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    LCDproc: no nexcom.so ?? (pfs 2.3.5)

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      hvisage
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      Hi there,
      Busy trying to get the LCDproc working on a NSA1405L(FL). looking at https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=15913.msg82910;topicseen#msg82910 it should be there, and even have a dropdown menu option "nexcom (x86 only)", but seems that the installation media I used, doesn't have it:

      Nov 25 18:14:17 	LCDd 		Could not open driver module /usr/local/lib/lcdproc/nexcom.so: Cannot open "/usr/local/lib/lcdproc/nexcom.so" 
      
      [2.3.5-RELEASE][root@hvg.localdomain.hvt]/root: ls /usr/local/lib/lcdproc/
      CFontz.so       SureElec.so     lb216.so        sdeclcd.so      t6963.so
      CFontzPacket.so bayrad.so       lcdm001.so      sed1330.so      text.so
      CwLnx.so        curses.so       lcterm.so       sed1520.so      tyan.so
      EyeboxOne.so    ea65.so         ms6931.so       serialPOS.so    vlsys_m428.so
      IOWarrior.so    glcd.so         mtc_s16209x.so  serialVFD.so
      MD8800.so       glk.so          picolcd.so      shuttleVFD.so
      MtxOrb.so       hd44780.so      pyramid.so      sli.so
      NoritakeVFD.so  icp_a106.so     rawserial.so    stv5730.so
      [2.3.5-RELEASE][root@hvg.localdomain.hvt]/root:
      
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        fmertz
        last edited by

        Looks like there is no perfect solution, yet, but there is a write-up here that highlights a couple of options:

        https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=46799.msg246935#msg246935

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          fmertz
          last edited by

          After looking around some more, it looks like support for the Nexcom devices was added to the "generic" hd44780 driver after all:

          ConnectionType=lcm162

          Code change:
          https://github.com/lcdproc/lcdproc/commit/9e80b177ffb1755e27109dd284ad568319fe4e6a#diff-b5b7491d509ceae9b603712026311903

          Documentation change:
          https://github.com/lcdproc/lcdproc/commit/4a50059b81910d7a6f9a70791766dfd12c61bb99#diff-056b4c550c4f9828ca095124588909ed

          So, these Nexcom devices are supported by the base lcdproc project code. Not sure the pfSense integration package was updated, though…

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