Cannot connect to installer daemon
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@stephenw10, sorry for the delay needed to fix a serial to USB adapter.
I tried what you proposed but with same result see below logs from console:
---<<BOOT>>--- Copyright (c) 1992-2024 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation. FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT #0 installer-RELENG_v1_0-n256387-33bc50df25b: Thu Sep 19 15:09:47 UTC 2024 root@freebsd:/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSense-installer-snapshots-v1_0-main/obj/amd64/S5t4JeUd/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSense-installer-snapshots-v1_0-main/sources/FreeBSD-src-installer-RELENG_v1_0/amd64.amd64/sys/pfSense-Installer amd64 FreeBSD clang version 18.1.6 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git llvmorg-18.1.6-0-g1118c2e05e67) VT(efifb): resolution 800x600 CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4200U CPU @ 1.60GHz (2294.83-MHz K8-class CPU) Origin="GenuineIntel" Id=0x40651 Family=0x6 Model=0x45 Stepping=1 Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE> Features2=0x7fdafbbf<SSE3,PCLMULQDQ,DTES64,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,SDBG,FMA,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,MOVBE,POPCNT,TSCDLT,AESNI,XSAVE,OSXSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND> AMD Features=0x2c100800<SYSCALL,NX,Page1GB,RDTSCP,LM> AMD Features2=0x21<LAHF,ABM> Structured Extended Features=0x27ab<FSGSBASE,TSCADJ,BMI1,AVX2,SMEP,BMI2,ERMS,INVPCID,NFPUSG> Structured Extended Features3=0x9c000000<IBPB,STIBP,L1DFL,SSBD> XSAVE Features=0x1<XSAVEOPT> VT-x: PAT,HLT,MTF,PAUSE,EPT,UG,VPID TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics real memory = 8589934592 (8192 MB) avail memory = 8182452224 (7803 MB) Event timer "LAPIC" quality 600 ACPI APIC Table: <ALASKA A M I > FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 2 core(s) x 2 hardware threads random: registering fast source Intel Secure Key RNG random: fast provider: "Intel Secure Key RNG" arc4random: WARNING: initial seeding bypassed the cryptographic random device because it was not yet seeded and the knob 'bypass_before_seeding' was enabled. WARNING: Bogus Interrupt Trigger Mode. Assume CONFORMS. WARNING: Bogus Interrupt Polarity. Assume CONFORMS WARNING: Bogus Interrupt Polarity. Assume CONFORMS ioapic0 <Version 2.0> irqs 0-39 Launching APs: 1 2 3 TCP_ratelimit: Is now initialized ipw_bss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw.LICENSE. ipw_bss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf. module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_bss_fw, 0xffffffff807524f0, 0) error 1 ipw_ibss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw.LICENSE. ipw_ibss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf. module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_ibss_fw, 0xffffffff807525a0, 0) error 1 ipw_monitor: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw.LICENSE. ipw_monitor: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf. module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_monitor_fw, 0xffffffff80752650, 0) error 1 iwi_bss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi.LICENSE. iwi_bss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf. module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_bss_fw, 0xffffffff80772100, 0) error 1 iwi_ibss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi.LICENSE. iwi_ibss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf. module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_ibss_fw, 0xffffffff807721b0, 0) error 1 iwi_monitor: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi.LICENSE. iwi_monitor: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf. module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_monitor_fw, 0xffffffff80772260, 0) error 1 random: entropy device external interface wlan: mac acl policy registered kbd1 at kbdmux0 WARNING: Device "spkr" is Giant locked and may be deleted before FreeBSD 15.0. efirtc0: <EFI Realtime Clock> efirtc0: registered as a time-of-day clock, resolution 1.000000s netgate0: <unknown hardware> smbios0: <System Management BIOS> at iomem 0xf0560-0xf057e smbios0: Version: 2.8, BCD Revision: 2.7 acpi0: <ALASKA A M I > acpi0: Power Button (fixed) cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0 hpet0: <High Precision Event Timer> iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff on acpi0 Timecounter "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 950 Event timer "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 550 Event timer "HPET1" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 440 Event timer "HPET2" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 440 Event timer "HPET3" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 440 Event timer "HPET4" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 440 atrtc0: <AT realtime clock> port 0x70-0x77 irq 8 on acpi0 atrtc0: Warning: Couldn't map I/O. atrtc0: registered as a time-of-day clock, resolution 1.000000s Event timer "RTC" frequency 32768 Hz quality 0 attimer0: <AT timer> port 0x40-0x43,0x50-0x53 irq 0 on acpi0 Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 Event timer "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 100 Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 900 acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x1808-0x180b on acpi0 pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0 pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0 vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> port 0xf000-0xf03f mem 0xf7400000-0xf77fffff,0xe0000000-0xefffffff irq 16 at device 2.0 on pci0 vgapci0: Boot video device hdac0: <Intel Haswell HDA Controller> mem 0xf7c14000-0xf7c17fff irq 16 at device 3.0 on pci0 xhci0: <Intel Panther Point USB 3.0 controller> mem 0xf7c00000-0xf7c0ffff irq 21 at device 20.0 on pci0 xhci0: 32 bytes context size, 64-bit DMA xhci0: Port routing mask set to 0xffffffff usbus0 on xhci0 usbus0: 5.0Gbps Super Speed USB v3.0 pci0: <simple comms> at device 22.0 (no driver attached) hdac1: <Intel Lynx Point-LP HDA Controller> mem 0xf7c10000-0xf7c13fff irq 22 at device 27.0 on pci0 pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 28.0 on pci0 pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1 igb0: <Intel(R) I211 (Copper)> port 0xe000-0xe01f mem 0xf7b00000-0xf7b1ffff,0xf7b20000-0xf7b23fff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1 igb0: NVM V0.6 imgtype1 igb0: Using 1024 TX descriptors and 1024 RX descriptors igb0: Using 2 RX queues 2 TX queues igb0: Using MSI-X interrupts with 3 vectors igb0: Ethernet address: 40:62:xx:yy:zz:0e igb0: netmap queues/slots: TX 2/1024, RX 2/1024 pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 17 at device 28.1 on pci0 pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2 igb1: <Intel(R) I211 (Copper)> port 0xd000-0xd01f mem 0xf7a00000-0xf7a1ffff,0xf7a20000-0xf7a23fff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci2 igb1: NVM V0.6 imgtype1 igb1: Using 1024 TX descriptors and 1024 RX descriptors igb1: Using 2 RX queues 2 TX queues igb1: Using MSI-X interrupts with 3 vectors igb1: Ethernet address: 40:62:xx:yy:zz:0f igb1: netmap queues/slots: TX 2/1024, RX 2/1024 pcib3: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 18 at device 28.2 on pci0 pci3: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3 igb2: <Intel(R) I211 (Copper)> port 0xc000-0xc01f mem 0xf7900000-0xf791ffff,0xf7920000-0xf7923fff irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci3 igb2: NVM V0.6 imgtype1 igb2: Using 1024 TX descriptors and 1024 RX descriptors igb2: Using 2 RX queues 2 TX queues igb2: Using MSI-X interrupts with 3 vectors igb2: Ethernet address: 40:62:xx:yy:zz:10 igb2: netmap queues/slots: TX 2/1024, RX 2/1024 pcib4: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 19 at device 28.3 on pci0 pci4: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib4 igb3: <Intel(R) I211 (Copper)> port 0xb000-0xb01f mem 0xf7800000-0xf781ffff,0xf7820000-0xf7823fff irq 19 at device 0.0 on pci4 igb3: NVM V0.6 imgtype1 igb3: Using 1024 TX descriptors and 1024 RX descriptors igb3: Using 2 RX queues 2 TX queues igb3: Using MSI-X interrupts with 3 vectors igb3: Ethernet address: 40:62:xx:yy:zz:11 igb3: netmap queues/slots: TX 2/1024, RX 2/1024 ehci0: <Intel Lynx Point-LP USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xf7c19000-0xf7c193ff irq 23 at device 29.0 on pci0 usbus1: EHCI version 1.0 usbus1 on ehci0 usbus1: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0 isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0 isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0 acpi_button0: <Sleep Button> on acpi0 acpi_button1: <Power Button> on acpi0 acpi_tz0: <Thermal Zone> on acpi0 acpi_tz1: <Thermal Zone> on acpi0 ns8250: UART FCR is broken ns8250: UART FCR is broken uart0: <16950 or compatible> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0 ns8250: UART FCR is broken uart0: console (115200,n,8,1) ns8250: UART FCR is broken ns8250: UART FCR is broken uart1: <16950 or compatible> port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0 atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0 atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0 kbd0 at atkbd0 atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED] est0: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu0 Timecounter "TSC-low" frequency 1147343871 Hz quality 1000 Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec hdacc0: <Intel Haswell HDA CODEC> at cad 0 on hdac0 hdaa0: <Intel Haswell Audio Function Group> at nid 1 on hdacc0 pcm0: <Intel Haswell (HDMI/DP 8ch)> at nid 3 on hdaa0 hdacc1: <Realtek ALC662 rev3 HDA CODEC> at cad 0 on hdac1 hdaa1: <Realtek ALC662 rev3 Audio Function Group> at nid 1 on hdacc1 hdaa1: No presence detection support at nid 27 pcm1: <Realtek ALC662 rev3 (Analog 2.0+HP/2.0)> at nid 20,27 and 24,25 on hdaa1 ugen0.1: <Intel XHCI root HUB> at usbus0 ugen1.1: <Intel EHCI root HUB> at usbus1 random: unblocking device. uhub0Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ufs/pfSense_Install [ro,noatime]... on usbus0 uhub0: <Intel XHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 3.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus0 uhub1 on usbus1 uhub1: <Intel EHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus1 uhub0: 13 ports with 13 removable, self powered Root mount waiting for: usbus0 usbus1 uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered ugen0.2: <Kingston DataTraveler 3.0> at usbus0 umass0 on uhub0 umass0: <Kingston DataTraveler 3.0, class 0/0, rev 3.20/0.01, addr 1> on usbus0 da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0 da0: <Kingston DataTraveler 3.0 > Removable Direct Access SPC-4 SCSI device da0: Serial Number E0D55EA57403F570E94B151D da0: 400.000MB/s transfers da0: 59006MB (120845300 512 byte sectors) da0: quirks=0x2<NO_6_BYTE> ugen1.2: <vendor 0x8087 product 0x8000> at usbus1 uhub2 on uhub1 uhub2: <vendor 0x8087 product 0x8000, class 9/0, rev 2.00/0.04, addr 2> on usbus1 uhub2: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered Dual Console: Video Primary, Serial Secondary ichsmb0: <Intel Lynx Point-LP SMBus controller> port 0xf040-0xf05f mem 0xf7c18000-0xf7c180ff irq 18 at device 31.3 on pci0 smbus0: <System Management Bus> on ichsmb0 lo0: link state changed to UP FreeBSD/amd64 (pfSense-install) (ttyu0) Welcome to pfSense! unknown hardware Please choose the appropriate terminal type for your system. Common console types are: ansi Standard ANSI terminal vt100 VT100 or compatible terminal xterm xterm terminal emulator (or compatible) cons25w cons25w terminal Console type [vt100]:I do not find anyting strange in the console that I notice would block the installer. Can you find anything that catches your eye?
Thanks!
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No nothing there looks incorrect.
So where exactly does it fail?
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@stephenw10 again sorry for the delay in responding.
It looks like instead of bringing up the installer menu it fails for some reason.
So the question is which states needs to be fullfilled for pfsense installer to launch the gui to choose to install?
It brings up lo0 what is the next step in the installer process? Does the network need to be in some specfic state?
I am out of ideas. Do you have some ideas to test?
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@mattlund said in Cannot connect to installer daemon:
Console type [vt100]:
Are you able to type at that prompt? Usually you just hit return there and it should draw the menu. How are you connected to it?
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@stephenw10 I am connected with console now and not display and keyboard.
I get to the same menu that says "Cannot connect to the installer deamon" so the result from the display and keyboard is the same as from console.
So the only way forward as I see it is to understand the list of states that needs to be fullfilled for Pfsense to not end up in the "Cannot connect to the installer deamon".
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The daemon runs locally when you boot the installer. The connection is just via a local socket.
The only reason it would not be able to connect is if the daemon is not running.
Do you see any part of the menu from the installer?
Your initial screenshot showed the daemon log had some entries implying it was running at least initially.
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@stephenw10 I get the picture below both on console and direct connected display and keyboard. No difference.
So I can exit this screen if i choose retry and then I land in the shell.
This is the output from ps-eaf:
root@pfSense-install:~ # ps -eaf PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND 1970 u0 Is 0:00.00 TERM=vt100 login [pam] (login) 1972 u0 S 0:00.00 USER=root LOGNAME=root HOME=/root SHELL=/bin/sh BLOCKSIZE=K MAIL=/var/mail/root MM_CHARSET=UTF-8 LANG=C.UTF-8 PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/root/bin XDG_RUNTIME_DIR 2074 u0 R+ 0:00.00 LOGNAME=root PAGER=less LANG=C.UTF-8 MAIL=/var/mail/root PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/root/bin XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/var/run/xdg/root ENV=/root/.shrc PWD=/root TERM=vt1 1851 v0- S 0:00.01 LANG=C.UTF-8 PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin DEBUG_DO=: PWD=/ DEBUG_SKIP= HOME=/ _TTY=/dev/console MM_CHARSET=UTF-8 DEBUGGING= RC_PID=23 BLOCKSIZE=K /usr/local/sbin/pfSense-installer 1852 v0- I 0:00.00 LANG=C.UTF-8 PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin DEBUG_DO=: PWD=/ DEBUG_SKIP= HOME=/ _TTY=/dev/console MM_CHARSET=UTF-8 DEBUGGING= RC_PID=23 BLOCKSIZE=K /bin/sh /usr/local/libexec/installer/pfSense-inst 1962 v0 Is 0:00.00 TERM=xterm login [pam] (login) 1971 v0 I 0:00.00 USER=root LOGNAME=root HOME=/root SHELL=/bin/sh BLOCKSIZE=K MAIL=/var/mail/root MM_CHARSET=UTF-8 LANG=C.UTF-8 PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/root/bin XDG_RUNTIME_DIR 1975 v0 I+ 0:00.00 LOGNAME=root PAGER=less LANG=C.UTF-8 MAIL=/var/mail/root PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/root/bin XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/var/run/xdg/root ENV=/root/.shrc PWD=/root TERM=xte 1980 v0 IC+ 0:00.00 LOGNAME=root LANG=C.UTF-8 PAGER=less MAIL=/var/mail/root PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/root/bin XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/var/run/xdg/root ENV=/root/.shrc PWD=/root USER=roo 1989 v0 I+ 0:00.00 LOGNAME=root LANG=C.UTF-8 PAGER=less MAIL=/var/mail/root PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/root/bin XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/var/run/xdg/root ENV=/root/.shrc PWD=/root USER=roo 2011 v0 I+ 0:00.00 LOGNAME=root LANG=C.UTF-8 PAGER=less MAIL=/var/mail/root PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/root/bin XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/var/run/xdg/root ENV=/root/.shrc PWD=/root TERM=xte 1963 v1 Is+ 0:00.00 TERM=xterm /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv1 1964 v2 Is+ 0:00.00 TERM=xterm /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv2 1985 v3 Is+ 0:00.00 TERM=xterm /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv3 1966 v4 Is+ 0:00.00 TERM=xterm /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv4 1967 v5 Is+ 0:00.00 TERM=xterm /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv5 1968 v6 Is+ 0:00.00 TERM=xterm /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv6 1969 v7 Is+ 0:00.00 TERM=xterm /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv7 root@pfSense-install:~ #This is the output from netstat -an:
root@pfSense-install:~ # netstat -an Active Internet connections (including servers) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address (state) tcp4 0 0 *.22 *.* LISTEN tcp6 0 0 *.22 *.* LISTEN tcp6 0 0 *.80 *.* LISTEN tcp4 0 0 *.80 *.* LISTEN tcp6 0 0 *.443 *.* LISTEN tcp4 0 0 *.443 *.* LISTEN tcp4 0 0 127.0.0.1.9000 *.* LISTEN udp4 0 0 *.514 *.* udp6 0 0 *.514 *.* Active UNIX domain sockets Address Type Recv-Q Send-Q Inode Conn Refs Nextref Addr fffff800036c0800 stream 0 0 0 fffff800039bdb00 0 0 fffff800039bdb00 stream 0 0 0 fffff800036c0800 0 0 fffff800039bdc00 stream 0 0 0 0 0 0 fffff80003b05900 stream 0 0 0 fffff800036c0b00 0 0 fffff800036c0b00 stream 0 0 0 fffff80003b05900 0 0 fffff800036c0a00 stream 0 0 fffff80003677540 0 0 0 /var/run/devd.pipe fffff80003b05800 dgram 0 0 0 fffff80003b05700 0 fffff800039bda00 fffff800039bda00 dgram 0 0 0 fffff80003b05700 0 fffff800036c0d00 fffff800036c0d00 dgram 0 0 0 fffff80003b05700 0 fffff80003a40a00 fffff80003a40a00 dgram 0 0 0 fffff80003b05700 0 0 fffff80003b05a00 dgram 0 0 fffff8000375e8c0 0 0 0 /var/run/logpriv fffff80003b05700 dgram 0 0 fffff8000375ea80 0 fffff80003b05800 0 /var/run/log fffff800036c0900 seqpac 0 0 fffff800037af8c0 0 0 0 /var/run/devd.seqpacket.pipe root@pfSense-install:~ #Last one ps-aux:
root@pfSense-install:~ # ps -aux USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TT STAT STARTED TIME COMMAND root 11 400.0 0.0 0 64 - RNL 20:19 33:12.00 [idle] root 0 0.0 0.0 0 656 - DLs 20:19 0:00.94 [kernel] root 1 0.0 0.0 11348 1152 - ILs 20:19 0:00.05 /sbin/init root 2 0.0 0.0 0 64 - WL 20:19 0:00.07 [clock] root 3 0.0 0.0 0 80 - DL 20:19 0:00.00 [crypto] root 4 0.0 0.0 0 48 - DL 20:19 0:00.07 [cam] root 5 0.0 0.0 0 16 - DL 20:19 0:00.00 [busdma] root 6 0.0 0.0 0 16 - DL 20:19 0:00.06 [pf purge] root 7 0.0 0.0 0 16 - DL 20:19 0:00.01 [rand_harvestq] root 8 0.0 0.0 0 48 - DL 20:19 0:00.01 [pagedaemon] root 9 0.0 0.0 0 16 - DL 20:19 0:00.00 [vmdaemon] root 10 0.0 0.0 0 16 - DL 20:19 0:00.00 [audit] root 12 0.0 0.0 0 256 - WL 20:19 0:00.11 [intr] root 13 0.0 0.0 0 64 - DL 20:19 0:00.00 [ng_queue] root 14 0.0 0.0 0 48 - DL 20:19 0:00.00 [geom] root 15 0.0 0.0 0 16 - DL 20:19 0:00.00 [sequencer 00] root 16 0.0 0.0 0 160 - DL 20:19 0:00.14 [usb] root 17 0.0 0.0 0 16 - DL 20:19 0:00.00 [acpi_thermal] root 18 0.0 0.0 0 16 - DL 20:19 0:00.00 [acpi_cooling1] root 19 0.0 0.0 0 96 - DL 20:19 0:00.01 [bufdaemon] root 20 0.0 0.0 0 16 - DL 20:19 0:00.00 [vnlru] root 21 0.0 0.0 0 16 - DL 20:19 0:00.00 [syncer] root 22 0.0 0.0 0 16 - DL 20:19 0:00.00 [ALQ Daemon] root 1597 0.0 0.0 14616 3956 - Ss 20:19 0:00.01 /sbin/devd root 1800 0.0 0.0 13096 2896 - Ss 20:19 0:00.01 /usr/sbin/syslogd -s root 1826 0.0 0.0 0 16 - DL 20:19 0:00.00 [md3] root 1900 0.0 0.1 31824 9096 - Is 20:19 0:00.00 nginx: master process /usr/local/sbin/nginx www 1901 0.0 0.1 34384 10256 - I 20:19 0:00.02 nginx: worker process (nginx) root 1953 0.0 0.1 22820 10336 - Is 20:19 0:00.00 sshd: /usr/sbin/sshd [listener] 0 of 10-100 startups (sshd) root 1958 0.0 0.0 13144 2764 - Is 20:19 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/cron -s root 1970 0.0 0.0 13328 2992 u0 Is 20:19 0:00.00 login [pam] (login) root 1972 0.0 0.0 13604 3520 u0 S 20:19 0:00.06 -sh (sh) root 2104 0.0 0.0 13676 3092 u0 R+ 20:27 0:00.00 ps -aux root 1851 0.0 0.0 11872 1756 v0- I 20:19 0:00.01 /usr/local/sbin/pfSense-installer root 1852 0.0 0.0 13604 2944 v0- I 20:19 0:00.00 /bin/sh /usr/local/libexec/installer/pfSense-installerd.sh root 1962 0.0 0.0 13328 2996 v0 Is 20:19 0:00.00 login [pam] (login) root 1971 0.0 0.0 13604 3348 v0 I 20:19 0:00.00 -sh (sh) root 1975 0.0 0.0 13604 3264 v0 I+ 20:19 0:00.00 /bin/sh /usr/local/libexec/installer/pfSense-installer.sh root 1980 0.0 0.0 13200 2580 v0 IC+ 20:19 0:00.00 tail -f /tmp/bsdinstall_log root 1989 0.0 0.0 13200 2548 v0 I+ 20:19 0:00.00 tail: system.fileargs (tail) root 2011 0.0 0.0 13576 3652 v0 I+ 20:19 0:00.00 /usr/bin/bsddialog --colors --backtitle Netgate Installer --title Netgate Installer Error --msgbox \\nCannot connect to installer daemon.\\n\\nTrying again...\\n root 1963 0.0 0.0 13068 2376 v1 Is+ 20:19 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv1 root 1964 0.0 0.0 13068 2376 v2 Is+ 20:19 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv2 root 1985 0.0 0.0 13068 2372 v3 Is+ 20:19 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv3 root 1966 0.0 0.0 13068 2372 v4 Is+ 20:19 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv4 root 1967 0.0 0.0 13068 2376 v5 Is+ 20:19 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv5 root 1968 0.0 0.0 13068 2384 v6 Is+ 20:19 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv6 root 1969 0.0 0.0 13068 2376 v7 Is+ 20:19 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv7 root@pfSense-install:~ #Ideas or clues from this info?
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Hmm, that's just immediately after pressing enter to select the vt100 console?
Check the system and installer logs for any errors that might show why it stopped.
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@stephenw10 I looked at the installer shell script /usr/local/libexec/installer/pfSense-installer.sh which seems to be where the installation fails if I have understood the system correctly.
installer_main() { local _cfg_count _cfg_selected _error _i _info VERSION="$(get_version)" [ -f "${INSTALLER_VERSION}" ] && [ -r "${INSTALLER_VERSION}" ] && \ /bin/rm -f "${INSTALLER_VERSION}" 2> /dev/null if [ ! -f "${INSTALLER_VERSION}" ] || \ [ -w "${INSTALLER_VERSION}" ]; then echo -n "${VERSION}" > "${INSTALLER_VERSION}" fi if ! installer_reset; then "${BSDDIALOG}" --colors --backtitle "$(get_title)" \ --title " Netgate Installer Error " \ --msgbox "\nCannot connect to installer daemon.\n\nTrying again...\n" \ --ok-label "Retry" 0 0 # restart the Installer backend. return 22 fi if ! installer_copyright; then return 1 fiLook like it fails att if statement "if ! installer_reset; then"?!
installer_reset looks like a function that is sourced from the /usr/local/libexec/installer/pfSense-common in shell script /usr/local/libexec/installer/pfSense-installer.sh.
installer_reset() { local _result _tmpfile _tmpfile="$(${MKTEMP})" if ! "${CURL}" ${CURLFLAGS} \ "${INSTALLER_URL}/reset" 2>&1 > "${_tmpfile}"; then ${RM} -f "${_tmpfile}" 2>&1 > /dev/null return 1 fi _result=$(${GREP} -c "\"status\":\"ok\"" "${_tmpfile}") ${RM} -f "${_tmpfile}" 2>&1 > /dev/null if [ -z "${_result}" ] || [ "${_result}" != "1" ]; then return 1 fi return 0 }So here I am lost but it seems that some statement is not fullfilled to looks like there is an isse with the backend, or???
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@stephenw10 where can I find the installer logs in /var/log ?
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Yes, there and also in /var/log
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@stephenw10 here you have a example of all logs that I belive make sense.
daemon.log
root@pfSense-install:/var/log # cat daemon.log Jun 18 20:20:00 pfSense-install newsyslog[1700]: logfile first created Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: Starting Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: Version: v1.0-RC Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec: argv[0]: /usr/local/libexec/installer/pfSense-init Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec: argv[1]: -M Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec: argv[2]: unknown Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec: /usr/local/libexec/installer/pfSense-init exited with status: 0 Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: init: error: 0 Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec: argv[0]: /usr/local/libexec/installer/pfSense-if-up Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec: argv[1]: -i Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec: argv[2]: igb0 Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec: /usr/local/libexec/installer/pfSense-if-up exited with status: 0 Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: if_set_up: error: 0 Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec: argv[0]: /usr/local/libexec/installer/pfSense-if-up Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec: argv[1]: -i Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec: argv[2]: igb1 Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec: /usr/local/libexec/installer/pfSense-if-up exited with status: 0 Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: if_set_up: error: 0 Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec: argv[0]: /usr/local/libexec/installer/pfSense-if-up Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec: argv[1]: -i Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec: argv[2]: igb2 Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec: /usr/local/libexec/installer/pfSense-if-up exited with status: 0 Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: if_set_up: error: 0 Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec: argv[0]: /usr/local/libexec/installer/pfSense-if-up Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec: argv[1]: -i Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec: argv[2]: igb3 Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec: /usr/local/libexec/installer/pfSense-if-up exited with status: 0 Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: if_set_up: error: 0 Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: nic_addr_set: addr: 192.168.1.1/24 Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec: argv[0]: /usr/local/libexec/installer/pfSense-pf Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec: argv[1]: -d Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec output [2]: pfctl: pf not enabled Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec output [1]: Warning: Cannot disable the pf firewall. Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec: /usr/local/libexec/installer/pfSense-pf exited with status: 0 Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: nic_pf_disable: error: 0 Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec: argv[0]: /usr/local/libexec/installer/pfSense-copy-configxml Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec output [1]: Searching configuration backups on the installation media... Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec output [1]: Looking for config.xml on da0s3: Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec output [1]: [found msdos] Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec output [1]: [no config.xml on da0s3] Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec output [1]: Could not locate a msdos partition. Done. Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec output [1]: Searching for configuration files in the existing disks... Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec output [1]: Could not locate an existing XML configuration. Done. Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec: /usr/local/libexec/installer/pfSense-copy-configxml exited with status: 0 Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: cfg_copy_configxml: error: 0 Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec: argv[0]: /usr/local/libexec/installer/pfSense-ready Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec: argv[1]: -M Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec: argv[2]: unknown Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: exec: /usr/local/libexec/installer/pfSense-ready exited with status: 0 Jun 18 20:20:01 pfSense-install pfSense-installer[1851]: ready: error: 0 root@pfSense-install:/var/log #auth.log
root@pfSense-install:/var/log # cat auth.log Jun 18 20:20:00 pfSense-install newsyslog[1700]: logfile first created Jun 18 20:20:02 pfSense-install sshd[1953]: Server listening on :: port 22. Jun 18 20:20:02 pfSense-install sshd[1953]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22. Jun 18 20:20:02 pfSense-install login[1970]: login on ttyu0 as root Jun 18 20:20:02 pfSense-install login[1962]: login on ttyv0 as root Jun 18 20:20:02 pfSense-install login[1981]: login on ttyv3 as root root@pfSense-install:/var/log #messages
Attached as file.
messages.txtCan you find some clues in these logs? I do not find anything suspicus...
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Hmm, no errors shown there but the daemon log should have a lot more in it....
The only time I've ever seen that is after restarting the installer without rebooting. But I assume you are rebooting here between attempts?
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@stephenw10 yes I am rebooting between the attempts.
Looks like the issue is with the pfsense-installerd.sh it should bring up a webservice which do not seem to be accessible through nginx. I get ssl issues and can not bypass that.
Ideas?
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Hmm, do you have a good system time? Some time ago there was a bug that caused the installer to generate a cert that was then seen as expired once ntp kicked in. That should be fixed but perhaps you're hitting some variant.
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@stephenw10 yes I have a good system time and date it might diff a few seconds, but that is it.
More ideas?
Is it possible to download an older image 2.6.x or 2.7.x just to verify if I get a different behaivour?
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Yes you can get the legacy installers for 2.7.2 here.
Those definitely won't hit this because the installer code itself is completely different. But you can test upgrading to 2.8.
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@stephenw10 I tried to install 2.7.2 and it worked fine the install as you expected.
But I hit another issue and that is firefox generates SSL_ERROR_BAD_MAC_READ when I try to connect to pfsense 2.7.2 after inital install at https://192.168.1.1.
So I am not able to connect to the GUI at all. I logged in via the console to the shell and executed the command below but this did not help.
pfSsh.php playback generateguicertI also tested to install Opnsense 25.1 and it just works very well. As well as FreeBSD 14.
So ideas on what to test or how to resolve this situation.
It is quite clear that the new pfsense 2.8 installer is not as compatible as the old 2.7.2.
Any ideas or tests you can think of would be appricated since I want to run pfsense on my box.
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@stephenw10 I did some further test on SSL_ERROR_BAD_MAC_READ.
I fund out that I had the same issue on a live cd of Debian 12 as well.I then ran memtest86 test suite and found out that it seems to be an issue with my RAM memory. I will exchange the RAM memory during next week and retest to install pfsense 2.7.2.
I do not belive that pfsense 2.8 installation issues is caused by the RAM memory, but I will retest this as well.
I will reach out here with an update and some advise from you if I am not successful in my endeavor.
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Huh. Well that would not be anything I'd have suspected! Let us know if that allows it to run the installer.
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