68kMLA Classic Interface

Ah now.. I've just been looking at the documentation for Netatalk and it'd seem that that functionality was added in v4.2.0 and your build is v4.1.1 from what I can gather? If that's correct is it safe to upgrade to v4.2.1 using the instructions on https://netatalk.io/install or would the steps be different because it's a customised installation location?

Apologies for the n00b questions. I used to have a fair amount of linux experience 25 years ago but I've just not used it much at all since the end of the 90s and frankly I can't remember what the heck I'm doing.

Could you post a link to the update you mean?

Release Netatalk 4.2.1 · Netatalk/netatalk

Netatalk 4.2.1 is available! The Netatalk team is proud to announce the latest version in the Netatalk 4.2 release series. This release contains a range of important bug fixes, new options for down...

github.com

But not sure if everything will work. You can use the check-maciprpi.sh script to test.

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Welcome to this MacIPRpi running on Raspberry Pi OS (64-bit)
Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) 6.6.51+rpt-rpi-v8

On a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5
MacIPRpi Stable Release 6.02

atalkd 4.2.1 - AppleTalk Network Manager Daemon
afpd 4.2.1 - Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) daemon of Netatalk
timelord 4.2.1 - Timelord Time Server Daemon
papd 4.2.1 - Printer Access Protocol Daemon
a2boot 4.2.1 - Apple2 Netboot Daemon

Linux maciprpi 6.6.51+rpt-rpi-v8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.6.51-1+rpt3 (2024-10-08) aarch64

Host:      maciprpi            OS:             Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
System load:   0.87 0.52 0.20  Up time:        2 minutes              Local users:   0
CPU usage:     28.6%           CPU temp:       46.2°C
Memory usage:  20% of 1846MB   IP:             192.168.178.7 172.16.2.1 2001:1c04:2b05:8100:a76f:7c5c:3e77:47ae
Usage of /:    12% of 58G      LaserWriter:      HP LaserJet Pro M118dw 6071AC
[ General system configuration: raspi-config ]

Scanning your network for Macintosh and AppleTalk devices. List what is found:

                     172.16.2.1:IPGATEWAY                          65280.11:72
                       maciprpi:ProDOS16 Image                     65280.11:3
                       maciprpi:Apple //e Boot                     65280.11:3
  HP LaserJet Pro M118dw 6071AC:LaserWriter                        65280.11:133
                       maciprpi:AFPServer                          65280.11:131
                       maciprpi:TimeLord                           65280.11:129
                       maciprpi:Apple //gs                         65280.11:3
                       maciprpi:netatalk                           65280.11:4
                       maciprpi:Workstation                        65280.11:4
                     172.16.2.6:IPADDRESS                          65491.16:72
                FloppyEmu 7.0.1:AFPServer                          65491.16:252
                FloppyEmu 7.0.1:Macintosh SE                       65491.16:253
                FloppyEmu 7.0.1:Workstation                        65491.16:4
                     BasiliskII:AFPServer                          65280.123:248
                     BasiliskII:PPCToolBox                         65280.123:250
                       mactjaap:Timelord                           65280.123:251
                     BasiliskII:  Macintosh                        65280.123:252
                     BasiliskII:Workstation                        65280.123:4
           AsantéTalk 94081D2A:AsantéTalk                         65491.15:252

        macipgw is up and running! Use a 172.16.2.0/24 address on your old Mac.


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Wi-Fi is currently blocked by rfkill.
Use raspi-config to set the country before use.

Tested it on my own MacIPRpi and everything seems to works fine after the upgrade to Netatalk 4.2.1.

Ah now that's interesting, how did you get around the iniparser issue?

apt install libiniparser-dev

root@maciprpi:~# apt install libiniparser-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
libiniparser-dev is already the newest version (4.1-6).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 214 not upgraded.

root@maciprpi:~# afpd -V
afpd 4.2.1 - Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) daemon of Netatalk

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version. Please see the file COPYING for further information and details.

afpd has been compiled with support for these features:

          AFP versions: 1.1 2.0 2.1 2.2 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4
        TCP/IP Support: Yes
     AppleTalk Support: Yes
         CNID backends: dbd last mysql
      Zeroconf support: Avahi
  TCP wrappers support: Yes
         Quota support: Yes
   Admin group support: Yes
    Valid shell checks: Yes
      cracklib support: Yes
            EA support: ad | sys
           ACL support: Yes
          LDAP support: Yes
         D-Bus support: Yes
     Spotlight support: Yes
         DTrace probes: Yes

              afp.conf: /etc/netatalk/afp.conf
           extmap.conf: /etc/netatalk/extmap.conf
       state directory: /var/local/netatalk/
    afp_signature.conf: /var/local/netatalk/afp_signature.conf
      afp_voluuid.conf: /var/local/netatalk/afp_voluuid.conf
       UAM search path: /usr/local/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/netatalk/
  Server messages path: /var/local/netatalk/msg/

Can you post the contents of the check-maciprpi.sh script? Its likely assuming the printer is a LaserWriter.

# Function: Print Page (Send Real Print Job)
print_page() {
    echo -e "${BRIGHT_CYAN}Sending Test Print to Available Printers${RESET}"

    echo "Searching for available AppleTalk printers..."
    printers=$(nbplkup | awk -F: '/LaserWriter|ImageWriter|Printer/{print $1}' | sed 's/^ *//;s/ *$//')

    if [ -z "$printers" ]; then
        echo -e "${BRIGHT_CYAN}No AppleTalk printers found.${RESET}"
        return
    fi

    echo "Found AppleTalk printers:"
    echo -e " ${GREEN} $printers ${RESET}"

    # Loop through each printer
    while IFS= read -r printer; do
        echo -n "Checking status of \"$printer\"... "
        if papstatus -p "$printer" &>/dev/null; then
            echo -e "${GREEN}Available!!!${RESET}"
            echo "Sending enhanced PostScript test print to \"$printer\"..."

            pap -p "$printer" <<EOF
%!PS-Adobe-3.0
%%Title: Netatalk Test Print
%%Creator: test_papd.sh
%%Pages: 1
%%BoundingBox: 0 0 612 792
%%EndComments

/Courier findfont 20 scalefont setfont
100 700 moveto
(Netatalk Test Print from $(hostname)) show

showpage
%%EOF
`echo -e '\004'`
EOF

            if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
                echo -e "${GREEN}Print job sent successfully.${RESET}"
            else
                echo -e "${RED}Failed to send print job.${RESET}"
            fi
        else
            echo -e "${RED}Printer \"$printer\" is not responding. Skipping...${RESET}"
        fi
    done <<< "$printers"  # <<< "$printers" is needed to correctly read the list

    echo "Sleep for $SLEEP seconds....."
    sleep $SLEEP

}  # Closing the function properly

macipgw@maciprpi6:/etc/rpimonitor/template $ papstatus -p "4/600 PS"
status: idle

Disclaimer: Printing a real page will only work on Laser printers. And also no guaranty because I have only one to test.....

Nice update. I will adjust the configuration.

To enable the Ethernet port stats in the RPi Monitor homepage and statistics edit this file:

Code:
sudo pico /etc/rpimonitor/template/network.conf

Uncomment the config (remove the leading "#") from these lines:

.......................



Tested it and works nice! Will be in future releases. Thanks again for the tip.

#static.4.source=/proc/cpuinfo
#static.4.regexp=(?:Processor|model name|Hardware)\s+: (.*)
static.4.source=/proc/device-tree/compatible
static.4.regexp=(.*)

#static.8.source=df /boot
#static.8.regexp=\S+\s+(\d+).*\/boot$
static.8.source=df /boot/firmware
static.8.regexp=\S+\s+(\d+).*\/boot/firmware$

#dynamic.7.source=df /boot
#dynamic.7.regexp=\S+\s+\d+\s+(\d+).*\/boot$
dynamic.7.source=df /boot/firmware
dynamic.7.regexp=\S+\s+\d+\s+(\d+).*\/boot/firmware$

#web.status.1.content.7.line.1="<b>/boot</b> Used: <b>"+KMG(data.sdcard_boot_used,'M')+"</b> (<b>"+Percent(data.sdcard_boot_used,data.sdcard_boot_total,'M')+"</b>) Free: <b>"+KMG(data.sdcard_boot_total-data.sdcard_boot_used,'M')+ "</b> Total: <b>"+ KMG(data.sdcard_boot_total,'M') +"</b>"
web.status.1.content.7.line.1="<b>/boot/firmware/</b> Used: <b>"+KMG(data.sdcard_boot_used,'M')+"</b> (<b>"+Percent(data.sdcard_boot_used,data.sdcard_boot_total,'M')+"</b>) Free: <b>"+KMG(data.sdcard_boot_total-data.sdcard_boot_used,'M')+ "</b> Total: <b>"+ KMG(data.sdcard_boot_total,'M') +"</b>"