zip

                                          EDIT: I have updated both zip files to remove the __MACOSX folder

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                                            maksimred
                                            last edited by

                                            @networkBob:

                                            Thank you, vizi0n. That worked on my XTM515 box (running 2.3.4 amd64)! Now the backlight stays on! I am happy and frankly kinda giddy. I appreciate your help.

                                            Cheers

                                            Hi, How did you manage to get pfsense loaded on your XTM 515? I have a XTM 535 and want to load pfsense, but no write up is available. From what I understand 515 and 535 have the same internals, only software locked by watchguard.

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