Firebox LCD Driver for LCDProc

0raid · Apr 26, 2016, 11:01 PM

@pyroblast:

Hello Steve,

thanks for your fast answer.

Too bad. I hoped, to let the backlight always on.
If i didn't use the LCDproc the backlight is always on, but it shows this annoying "Booting OS…"

pyro

ps. runnung pfsense on a X1250e

I've rebuilt the code from github to force the backlight always on.

You can grab the file from https://www.dropbox.com/s/6ilykwt1p6zn4rm/sdeclcd.so, sadly Dropbox doesn't work nicely with fetch…

You'll need to drop this in /usr/pbi/lcdproc-i386/lib/lcdproc/ and chmod 555 the file. Don't forget to back up your original! Once you reboot the backlight should be on.

such the link direct to sdeclcd.so is not working , is anyone has this file already compile so the LCD of my watchguard stay always on?

thanks!

peacemaker76 · May 10, 2016, 8:59 AM

@vizi0n:

Is anyone else having issues with lcdproc-dev when disconnecting/reconnecting patch cables ?

It seems like everytime the link state changes it reloads the php lcdproc script and creates a ton of errors in my syslog. Simply restarting the service doesn't work, but killing all the php scripts from the console and restarting the service fixes the issue.

Hi vizi0n,

yes same problem here, which is somewhat annoying…

Mattz · Jun 5, 2016, 9:43 PM

Anyone some update/howto for this on 2.3 ?

finlstrm · Jul 24, 2016, 2:54 PM

@Mattz:

Anyone some update/howto for this on 2.3 ?

Bump…

I'm also looking for information on this..,,. I have a few units in production stuck at "2.2.6-RELEASE" that I wish to update to the latest "2.3.x-RELEASE", but it seems one of the packages we have installed has not been converted yet for the new release.

As of this posing the 2.3 Removed Packages list [[url=https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/2.3_Removed_Packages]https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/2.3_Removed_Packages] still lists "lcdproc and lcdproc-dev" as "not converted"

There's nothing else in the release that jumps out to me like it will break our current installs - however our LCD screens will cease to function (I'm not the type of guy to push an update and break any functionality of a device, no matter how small)…

dotdash · Jul 29, 2016, 8:55 PM

@Mattz:

Anyone some update/howto for this on 2.3 ?

If you read back in this thread, instructions have already been posted to get LCDProc running on 2.3
They are, unfortunately, not as easy as clicking on the install button. If you are not comfortable messing around in the shell and having to trace problems if the instructions don't work 100%, then wait for the official package.
If you think a broken LCD is not worth the enhancements in the new version, then stay on 2.2.6.
If you really want a clean package in 2.3, your best best would be to post a bounty and throw enough money at a developer to get it fixed.

DeLorean · Jul 29, 2016, 7:19 AM

With the previous tutorial to get LCDproc working,
i got it working under the latest pfSense 2.3.2
But i think that there's never gonna be a LCDproc package again,
because it's months since 2.3 came out, and still no package.
So for the moment the previous tutorial workarround to get it work, still works on the newest pfSense.

Grtz
DeLorean

stephenw10 · Aug 2, 2016, 6:20 PM

Doesn't mean one couldn't be written. It just needs converting to the bootstrap GUI.

Though I found it never started correctly using just the package with the firebox driver. I started it with shellcmd and used the default client otherwise it fails to start or starts multiple times as shown above.

Steve

dwfa · Oct 25, 2016, 1:45 AM

Hi all,

I have just upgraded to 2.3.2 from pre 2.0 on my X550e. All seems to be okay, but the LCDProc is giving me problems (cannot use the old instructions I had). So I scoured this thread to find out the status and notice that someone wrote that there was a post on how to get the LCD to work. I tried to find it in this thread (as the poster suggested), but could not. I have spent a fair amount of time of searching and seem to be unable to find the post discussing how to get LCD working. Would one of you please help me out and point me to the post? Thx for all the help …

cheers!
dwfa

dotdash · Oct 25, 2016, 6:07 PM

@dwfa:

…someone wrote that there was a post on how to get the LCD to work. I tried to find it in this thread (as the poster suggested), but could not. I have spent a fair amount of time of searching and seem to be unable to find the post discussing how to get LCD working. Would one of you please help me out and point me to the post? Thx for all the help ...

My bad, I mixed my LCDproc threads. The post was by timotl, but it was in a different thread.
https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=44034.525

dwfa · Oct 25, 2016, 10:13 PM

Thx a bunch - I will read through it …

@dotdash:

@dwfa:

…someone wrote that there was a post on how to get the LCD to work. I tried to find it in this thread (as the poster suggested), but could not. I have spent a fair amount of time of searching and seem to be unable to find the post discussing how to get LCD working. Would one of you please help me out and point me to the post? Thx for all the help ...

My bad, I mixed my LCDproc threads. The post was by timotl, but it was in a different thread.
https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=44034.525

dwfa · Oct 26, 2016, 2:08 AM

Ran into a road block :(

I understand what is being asked about getting files from the 2.2.6 release (however, I don't have that release). So I downloaded the ISO for 2.2.6 to copy the files,and low and behold the files listed are not found on the ISO (used my linux box to mount the iso). Now I am stumped (sorta). Do I have to create a 2.2.6 install to get these lcdproc files or is there a package I can just grab them from?

lcdproc.inc -> /usr/local/pkg
lcdproc.xml -> /usr/local/pkg
lcdproc_client.php -> /usr/local/pkg
lcdproc_screens.xml -> /usr/local/pkg
lcdproc.sh -> /usr/local/etc/rc.d

If I have to create a VM image I can, but I thought they would have been on the ISO image. Or am I missing something.

–--
cheers!
dwfa

chpalmer · Oct 26, 2016, 3:26 AM

Look at his sig line.

https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=44034.msg609820#msg609820

dlucas46 · Oct 26, 2016, 3:31 PM

@dwfa:

Ran into a road block :(

I understand what is being asked about getting files from the 2.2.6 release (however, I don't have that release). So I downloaded the ISO for 2.2.6 to copy the files,and low and behold the files listed are not found on the ISO (used my linux box to mount the iso). Now I am stumped (sorta). Do I have to create a 2.2.6 install to get these lcdproc files or is there a package I can just grab them from?

lcdproc.inc -> /usr/local/pkg
lcdproc.xml -> /usr/local/pkg
lcdproc_client.php -> /usr/local/pkg
lcdproc_screens.xml -> /usr/local/pkg
lcdproc.sh -> /usr/local/etc/rc.d

If I have to create a VM image I can, but I thought they would have been on the ISO image. Or am I missing something.

–--
cheers!
dwfa

Save your self the hassle and just use the new 2.3 package:

https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=110177.msg647262#msg647262

DeLorean · Oct 28, 2016, 10:09 AM

@dwfa:

Ran into a road block :(

I understand what is being asked about getting files from the 2.2.6 release (however, I don't have that release). So I downloaded the ISO for 2.2.6 to copy the files,and low and behold the files listed are not found on the ISO (used my linux box to mount the iso). Now I am stumped (sorta). Do I have to create a 2.2.6 install to get these lcdproc files or is there a package I can just grab them from?

lcdproc.inc -> /usr/local/pkg
lcdproc.xml -> /usr/local/pkg
lcdproc_client.php -> /usr/local/pkg
lcdproc_screens.xml -> /usr/local/pkg
lcdproc.sh -> /usr/local/etc/rc.d

If I have to create a VM image I can, but I thought they would have been on the ISO image. Or am I missing something.

–--
cheers!
dwfa

You can find a tutorial that i made for getting the LCDproc to work with pfSense 2.3.x
https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=44034.msg645684#msg645684

Grtz
DeLorean

poneyboy · Jan 3, 2017, 10:29 PM

@theeddie:

seems the driver with the lcd time out disabled is gone

anyone got a copy, or maybe a driver with a 5 min timeout.

Hi,
I am running x550e and XTM5 with pfSense 2.3. I would be very interested in a driver witchout backlight timeout as we can set the backlight on or off in the LCDproc interface. Does somebody know where to find this?
Thanks

stephenw10 · Jan 10, 2017, 5:27 PM

The backlight timeout was hardcoded into the driver originally because the actual SDEC LCDs have a limited backlight lifespan and many of them had already seen a lot of hours. It was common to find the X core boxes witha broken backlight.

The code to disable it should be in the driver. It would need to be altered and recompiled against the current lcdproc version though.

Steve

poneyboy · Jan 21, 2017, 2:39 PM

Hi,
A friend recompiled the driver. Here is the translated procedure from french.

Instruction mod lcdproc :
Stop LCDproc service
Replace sdeclcd.so in /usr/local/lib/lcdproc
sdeclcd.so here : https://transfer.sh/t1Cjm/sdeclcd.so
I made mv /usr/local/lib/lcdproc/sdeclcd.so /usr/local/lib/lcdproc/sdeclcd.so.bak
then curl -O “https://transfer.sh/t1Cjm/sdeclcd.so”
and chmod +x the new sdeclcd.so file.
Then you restard LCDproc service and it runs with backlight without the timeout

We tried on our XTM5 but it should work with other boxes.

0raid · Jan 31, 2017, 11:33 PM

@poneyboy:

Hi,
A friend recompiled the driver. Here is the translated procedure from french.

Instruction mod lcdproc :
Stop LCDproc service
Replace sdeclcd.so in /usr/local/lib/lcdproc
sdeclcd.so here : https://transfer.sh/t1Cjm/sdeclcd.so
I made mv /usr/local/lib/lcdproc/sdeclcd.so /usr/local/lib/lcdproc/sdeclcd.so.bak
then curl -O “https://transfer.sh/t1Cjm/sdeclcd.so”
and chmod +x the new sdeclcd.so file.
Then you restard LCDproc service and it runs with backlight without the timeout

We tried on our XTM5 but it should work with other boxes.

not working in pfsense 2.1 running on firebox x550e :(

LCDd: Could not open driver module /usr/local/lib/lcdproc/sdeclcd.so: /usr/local/lib/lcdproc/sdeclcd.so: unsupported file layout

stephenw10 · Feb 1, 2017, 3:04 AM

It would have to be compiled against the current LCD proc version and probably FreeBSD version. It might be 64bit if was compiled for the XTM5 also.

Any reason you are running such an old version? Get to 2.3.2 and enjoy. :)

Steve

0raid · Feb 1, 2017, 9:06 AM

@stephenw10:

It would have to be compiled against the current LCD proc version and probably FreeBSD version. It might be 64bit if was compiled for the XTM5 also.

Any reason you are running such an old version? Get to 2.3.2 and enjoy. :)

Steve

2.1 running great in firebox x550e , so there is no reason to change it , also i have read here in the forum a lot users report about 2.3 and firebox machine with a lot problems.