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Broadband Related => Router Monitoring Software => Topic started by: jaydub on March 30, 2017, 04:24:49 PM
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Just wondering whether anybody has got either DSLStats or H^612 Modem Stats working properly on a Mac, as I am struggling.
I can get DSL Stats to run under both Winebottler and Wineskin, however it fails to connect via Telnet to my ZyXel VMG8924-B10A router after no more than 3 or 4 minutes of running.
My attempts at running HG612 Modem Stats are far worse with the application crashing both Winebottler and WineSkin.
Looking at both the Winebottler and Wineskin web sites, it appears that the latest versions are only compatible up to Yosemite, so the fact that I am ion Sierra may not be helping.
Having never used either app under windows, it may well be that I am doing something wrong and selecting the wrong exe to run, so I would welcome any thoughts on how best to get either of these apps running on our iMac.
Thanks for your help.
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Further update for HG612_Modem_Stats.
I can get the application to run now, but can't set up a schedule as it won't accept the username / password combination. Any ideas?
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If there is anyone using a Mac out there I would appreciate some input as to how you get your data into MyDSLWebStats. The best I can do with my VMG8924 is about three minutes worth of DSLStats upload, before the telnet login fails.
I still can't get a session running on HG612_Modem_Stats as it won't accept my account username and password.
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I don't know enough about Macs these days now they are Linux kernel based but have you tried the DSLStats Linux version on your Mac? It might just be worth a shot - who knows? If it still fails you've lost nothing. Failing that is it worth trying to compile DSLStats on the Mac as the source code is available.
Stuart
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I got Dslstats fully working on my Mac via Docker using the package mentioned in the 'Docker' thread. Might be worth a try.
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I don't know enough about Macs these days now they are Linux kernel based but have you tried the DSLStats Linux version on your Mac? It might just be worth a shot - who knows? If it still fails you've lost nothing. Failing that is it worth trying to compile DSLStats on the Mac as the source code is available.
Stuart
Hi Stuart,
Yes I have tried the Linux version and it won't run the executable I'm not very technical, so no idea how to compile the source code on the Mac.
Thanks,
Jon
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I got Dslstats fully working on my Mac via Docker using the package mentioned in the 'Docker' thread. Might be worth a try.
Hi Andy,
I'm afraid being fairly non-technical, I'm struggling to make it work.
Happy to give it another go if you can walk me through what you did.
Thanks,
Jon
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I'll give it a go.... It was a few days back but Im sure I can piece it all together :-)
First thing is to install docker from here, following the instructions.
https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-mac/install/#install-and-run-docker-for-mac
You will probably also want to install kitematic as it makes things easier to administer. I think there's a link from the Docker pulldown in the menu bar once Docker is running.
Once it is running in your menubar, bring up a terminal window on your mac and run the following:
docker pull rossallan/dslstats
This should install the DSLStats package
You then need to start it up. This was the command line I used from the terminal
docker run -d --name="dslstats" --net=bridge -p 66000:5900/tcp -p66001:8080/tcp -e "VNC_PASSWORD"="MyPassword" -v/Users/andy/Documents/dslstats:/config rossallan/dslstats
If this fails you might need to create the 'config' folder manually inside your Documents folder. You will also need to edit that line above to point to your own home Documents folder by editing the 'Andy' part.
This should get you most of the way to actually getting the container running. Once that is so, you can configure DSLStats...
Let me know how you get on. A lot of this is from memory so might not be 100%!
Andy.
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Hi Andy,
I've managed to get as far as the docker run command, but get the error message "Invalid hostPort: 66000."
I suspect this is because I also need to be running VNC.
If that is the case can you please recommend a package that will run in Opera ideally and let me know what I need to do to configure it.
Also a quick question: Does your dslstats folder have a colon at the end or is the colon significant from a syntax perspective?
I have a suspicion that once we get through this that I will see exactly the same issue I have had running DSLStats under Winebottler and Wineskin, but will be good to prove it one way or another.
I appreciate your help.
Thanks,
Jon
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Hi. The port numbers are fairly abitrart, try 10000 and 10001 for example.
The colon is part of the syntax - you don't need it in the actual folder name.
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10000 and 10001 worked.
I guess the VNC Password bit isn't critical.
Now for the next stupid question: I can start the DSLStats service in Kitematic, but can't see the DSL Stats UI. Any ideas. Struggling to make much sense of what Kitematic is saying, although having rerun it it I do get the following error message:
(dslstats:15): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0
172.17.0.1 - - [06/Apr/2017 16:33:04] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 -
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THere's a possibility that it might have left a lock file behind from a previous run which stops it restarting. you need to run a shell inside the Docker container and remove, but I can remember exactly how to do this. There's a button in Kitematic that does it if the container is running.
Once you got the shell running the file you want to delete can be got rid of by doing
rm /tmp/.X0*
If you then restart the Docker container, hopefully it will come up ok.
If it does, you then need to run the mac screen sharing App, and connect to localhost:10000, or whichever port you picked previously. It's the one just before the :5900 in the command line
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I'll reboot the Mac and give it another go in the morning. Still not twigged what is generating the graphics here. I can't help thinking the VNC password is signiicant.
Sent from my EVA-L09 using Tapatalk
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Have you considered getting a Raspberry Pi and using DSL Stats on that?
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Hi Ronski,
No I haven't. I'm a bit of a technophobe and since I'm between jobs at he moment, I'm not sure the time is right to start playing with toys I don't understand. Very professional toys though they may be!!
Jon
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Hi Andy,
Even worse this morning!!!. Kitematic is complaining virtualbox is not installed and asking it to be installed via the outdated Docker Toolbox. I thought Docker for Mac was supposed to have negated the need for the virtualbox.
I think I managed to get round this yesterday, but can't for the life of me remember what I did!
Jon
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Loaded the Docker Toolbox and can see the following within the Kitematic Container log:
stored passwd in file: /root/.vnc/passwd
07/04/2017 10:22:57 -usepw: found /root/.vnc/passwd
07/04/2017 10:22:57 x11vnc version: 0.9.13 lastmod: 2011-08-10 pid: 13
07/04/2017 10:22:57 Using X display :0
07/04/2017 10:22:57 rootwin: 0x25c reswin: 0x200001 dpy: 0xd95ea0
07/04/2017 10:22:57
07/04/2017 10:22:57 ------------------ USEFUL INFORMATION ------------------
07/04/2017 10:22:57 X DAMAGE available on display, using it for polling hints.
07/04/2017 10:22:57 To disable this behavior use: '-noxdamage'
07/04/2017 10:22:57
07/04/2017 10:22:57 Most compositing window managers like 'compiz' or 'beryl'
07/04/2017 10:22:57 cause X DAMAGE to fail, and so you may not see any screen
07/04/2017 10:22:57 updates via VNC. Either disable 'compiz' (recommended) or
07/04/2017 10:22:57 supply the x11vnc '-noxdamage' command line option.
07/04/2017 10:22:57
07/04/2017 10:22:57 Wireframing: -wireframe mode is in effect for window moves.
07/04/2017 10:22:57 If this yields undesired behavior (poor response, painting
07/04/2017 10:22:57 errors, etc) it may be disabled:
07/04/2017 10:22:57 - use '-nowf' to disable wireframing completely.
07/04/2017 10:22:57 - use '-nowcr' to disable the Copy Rectangle after the
07/04/2017 10:22:57 moved window is released in the new position.
07/04/2017 10:22:57 Also see the -help entry for tuning parameters.
07/04/2017 10:22:57 You can press 3 Alt_L's (Left "Alt" key) in a row to
07/04/2017 10:22:57 repaint the screen, also see the -fixscreen option for
07/04/2017 10:22:57 periodic repaints.
07/04/2017 10:22:57
07/04/2017 10:22:57 XFIXES available on display, resetting cursor mode
07/04/2017 10:22:57 to: '-cursor most'.
07/04/2017 10:22:57 to disable this behavior use: '-cursor arrow'
07/04/2017 10:22:57 or '-noxfixes'.
07/04/2017 10:22:57 using XFIXES for cursor drawing.
07/04/2017 10:22:57 GrabServer control via XTEST.
07/04/2017 10:22:57
07/04/2017 10:22:57 Scroll Detection: -scrollcopyrect mode is in effect to
07/04/2017 10:22:57 use RECORD extension to try to detect scrolling windows
07/04/2017 10:22:57 (induced by either user keystroke or mouse input).
07/04/2017 10:22:57 If this yields undesired behavior (poor response, painting
07/04/2017 10:22:57 errors, etc) it may be disabled via: '-noscr'
07/04/2017 10:22:57 Also see the -help entry for tuning parameters.
07/04/2017 10:22:57 You can press 3 Alt_L's (Left "Alt" key) in a row to
07/04/2017 10:22:57 repaint the screen, also see the -fixscreen option for
07/04/2017 10:22:57 periodic repaints.
07/04/2017 10:22:57
07/04/2017 10:22:57 XKEYBOARD: number of keysyms per keycode 7 is greater
07/04/2017 10:22:57 than 4 and 51 keysyms are mapped above 4.
07/04/2017 10:22:57 Automatically switching to -xkb mode.
07/04/2017 10:22:57 If this makes the key mapping worse you can
07/04/2017 10:22:57 disable it with the "-noxkb" option.
07/04/2017 10:22:57 Also, remember "-remap DEAD" for accenting characters.
07/04/2017 10:22:57
07/04/2017 10:22:57 X FBPM extension not supported.
07/04/2017 10:22:57 X display is not capable of DPMS.
07/04/2017 10:22:57 --------------------------------------------------------
07/04/2017 10:22:57
07/04/2017 10:22:57 Default visual ID: 0x21
PORT=5900
07/04/2017 10:22:57 Read initial data from X display into framebuffer.
07/04/2017 10:22:57 initialize_screen: fb_depth/fb_bpp/fb_Bpl 24/32/6400
07/04/2017 10:22:57
07/04/2017 10:22:57 X display :0 is 32bpp depth=24 true color
07/04/2017 10:22:57
07/04/2017 10:22:57 Autoprobing TCP port
07/04/2017 10:22:57 Autoprobing selected TCP port 5900
07/04/2017 10:22:57 Autoprobing TCP6 port
07/04/2017 10:22:57 Autoprobing selected TCP6 port 5900
07/04/2017 10:22:57 listen6: bind: Address already in use
07/04/2017 10:22:57 Not listening on IPv6 interface.
07/04/2017 10:22:57
07/04/2017 10:22:57 Xinerama is present and active (e.g. multi-head).
07/04/2017 10:22:57 Xinerama: number of sub-screens: 1
07/04/2017 10:22:57 Xinerama: no blackouts needed (only one sub-screen)
07/04/2017 10:22:57
07/04/2017 10:22:57 fb read rate: 2547 MB/sec
07/04/2017 10:22:57 fast read: reset -wait ms to: 10
07/04/2017 10:22:57 fast read: reset -defer ms to: 10
07/04/2017 10:22:57 The X server says there are 10 mouse buttons.
07/04/2017 10:22:57 screen setup finished.
07/04/2017 10:22:57
2017-04-07T10:22:57.433154968Z
The VNC desktop is: a95b37807234:0
2017-04-07T10:22:57.433159088Z
******************************************************************************
Have you tried the x11vnc '-ncache' VNC client-side pixel caching feature yet?
2017-04-07T10:22:57.433165567Z
The scheme stores pixel data offscreen on the VNC viewer side for faster
retrieval. It should work with any VNC viewer. Try it by running:
2017-04-07T10:22:57.433171862Z
x11vnc -ncache 10 ...
2017-04-07T10:22:57.433175924Z
One can also add -ncache_cr for smooth 'copyrect' window motion.
More info: http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/faq.html#faq-client-caching
2017-04-07T10:22:57.433182207Z
TLResourceList.Sort 0 DUPLICATE RESOURCE FOUND: TBitchart:PNG
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192.168.99.1 - - [07/Apr/2017 10:23:50] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 -
192.168.99.1 - - [07/Apr/2017 10:23:56] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 -
192.168.99.1 - - [07/Apr/2017 10:24:59] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 -
192.168.99.1 - - [07/Apr/2017 10:25:25] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 -
192.168.99.1 - - [07/Apr/2017 10:25:26] code 404, message File not found
No sign of dSLStats being launched though.
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Those "DUPLICATE RESOURCE FOUND" messages are from DSLstats, and they're not indicative of an error. However the fact that it gets that far without displaying the GUI does suggest that the problem may lie in the particular build of DSLstats which is being used. Some Linux versions have the same issue when launching DSLstats, and the workaround is to build DSLstats using an earlier release of Lazarus (the development system I use). I'll shortly be releasing a new version of DSLstats built in that way, and if it can be incorporated into the Docker package it should hopefully get it running for you.
I'm going out now, but later today I'll try to get this arranged.
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It looks like it is running fine - My working Docker version gives exactly the same log output.
You need to connect with the Mac Screen Sharing App as I mentioned before. You won't see anything directly in your mac screen otherwise. You can also use any generic VNC viewer App
You should open localhost:10000 as the address within screen sharing (Or whatever port number you chose). This will display a 'virtual' screen, and within that you will see the DSLStats instance running.
It will ask for the password that you previously supplied (VNC Password)
Andy
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Eureka!!!!!!
We got there in the end.
Not the most intuitive method of running DSL stats, but it looks as though it works.
It's ben running since 17:42 without the telnet connections erroring which is something of a record.
Many thanks for your patience, Andy. You gave me enough such that Google could manage to fill the rest of my ignorance gap. ;)
The time server looks as though it is running on GMT rather than BST, but I gather that might be normal.
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Great news. It's never easy talking someone through a process that you barely know yourself and not say at the computer. I'd not used Docker myself until about a week ago.
I think we also figured out the timezone issue too - will talk you through it over the weekend.
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A triumph of perseverance. Well done, both of you. :)
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Great news. It's never easy talking someone through a process that you barely know yourself and not say at the computer. I'd not used Docker myself until about a week ago.
I think we also figured out the timezone issue too - will talk you through it over the weekend.
Onto the next battle!!
There were a few moments when this almost got filed in the too hard bin. Just as well I have a bit of time on my hands at the moment. ;)
I'm out and about tomorrow so will probably be Sunday before I can have another play.
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Ready when you are, Andy.
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I'll probably be back in a couple of hours
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OK. Trying to piece together what I did... Credit to user 'nailer' who helped figure it out.
So... run the following inside the shell in the docker image:
echo "Europe/London" > /config/etc/timezone
if it complains and fails, you might need to do this first before repeating
mkdir /config/etc
Then create a new Volume, file mapping from the file you just created, which will be in somewhere like /Users/MyUserName/Documents/dslstats/config/etc/timezone and map it to /etc/timezone within the Docker container. Im not sure if you an do this in Kitematic. If not, you will need to add it to the original long command line I gave you as another mapping argument to go along with the existing one for the 'config' folder.
Finally, back in the Docker shell,
dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive tzdata
And restart the container.
Good luck!
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Hi Andy,
Almost there, having fought the battle of disappearing containers in Kitematic.
Command line run to create the container was:
Jons-iMac:~ Jon$ docker run -d --name="dslstats" --net=bridge -p 10000:5900/tcp -p10001:8080/tcp -e "VNC_PASSWORD"="password" -v /Users/Jon/Broadband/Documents/dslstats:/config -v /Users/Jon/Documents/Broadband/dslstats/config/etc/timezone:/config/etc/timezone rossallan/dslstats
That all appears to run OK but when I try and run the dpkg command I get the following:
bash-3.2$ dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive tzdata
bash: dpkg-reconfigure: command not found
Am I running it from the wrong place.
Also, every time you fire up DSLStats in Docker, do you have to reconfigure it, as all my previously entered settings have disappeared?
Thanks again for your help.
Jon
P.S. It's 20 years since I did any Linux CLI stuff, so amazes I can even remember any of the basic commands!