Watchguard XTM 5 Series
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Works fine in 2.7 for me. What problem are you seeing?
The only issue is the button mapping is incorrect. I think that's because it conflicted with the older devices at the time but none of those run pfSense any longer so maybe time to update it.
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@stephenw10 LCDproc service wont even start on mine.
Maybe its something left over from the upgrade as the install of Unifi Network Manager is also screwed since upgrading. ( https://github.com/unofficial-unifi/unifi-pfsense )
Is there any log in particular that I can explore to find out exactly why the service wont start?
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Try to start the service then check the system log. Though anything could be happening if you loaded that unifi package. That could very well be completely broken in 2.7 and may have pulled in some bad pkgs that also broke lcdproc.
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@stephenw10 Yeah, I thought that too but stripped it out and still have the same issue. I might try fresh install this weekend and see if there is any better results.
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If you try starting lcdproc at the CLI it might throw more useful errors. If there have been some bad packages pulled in there will likely be missing lib errors.
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@stephenw10 OK, couldnt wait and had a look. So it seems there was a new version of LCDproc released in the past couple of days. I was using 0.11.4_1 but this version is now installed: 0.11.4_2
Yup, some changes were made but not seemingly something that should have affected me:
https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/commits/devel/sysutils/pfSense-pkg-LCDprocIt wouldnt start manually either when i ran "service lcdproc onestart" so I tried running "service LCDd onestart" and it started and displayed the server stats. So I restarted LCDproc and now its running without issues :-)
So I was either doing something stupid before or this new versions resolved something. Im thinking the former :-)
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I never installed pfsense on this machine, I installed a voip pbx based on centos7, installed flashrom and flashed xtm5_83.rom
From there, display says "pfsense v1.8" or so.... -
Yeah, it's hardcoded in the BIOS module. To remind you to install pfSense.
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So can't I modify the .rom file directly ?
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That's not what I did. I opened the rom file, extracted the module, hex-edited it then reinserted the module. It was years ago though and pretty much the first time I'd tried anything like that so there may well be a better way now.
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Well, I don't understand the part "extract" the module from .rom file, which software to do it ?
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@waterwall said in Watchguard XTM 5 Series:
The MMTool program is used to extract/insert/replace individual modules within the BIOS
A little step ahead....
MMtool shows me various modules, which one is related to LCD string ?? -
@Xerox said in Watchguard XTM 5 Series:
@waterwall said in Watchguard XTM 5 Series:
The MMTool program is used to extract/insert/replace individual modules within the BIOS
A little step ahead....
MMtool shows me various modules, which one is related to LCD string ??Found, it's module 1B
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Nice. That took me literally weeks the first time I tried it!
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@stephenw10 It always helps when someone else has paved the way to give pointers in where to look. Pretty sure I remember you giving some pretty good instructions on how you did it that I followed long ago. Or just knowing what to search for or something. I haven't modified the BIOS on this thing in forever. Still runs like a champ after all these years. Granted, I did upgrade to a Core2Quad @ 2.8GHz, 8GB RAM, and 2 SSDs which probably helped a good bit too. Surprisingly, it runs cool and quiet in the living room.
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Nice to know it can run on 8GB despite Lanner manual says max 4GB
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Just supported by the chipset. None of the BIOS mods went that deep.
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@Xerox I can't remember if the system was picky about the RAM modules, but I think I just used some out of the PC I pulled the CPU out of.
Also to note, I apparently have a slightly different version that has all the needed connections for dual hard drives. Had to hack a plastic 3.5" to dual 2.5" adapter to fit them inside. Don't recall if I ever added pictures of that to this thread or not, but pretty sure my serial port mod is here. -
@mcdonnjd RAM choice is very picky. For Intel CPU generation of this era, the only RAM that will allow 8Gb is called High Density. It appears to be quite rare and expensive if it does appear on fleabay. Watch out for the RAM advertised as High Density but is specific to AMD CPU, this wont work. I've not been able to find some that Im willing to pay for. Last I found, the seller wanted 100€ for it and its not worth that any more IMO. 4Gb has always been plenty for me
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@CodeJACK Hmmm... Maybe it didn't come out of the PC the CPU came from then. Pretty sure the CPU came from one of our HP office machines and I doubt they had anything special. I'd have to check the shelf at work to see if I still have any of it. Think I did have some extra that I kept on the shelf, but I don't remember as it's been many years since I did this and I think I've finally gotten rid of the DDR2. (I probably documented what RAM I used earlier in the thread, but probably not where I scavenged it from.)
