ChromeCast without an HDMI-CEC TV - raspberry-pi

I have a TV which doesn't support HDMI-CEC and I've been trying to build a bridge between a Raspberry Pi and my ChromeCast so that the Raspberry Pi can pause or stop play via receiving IR from a remote control.
Using the cec-client on the Pi I can see:
pi#raspberrypi:~/libcec/build $ echo "scan" | cec-client -s -d 1
opening a connection to the CEC adapter...
requesting CEC bus information ...
ERROR: [ 12174] failed to request the physical address
CEC bus information
===================
device #1: Recorder 1
address: 2.0.0.0
active source: no
vendor: Pulse Eight
osd string: CECTester
CEC version: 1.4
power status: on
language: eng
device #4: Playback 1
address: f.f.f.f
active source: no
vendor: Unknown
osd string: Chromecast
CEC version: 1.4
power status: on
language: ???
The failure to request the physical address message is because of the ChromeCast.
So far I've made it the active source, made the Pi the active source, which all do nothing of course since the TV doesn't care, but while playing with those, I've also sent tx commands which are supposed to pause, play or stop. None of which the ChromeCast responds to.
These are some of the commands I have sent:
echo "tx 14 44 46" | cec-client -s -d 1
echo "tx 14 44 61" | cec-client -s -d 1
echo "tx 14 44 45" | cec-client -s -d 1
echo "tx 14 41 25" | cec-client -s -d 1
# etc
None of which have had any response.
Does the ChromeCast require a TV in order to respond? Is there something specific I need to do or send to get the media receiver to respond?
Edit: further research shows the Chromecast sends:
TRAFFIC: [ 47738] >> 4e:83
TRAFFIC: [ 47811] >> 4e:9f
on power up, which is a request for a physical address and the CEC version.
I'd really like to throw a $CAN10 Pi Zero and a couple of bucks of IR receiver and bridge HDMI-CEC around my TV.

The spec is available online and describes the address method. It ends up it doesn't matter as I had the message format for cec-client wrong.
echo "tx 14:44:44" | cec-client -s -d 1
With colons, and voila my raspberry pi can control my chromecast.

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OpenOCD doesn't open a gdb connection for a ST nucleo-h743zi board

I have successfully flashed a nucleo-h743zi board with a small app that blinks an LED and sends strings through the UART.
I'm now trying to connect to it with gdb, using OpenOCD v 0.12.0.
After building it, I execute this:
$./build/bin/openocd -f tcl/interface/stlink.cfg -c "transport select hla_swd" -f tcl/target/stm32h7x.cfg
And I obtain this:
Open On-Chip Debugger 0.12.0-rc2+dev-00989-g9501b263e (2022-12-15-15:37)
Licensed under GNU GPL v2
For bug reports, read
http://openocd.org/doc/doxygen/bugs.html
hla_swd
Info : The selected transport took over low-level target control. The results might differ compared to plain JTAG/SWD
Info : Listening on port 6666 for tcl connections
Info : Listening on port 4444 for telnet connections
Info : clock speed 1800 kHz
(the command line returns after printing that)
I have tried as well
./build/bin/openocd -f ./build/share/openocd/scripts/board/st_nucleo_h743zi.cfg
and I obtain the same result.
I have double checked that the mentioned ports are not open with netstat -tulpn | grep LISTEN
As you can see, there is no gdb connection. I have tried telnet localhost 4444 as well, and I obtain:
Trying ::1...
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
What am I doing wrong?
The problem was that I had the STM32CubeProgrammer connected.

openvswitch refuses to forward packets between interfaces

I have an openvswitch instance that refuses to forward packets between two interfaces.
First of all i disabled other_config dpdk-init. Now there are no other_config values in Open_vSwitch table.
Next I created a new bridge. And only added the PF (physical) interfaces. These interfaces are tagged currently on the same vlan and were configured with netplan.
$ip -br a | grep 3935
enp65s0f1.3935#enp65s0f1 UP fe80::63f:72ff:feea:ca55/64
enp65s0f0.3935#enp65s0f0 UP fe80::63f:72ff:feea:ca54/64
I then removed the dpdk ports from ovs and created a new bridge. Then added the PF interfaces as NON dpdk interfaces. I did not tag these interfaces on OVS, as the interfaces are tagging via netplan. Note: I did try tagging the interfaces as well even though they are already tagged from netplan, did not help.
$ sudo ovs-vsctl add-br br0
$ sudo ovs-vsctl add-port enp65s0f0.3935
$ sudo ovs-vsctl add-port enp65s0f1.3935
$ sudo ovs-vsctl show
e2a3fa00-23c9-4c3d-b9b6-e37df4f00dd7
Bridge br0_dpdk
datapath_type: netdev
Port br0_dpdk
Interface br0_dpdk
type: internal
Bridge br0
Port enp65s0f0.3935
Interface enp65s0f0.3935
Port enp65s0f1.3935
Interface enp65s0f1.3935
Port ovsmi175332
Interface ovsmi175332
Port ovsmi138678
Interface ovsmi138678
Port br0
Interface br0
type: internal
ovs_version: "2.17.2"
Then I started sending traffic. I can now see traffic being RX on the inbound interface (enp65s0f0.3935) from OVS standpoint.
$ sudo ovs-ofctl dump-ports br0 enp65s0f0.3935
OFPST_PORT reply (xid=0x4): 1 ports
port "enp65s0f0.3935": rx pkts=7299742, bytes=435598113, drop=0, errs=0, frame=0, over=0, crc=0
tx pkts=2826, bytes=3288309, drop=0, errs=0, coll=0
I also was able to use ovs-tcpdump -i enp65s0f0.3935 and I saw traffic. So I know the OVS port is RX traffic.
I checked the forwarding table for OVS and I see MAC addresses coming from the RX interface.
$ sudo ovs-appctl fdb/show br0 | head -n 10
port VLAN MAC Age
22 0 02:1a:c5:03:00:0f 0
22 0 02:1a:c5:03:00:17 0
22 0 02:1a:c5:03:00:15 0
22 0 02:1a:c5:03:00:24 0
22 0 02:1a:c5:03:00:0c 0
22 0 02:1a:c5:03:00:2a 0
22 0 02:1a:c5:03:00:0b 0
22 0 02:1a:c5:03:00:33 0
22 0 02:1a:c5:03:00:40 0
And here is the flow output from both interfaces
$ sudo ovs-appctl ofproto/trace br0 "in_port=22"
Flow: in_port=22,vlan_tci=0x0000,dl_src=00:00:00:00:00:00,dl_dst=00:00:00:00:00:00,dl_type=0x0000
bridge("br0")
-------------
0. priority 0
NORMAL
-> no learned MAC for destination, flooding
Final flow: unchanged
Megaflow: recirc_id=0,eth,in_port=22,dl_src=00:00:00:00:00:00,dl_dst=00:00:00:00:00:00,dl_type=0x0000
Datapath actions: 4,1,3,5
$ sudo ovs-appctl ofproto/trace br0 "in_port=23"
Flow: in_port=23,vlan_tci=0x0000,dl_src=00:00:00:00:00:00,dl_dst=00:00:00:00:00:00,dl_type=0x0000
bridge("br0")
-------------
0. priority 0
NORMAL
-> no learned MAC for destination, flooding
Final flow: unchanged
Megaflow: recirc_id=0,eth,in_port=23,dl_src=00:00:00:00:00:00,dl_dst=00:00:00:00:00:00,dl_type=0x0000
Datapath actions: 5,1,2,4
However No traffic is being TX from enp65s0f0.3935 to enp65s0f1.3935.
Why is traffic being refuses to be forwarded? What am I missing?
EDIT:
I did another test where I tested two name spaces linked to the OVS using a different bridge. Doing this I am able to ping across the OVS system between the two name spaces with no problems. Problem seems to be with the physical interfaces. Note these are Mellanox interfaces.

Unable to send traffic over RDMA

I have softROCE setup on SUSE Linux SP11. I am trying to validate the traffic over RXE device. I am able to send and receive traffic using ibv_*_pingpong. But for rping it is giving and error RDMA_CM_EVENT_UNREACHABLE, error -110.
#rxe_cfg -l
Name Link Driver Speed NMTU IPv4_addr RDEV RMTU
p4p1 yes r8169 1500 10.213.64.106 rxe0 1024 (3)

Bonjour: Can not ping through serviceName on Windows

I develop our application and can succeed to get hotsname through func: ServiceFound(DNSSDService sref, DNSSDFlags flags, uint ifIndex, String serviceName, String regType, String domain)
I checked the wireshark and Log, the serviceName is right.
My question:
Why I can not ping it through "serviceName.domain", e.g: ping serviceName.local. (I want to use ping to test the network available beofre run my application. now it is blocked the failed ping)
But I can ping it through the real IP, e.g: ping 1.2.3.4 (This means that the network is ok)
ServiceFound and ServiceResolved only provide serviceName.
So how to solve this problem:
1) one simple way to get IP
or 2) how to solve the problem of "ping serviceName.local"
Thanks a lot for your support in advance!
************************Update*******
I retest it on other PC:
I use dns-sd.exe to debug the network
Using following command can get servicename
$ dns-sd.exe -B _http._tcp
Browsing for _http._tcp
Timestamp A/R Flags if Domain Service Type Instance Name
4:33:52.663 Add 3 3 local. _http._tcp. test
Using following command can get zone file
$ dns-sd.exe -Z _http._tcp
Browsing for _http._tcp
_http._tcp PTR Officejet\032Pro\032L7500\032[FEDCE8]._http._tcp
Officejet\032Pro\032L7500\032[FEDCE8]._http._tcp SRV 0 0 80 HPFEDCE8.local. ; Replace with unicast FQDN of target host
Officejet\032Pro\032L7500\032[FEDCE8]._http._tcp TXT ""
using following command can get IP (based on HPFEDCE8.local. in above feedback)
$ dns-sd.exe -G v4 HPFEDCE8.local.
Timestamp A/R Flags if Hostname Address TTL
4:43:38.965 Add 2 3 bej1301Dell2360.local. 10.61.20.99 240
So I can ping it through HPFEDCE8.local.
But in my Test PC: "$ dns-sd.exe -B _http._tcp" is ok, but others commands are failed.
So I think this is the root cause.
So my question is:
as I know, we can use "instance Name" to generate the hostname: test.local.
why they are different from "HPFEDCE8.local." in the zone file
why "ping HPFEDCE8.local." ok and "ping test.local." failed
Do you have any others ideas for my Test PC?
Thanks a lot!!

CentOS 6.3 Samba share over internet not working

Summary:
This is a 2 part question. A simple Samba share on one ISP with router doesn't work while another ISP with a different router setup the same and a similar server with same Samba configuration works.
It seems to be either the router not forwarding the ports, although it successfully forwards SSH and others, or the ISP somehow blocking the standard Samba ports. It still bugs me that I can't figure out why it doesnt work and I'll still try to narrow down the cause.
The second question is I'm looking for a business use, simple, easy to use (for end users), secure share for a small number of people and files, hosted internally and accessible externally on the internet, between Windows 7, XP, Mac, and linux servers with simple clients for end users.
A new friend outside of stackoverflow helped with sshfs as a solution. On CentOS ssh already supports sshfs. The Windows client win-sshfs is working well and I'll be trying OSXFUSE with MACFusion described at UO.
Additionally, setup linux users for each person. To allow write by everyone in the linux group, change the umask in /etc/ssh/sshd_config described in this question at serverfault. People get to their home directory first, where I placed links to a shared folder with sticky bit set so they can't delete the folder. They can delete the links but that's easy enough to put back. The only issues I can see are lack of file locking and lack of auto-refresh.
Original Question:
I can't seem to get Samba working on a Centos 6.3 server over the internet. I have a similar test server on another internet connection working fine with the exact same setup. I've gone through http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/diagnosis.html twice, made sure the ports are forwarded through to the internet (although not sure how to test they are really open), double checked samba configuration, its only sharing /tmp simply now. The user account is setup, it can ssh in and get to /tmp and the samba password is set the same. I can't ping the server but that is because the router or IP is set not pingable by the owner/work. SSH and HTTPS apache work well on the server with ports forwarded the same way. I haven't been able to test the share within the local network yet since I am not there, but I assume that it should work internally. When trying to connect from Windows 7 it just times out, no prompt and it has never connected, whereas my test server on my own internet connection is always working internally and externally.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
The requirement is a easy to use internally hosted shared folder alternative to using "dropbox" for use between Windows 7, XP, mac, and linux servers that works over external internet connection. It won't see heavy usage but should be quick, easy to access/setup on the client side, and secure for business. If there are any alternatives to install on CentOS that would be great as well.
Thank you!
Andrew
Edit, details:
Ports are forwarded:
(I had an image but as new user I cant post) 137, 138, 139, 445 are forwarded all with both TCP and UDP for testing now.
smb.conf is setup simply and exactly the same as the working test server:
# cat /etc/samba/smb.conf
[global]
workgroup=WORKGROUP
log level = 3
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 50
security = user
passdb backend = tdbsam
[tmp]
comment = temporary files
path = /tmp
read only = yes
Samba restarted for good measure:
# service smb restart
Shutting down SMB services: [ OK ]
Starting SMB services: [ OK ]
Windows 7 times out when trying to access the share as \ which works fine with the test server:
(I had a screenshot but new users cant post)
A search for the error 0x80004005 results in http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-networking/cannot-access-network-share-get-unspecified-error/9f840844-9d5b-e011-8dfc-68b599b31bf5
I've checked the workgroup, share settings, and restarted windows. Since the test share works I would think the Windows machine is working. I'll continue with the details.
Edit again:
Following the troubleshooting guide again:
Simplify the smb.conf to just:
# cat /etc/samba/smb.conf
[tmp]
comment = temporary files
path = /tmp
read only = yes
/etc/resolv.conf is using the ISPs servers and they work. They are different than the working server's DNS but that one is on a different ISP:
# nslookup google.com
Server: 71.242.0.12
Address: 71.242.0.12#53
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.228.2
I'm doing everything with IP addresses so I don't know that DNS would come into play.
I added dns proxy = no to smb.conf for fun but that didn't help.
/var/log/samba/log.smbd doesn't report anything different from the working server:
[2012/09/20 16:59:41, 0] smbd/server.c:1141(main)
smbd version 3.5.10-125.el6 started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2010
[2012/09/20 16:59:41.484699, 0] param/loadparm.c:7648(lp_do_parameter)
Global parameter dns proxy found in service section!
[2012/09/20 16:59:41.486645, 0] printing/print_cups.c:109(cups_connect)
Unable to connect to CUPS server localhost:631 - Connection refused
[2012/09/20 16:59:41.486809, 0] printing/print_cups.c:468(cups_async_callback)
failed to retrieve printer list: NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL
[2012/09/20 16:59:41.507198, 0] smbd/server.c:501(smbd_open_one_socket)
smbd_open_once_socket: open_socket_in: Address already in use
[2012/09/20 16:59:41.507407, 0] smbd/server.c:501(smbd_open_one_socket)
smbd_open_once_socket: open_socket_in: Address already in use
[2012/09/20 17:00:39, 0] smbd/server.c:1141(main)
smbd version 3.5.10-125.el6 started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2010
[2012/09/20 17:00:39.513793, 0] printing/print_cups.c:109(cups_connect)
Unable to connect to CUPS server localhost:631 - Connection refused
[2012/09/20 17:00:39.513955, 0] printing/print_cups.c:468(cups_async_callback)
failed to retrieve printer list: NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL
[2012/09/20 17:00:39.535458, 0] smbd/server.c:501(smbd_open_one_socket)
smbd_open_once_socket: open_socket_in: Address already in use
[2012/09/20 17:00:39.535689, 0] smbd/server.c:501(smbd_open_one_socket)
smbd_open_once_socket: open_socket_in: Address already in use
However the working server creates a log file in the directory named log. which the non working server does not.
testparm:
# testparm
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
rlimit_max: increasing rlimit_max (1024) to minimum Windows limit (16384)
Processing section "[tmp]"
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions
[global]
[tmp]
comment = temporary files
path = /tmp
continuing...
Continued:
nmb is running as well:
# service nmb restart
Shutting down NMB services: [ OK ]
Starting NMB services: [ OK ]
"Respond to Ping on Internet Port" is normally turned off on the routers. I turned it on, on both the Windows client and the server. Each can ping the other, sharing still doesn't work.
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\xxxx>ping xxxx
Pinging xxxx with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from xxxx: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=51
Reply from xxxx: bytes=32 time=23ms TTL=51
Reply from xxxx: bytes=32 time=26ms TTL=51
Reply from xxxx: bytes=32 time=24ms TTL=51
Ping statistics for xxxx:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 23ms, Maximum = 26ms, Average = 24ms
# ping xxxx -c 5
PING xxxx (xxxx) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from xxxx: icmp_seq=1 ttl=251 time=20.7 ms
64 bytes from xxxx: icmp_seq=2 ttl=251 time=24.6 ms
64 bytes from xxxx: icmp_seq=3 ttl=251 time=21.4 ms
64 bytes from xxxx: icmp_seq=4 ttl=251 time=25.3 ms
64 bytes from xxxx: icmp_seq=5 ttl=251 time=22.9 ms
--- xxxx ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4029ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 20.776/23.022/25.319/1.764 ms
continuing...
Continued:
iptables are off:
# iptables -L -v
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)
pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination
Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)
pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination
Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)
pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination
SELinux is off:
# sestatus
SELinux status: disabled
smbclient using a user setup in samba works from the samba server to its local IP and to its external IP. The Windows client gets:
Connection to <ip addr> failed (Error NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL)
Samba is running as a daemon/service and netbios-ssn is in listen mode:
# netstat -a|grep netbios-ssn
tcp 0 0 *:netbios-ssn *:* LISTEN
Continuing...
Continued:
We're not restricting connections or using inetd.
log.nmbd does not report any problems.
nmblookup -B BIGSERVER SAMBA works using the server's name
nmblookup -B ACLIENT * fails on all log files using the windows client name OR the external IP address
nmblookup -d 2 `*'. fails
"If your PC and server aren't on the same subnet, then you will need to use the -B option to set the broadcast address to that of the PC's subnet.
This test will probably fail if your subnet mask and broadcast address are not correct. (Refer to test 3 notes above)."
Im not sure here, since we're going over the internet do we need these to match and work?
smbclient //BIGSERVER/TMP works
On the client:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\xxxx>net view \\xxxx (ip addr)
System error 53 has occurred.
The network path was not found.
C:\Users\xxxx>
net use has the same problem, even with providing user and passwd.
nmblookup -M WORKGROUP returns a local windows machine on the network there, whereas on my test server it returns the client which is local to the test machine. Perhaps there is an issue here with workgroup being on another machine, but how would others connect from other networks if this was the issue?
I tried preferred master = yes as well.
Page 2 of samba howto next.
Update: A new friend said to try nmap to see check the ports:
# nmap -sS -P0 -sV -O xxxx
Starting Nmap 5.51 ( ) at 2012-09-21 11:09 EDT
Nmap scan report for xxxx (xxxx)
Host is up (0.024s latency).
Not shown: 995 filtered ports
PORT STATE SERVICE VERSION
22/tcp open ssh OpenSSH 5.3 (protocol 2.0)
25/tcp open smtp Postfix smtpd
110/tcp open pop3 Dovecot pop3d
443/tcp open ssl/http Apache httpd 2.2.15 ((CentOS))
9100/tcp open jetdirect?
Warning: OSScan results may be unreliable because we could not find at
least 1 open and 1 closed port
OS fingerprint not ideal because: Missing a closed TCP port so results
incomplete
No OS matches for host
Service Info: Host: xxxx
Since the Samba ports do not show up, I'm thinking the router or ISP is not forwarding/blocking the ports at this point.
As for a solution to sharing, I'm trying sshfs with a windows and mac client.
Answering your original question, the good way to test if your ISP is not blocking listed ports is this:
# yum -y install tcpdump
# tcpdump -i eth0 "port 137 or port 138 or port 139 or port 445"
(substitute eth0 with the name of the interface connected to the Internet).
Then you should try accessing the share (net view / net use / Windows Shell). If ports are forwarded correctly you should see something like that:
tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode
listening on eth0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 65535 bytes
01:25:48.631173 IP 192.168.0.10.54032 > 192.168.0.1.microsoft-ds: Flags [S], seq 4008761512, win 5840, options [mss 1460,sackOK,TS val 136010468 ecr 0,nop,wscale 7], length 0
01:25:48.631198 IP 192.168.0.1.microsoft-ds > 192.168.0.10.54032: Flags [S.], seq 2220435566, ack 4008761513, win 14480, options [mss 1460,sackOK,TS val 15507714 ecr 136010468,nop,wscale 7], length 0
01:25:48.631397 IP 192.168.0.10.54032 > 192.168.0.1.microsoft-ds: Flags [.], ack 1, win 46, options [nop,nop,TS val 136010468 ecr 15507714], length 0
01:25:48.642171 IP 192.168.0.10.54032 > 192.168.0.1.microsoft-ds: Flags [P.], seq 1:184, ack 1, win 46, options [nop,nop,TS val 136010479 ecr 15507714], length 183SMB PACKET: SMBnegprot (REQUEST)
...
If you see nothing at all it means that your ISP (or intermediate router) is blocking packets to those ports and it's most likely the case — SMB protocol proved to be quite insecure for open Internet deployments.
In the file /etc/samba/smb.conf, under the section [global], below the workgroup line add this two lines :
client min protocol = NT1
client max protocol = SMB3