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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
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          –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
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            @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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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    Replied in the XTM 5 thread.

                                    Please don't double post. This thread is specifically for questions about the LCD driver. And it's included upstream in LCDproc now anyway.

                                    Steve

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                                      networkBob
                                      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

                                      Oh dang the backlight turns off now after pfSense 2.4.1 update. Any ideas? Could this be a file signing issue?

                                      Cheers

                                      Watchguard XTM525 running pfSense 2.4.1

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                                        vizi0n
                                        last edited by

                                        @networkBob:

                                        @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

                                        Oh dang the backlight turns off now after pfSense 2.4.1 update. Any ideas? Could this be a file signing issue?

                                        Cheers

                                        Even after reuploading the file?

                                        32-bit support has been deprecated and removed – There are no images available for 32-bit (x86/i386) Intel architecture systems

                                        Awww its the end for the updates on my x750e :(

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                                          networkBob
                                          last edited by

                                          Yes, I tried that. I also tried:
                                          1. deleting the sdeclcd.so file and replacing with fresh downloaded copy
                                          2. uninstalling LCDProc package and reinstalling
                                          3. rebooting

                                          Maybe I missed something, or maybe 2.4.1 added a file signing feature for security? I'll keep trying…

                                          Watchguard XTM525 running pfSense 2.4.1

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                                            vizi0n
                                            last edited by

                                            Aaah 2.4 is using FreeBSD 11, mine were compiled on 10.3

                                            I will create new ones

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