2.3 LCDPROC

chpalmer

When I look under <installedpackages>at what's already there, none of the code has

<menu>or <service>, they only say <package>, and there is a package option already there for LCDPRoc.

Actually looking through the config.xml file the code is already there, just noticed it after posting the message above, the issue is I don't see it in installed applications, so there is no way to know when I need to patch it, or is there?

Thanks and advance,</package></service> </menu></installedpackages>

Arn't you using a snapshot of 2.3.3?

Smoothrunnings

@chpalmer:

@Smoothrunnings:

When I look under <installedpackages>at what's already there, none of the code has

<menu>or <service>, they only say <package>, and there is a package option already there for LCDPRoc.

Actually looking through the config.xml file the code is already there, just noticed it after posting the message above, the issue is I don't see it in installed applications, so there is no way to know when I need to patch it, or is there?

Thanks and advance,</package></service> </menu></installedpackages>

Arn't you using a snapshot of 2.3.3?

Nope. I blew away my pfSense and went back to the stable OS updated of course. I was having problems with HAProxy under the Snapshot dev 2.3.3, so I followed the instruction to install LCDPro and looked through the config.xml and noticed it had installed the lines in the recent installer for the LCDPro under <installedpackages>. I restarted the firewall but only see HAProxy under my Installed Packages.

Thanks and advance,</installedpackages>

doktornotor

There is no reasonable to way to install the menu entry without installing the package. Not really sure what you are trying there. If you cannot install the package properly (there are no issues with haproxy and 2.3.3 except PEBKAC ones), then bookmark the page and move on.

stephenw10

Manually installing will never show the package as installed in the package manager.

However the lcdproc package is in 2.3.3 and 2.4 now so the easiest thing is to just use one of them. Or wait for 2.3.3 to be released which should be happening 'real soon now' assuming no large bug discoveries.

Steve

Smoothrunnings

@stephenw10:

Manually installing will never show the package as installed in the package manager.

However the lcdproc package is in 2.3.3 and 2.4 now so the easiest thing is to just use one of them. Or wait for 2.3.3 to be released which should be happening 'real soon now' assuming no large bug discoveries.

Steve

Thanks Steve for the construct response!

Much appreciated!

revengineer

Treer,
as you know I have been running LCDPROC version linked here https://github.com/Treer/FreeBSD-ports/blob/devel/README.md#installation. Will I get the same version when I install the LCDPROC package in pfSense 2.3.3? Specifically, will that version include your improvements for the MatrixOrbital display? Finally, have the fixes for the problem chpalmer found been checked in yet?

Thanks much.

treer

The fix is here - they haven't merged it into pfsense yet.

The two versions are the same with the exception of those three '+' symbols that got inserted into the previous pull request.

i.e. 2.3.3 includes the extra matrix orbital stuff, you just have to delete those + symbols.

revengineer

@treer:

The fix is here - they haven't merged it into pfsense yet.

The two versions are the same with the exception of those three '+' symbols that got inserted into the previous pull request.

i.e. 2.3.3 includes the extra matrix orbital stuff, you just have to delete those + symbols.

Great thanks. The MatrixOrbital fix was the important one, I can handle the + symbols.

treer

The MatrixOrbital fix was the important one, I can handle the + symbols.

For what it's worth, they've now merged that + symbol fix in.

briight56

LCDproc 0.10.4 is in the Package Manager/Available Packages

but i get this error
LCD display driver.

Package Dependencies:
lcdproc-0.5.7_2

New packages to be INSTALLED:
pfSense-pkg-LCDproc: 0.10.4 [pfSense]
lcdproc: 0.5.7_2 [pfSense]
freetype2: 2.6.3 [pfSense]

Number of packages to be installed: 3

The process will require 3 MiB more space.
787 KiB to be downloaded.
pkg: https://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_3_3_i386-pfSense_v2_3_3/All/pfSense-pkg-LCDproc-0.10.4.txz: Not Found
Failed

there anyway to change the location its looking for the files or are they fixing it

revengineer

It looks like the version number needs to be bumped to 0.10.5.

Morlok8k

to treer, or whomever else may know:

I manually installed lcdproc on 2.3.1 (and since upgraded to 2.3.2). if i upgrade to 2.3.3 with lcdproc available as a package, should i uninstall (and how would i do this?) the manually installed version and then install the official package, or will there be no issues with upgrading and installing over the manually installed version?

I just don't want two versions running at the same time, or some other silly issue.

i could use the uninstallation part of the instructions here: https://github.com/Treer/FreeBSD-ports/blob/devel/README.md#update

edit: hmmm… it's already showing up in my installed packages list even on 2.3.2 with an available upgrade from 0.10.1 to 0.10.5

stephenw10

The package is effectively the same thing, it was this that was accepted into our repo.

You would not get two versions running as both would try to use the same config file and hence the same port and would fail.

I wouldn't anticipate any problems

Steve

revengineer

I originally installed the package manually on 2.3.2. Today it showed up in the official package list in yellow indicating there was an update. I did the update to 0.10.5 through the GUI. Everything went fine and there is no duplication of menus. I don't anticipate any issue when upgrading to 2.3.3 next weekend.

Morlok8k

cool, i upgraded LCDproc and then installed 2.3.3. everything worked fine!

joako

What's the correct way to file a feature request against LCDproc?

I have a CrystalFontz 631 display and I need to frequently edit the .inc file and edit the model number from 635 to 631. There should be a dropdown in the GUI to specify what model CrystalFontz display is attached.

stephenw10

The best way would be to add that code and file a pull request.

But otherwise you can open a feature request in redmine: https://redmine.pfsense.org/projects/pfsense-packages

You might get more traction bribing Treer here though. ;)

Steve

treer

I was worried about spamming the pfsense maintainers with pull requests, so there's already a change I haven't sent them yet, I could add the CrystalFontz model as well.

These sorts of problems will be ongoing unless someone comprehensively implements all lcdproc's config options in the GUI, and then you have a messy GUI. Many pfsense screens facing similar problems have a "Custom options" field, so perhaps the LCDProc GUI ought to have a custom options textbox where users can extend or somehow smartly override any options set by the GUI?

What would be desirable behaviour for a custom options textbox? Normally they are for appending extra config lines, and often that's all the LCDProc webgui will need, but for overriding settings (like joako would have had to) I think lcdproc usually uses the first setting it finds (skip=0) so it might be better to have any custom text inserted between the [drivername] and the lines produced by the GUI.

thegreatga

I used to use this form thread https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=83747.15 to fix the required port speed to 38400 required to make my lcd work. However since the latest update I can no longer edit this parameter using this method because they don't exist. If someone could point me in the right direction it would be much appreciated.

stephenw10

Which particular post in that thread? I don't see anything on that page you linked to concerning baud rate.

Steve