Firebox LCD Driver for LCDProc

stephenw10

On 32bit? ;)

networkBob

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.

stephenw10

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

vizi0n

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

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

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

vizi0n

@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

whitexp

hi guys ,
offtopic :

any lcd recomend for work with pfsense ?

thanks .

StlCardsFanJR

@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.

vizi0n

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

maksimred

@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.

stephenw10

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

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

vizi0n

@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 :(

networkBob

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…

vizi0n

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

I will create new ones

vizi0n

Can you try this one ?

http://vizi0n.com/watchguard/sdeclcd.so.freebsd11.zip

networkBob

Thank you so much, Vizi0n. I can confirm that your new file works on pfSense 2.4.1. This new modified LCDproc sdecled.so file keeps the LCD backlight powered on forever. These are the steps I used:

1) stop the LCDproc service
2) open console shell
3) mv /usr/local/lib/lcdproc/sdeclcd.so /usr/local/lib/lcdproc/sdeclcd.so.bak
4) fetch http://vizi0n.com/watchguard/sdeclcd.so.freebsd11.zip
5) unzip sdeclcd.so.freebsd11.zip
6) cp sdeclcd.so /usr/local/lib/lcdproc
7) chmod +x sdeclcd.so

Cheers

vizi0n

@networkBob:

Thank you so much, Vizi0n. I can confirm that your new file works on pfSense 2.4.1. This new modified LCDproc sdecled.so file keeps the LCD backlight powered on forever.

You're welcome!

I have updated my previous post with the download links and attachments

MirrodinX

Hi,

ich have a little Problem.
I'm not able to install LCD Proc.
Any time i tryed to install it on the WebGUI there are some fails:

>>> Installing pfSense-pkg-LCDproc... 
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
pfSense-core repository is up to date.
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
pfSense repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
The following 2 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

New packages to be INSTALLED:
	pfSense-pkg-LCDproc: 0.10.5 [pfSense]
	lcdproc: 0.5.7_2 [pfSense]

Number of packages to be installed: 2

The process will require 1 MiB more space.
[1/2] Installing lcdproc-0.5.7_2...
[1/2] Extracting lcdproc-0.5.7_2: .
pkg-static: Fail to create temporary file: /usr/local/lib/lcdproc/.CFontz.so.70EQSoDb3VPJ:Not a directory
[1/2] Extracting lcdproc-0.5.7_2... done
Failed

My System is a XTM 510
with 2.4.3-RELEASE (amd64)

Anybody able to help me?

Thanks in advance

stephenw10

Hmm, not seeing that here.

>>> Installing pfSense-pkg-LCDproc... 
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
pfSense-core repository is up to date.
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
pfSense repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
The following 2 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

New packages to be INSTALLED:
	pfSense-pkg-LCDproc: 0.10.5 [pfSense]
	lcdproc: 0.5.7_2 [pfSense]

Number of packages to be installed: 2

The process will require 1 MiB more space.
253 KiB to be downloaded.
[1/1] Fetching lcdproc-0.5.7_2.txz: .......... done
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
[1/2] Installing lcdproc-0.5.7_2...
[1/2] Extracting lcdproc-0.5.7_2: .......... done
[2/2] Installing pfSense-pkg-LCDproc-0.10.5...
[2/2] Extracting pfSense-pkg-LCDproc-0.10.5: ......... done
Saving updated package information...
done.
Loading package configuration... done.
Configuring package components...
Loading package instructions...
Custom commands...
Executing custom_php_resync_config_command()...done.
Menu items... done.
Services... done.
Writing configuration... done.
Message from lcdproc-0.5.7_2:

==============================================================
The default configuration files have been installed as
/usr/local/etc/LCDd.conf.sample
/usr/local/etc/lcdproc.conf.sample
/usr/local/etc/lcdexec.conf.sample

Copy and edit them as needed.
==============================================================
>>> Cleaning up cache... done.
Success

You have any other packages installed? Low drive space?

That looks like a general LCDproc issue though. Better to ask here:
https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=44034.0

Or maybe in the packages section generally.

Steve

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 Screenshot_20200517_223431_com.microsoft.emmx.jpg

DrJon

That's with these settings.

Screenshot_20200517_223847_com.microsoft.emmx.jpg

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