Firebox LCD Driver for LCDProc

[DrJon]

Hi, I have newly installed pfsense to my watchguard xtm5 series hardware via cf, installed to 500gb HDD. I have downloaded the lcdproc package from the package manager however I cannot get the display to work. The service won't start and if it does it reverts to defaults and the display just shows the bios version and nothing more,as it did before lcdproc package was installed. My understanding is you need to manually configure files. I am happy to do this but am not sure where to go, what files to modify and how to modify them.
Any assistance appreciated

[stephenw10]

You should be able to use the package settings directly. The previous issues have mostly been eliminated with a recent round of bug fixes. Be sure to set some screens on the second tab or it won't start. So:

And then something like:

Steve

[DrJon]

@stephenw10 hi, I have done this exactly but the settings revert back to defaults and the service won't start

[stephenw10]

Hmm, the package actually reverts to the default settings immediately?

If you check the config file directly (/conf/confg.xml) so you see the correct settings there?

		<lcdproc>
			<config>
				<enable>yes</enable>
				<comport>lpt1</comport>
				<size>20x2</size>
				<driver>sdeclcd</driver>
				<connection_type>lcd2usb</connection_type>
				<refresh_frequency>5</refresh_frequency>
				<port_speed>0</port_speed>
				<brightness>-1</brightness>
				<offbrightness>-1</offbrightness>
				<contrast>-1</contrast>
				<backlight>default</backlight>
				<outputleds>yes</outputleds>
				<mtxorb_type>lcd</mtxorb_type>
				<mtxorb_adjustable_backlight>yes</mtxorb_adjustable_backlight>
			</config>
		</lcdproc>
		<lcdprocscreens>
			<config>
				<scr_version></scr_version>
				<scr_time>yes</scr_time>
				<scr_uptime>yes</scr_uptime>
				<scr_hostname></scr_hostname>
				<scr_system></scr_system>
				<scr_disk></scr_disk>
				<scr_load>yes</scr_load>
				<scr_states></scr_states>
				<scr_carp></scr_carp>
				<scr_ipsec></scr_ipsec>
				<scr_slbd></scr_slbd>
				<scr_interfaces></scr_interfaces>
				<scr_mbuf></scr_mbuf>
				<scr_cpufrequency>yes</scr_cpufrequency>
				<scr_traffic></scr_traffic>
				<scr_traffic_interface>wan</scr_traffic_interface>
				<scr_top_interfaces_by_bps></scr_top_interfaces_by_bps>
				<scr_top_interfaces_by_total_bytes></scr_top_interfaces_by_total_bytes>
				<scr_top_interfaces_by_bytes_today></scr_top_interfaces_by_bytes_today>
				<scr_traffic_by_address></scr_traffic_by_address>
				<scr_traffic_by_address_if>wan</scr_traffic_by_address_if>
				<scr_traffic_by_address_sort>in</scr_traffic_by_address_sort>
				<scr_traffic_by_address_filter>local</scr_traffic_by_address_filter>
				<scr_traffic_by_address_hostipformat>descr</scr_traffic_by_address_hostipformat>
			</config>
		</lcdprocscreens>

The SDEC driver ignores a lot of those settings, some of them look incorrect there but are just not set.

Steve

[DrJon]

@stephenw10 hi I can't show you what mine says as I don't know how to copy the text in. It's unable to post it as thinks it's spam.
Mine doesn't show what yours shows.

[DrJon]

@stephenw10

[stephenw10]

Hmm, so simply not saving the config. Are you able to make other changes there? Is it possible the user you're using has 'config deny write' set? Try using the admin user if you're not.

Do you see any errors in the system log when you try to enable the LCD?

Steve

[DrJon]

I am logged in as admin. I'll check the logs..

[DrJon]

@stephenw10 im sorry, where are the logs? still very new to this.

[stephenw10]

In Status > System Logs > System / General tab.

If there is some issue saving the package settings I would expect to see something logged there when you try.

Steve

[DrJon]

@stephenw10

[DrJon]

That's with these settings.

[stephenw10]

Hmm, what pfSense version is this? Looks it must be 2.4.5.

What lcdproc package version?

[DrJon]

@stephenw10
Yes it's version 2.4.5 and package is version 0.10.6_10. This is what was in the available packages.

[DrJon]

@stephenw10
OK it's working but I had to do the following. I copied code from another post into the config.xml, then performed a reboot.
Thankyou for your help in helping me to work this out. Really appreciate it. I know it's only a lcd screen but being new to pfsense and code etc these small victories help to build confidence.

[stephenw10]

Hmm, odd. I couldn't replicate that. Glad you got it running anyway.

Steve

[DrJon]

@stephenw10 yea, very strange. It seems to me that the lcdproc service window where you set that information isn't copying and saving that information.
Thanks again