Now Available: pfSense® CE 2.8.0-RELEASE
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@bimmerdriver said in Now Available: pfSense
CE 2.8.0-RELEASE:Here are some messages from the DHCP log:
Jul 5 16:41:56 kea2unbound 32656 Unbound reloaded: /var/unbound/unbound.conf
....These are the usual dhcpv6 and v4 startup messages. They are flagged as "WARN" but are just "information".
@bimmerdriver said in Now Available: pfSense
CE 2.8.0-RELEASE:[05-Jul-2025 14:41:35 America/Vancouver] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: array_get_path(): Argument #1 ($arr) must be of type array, string given, called in /usr/local/pfSense/include/www/services_dhcp.inc on line 174 and defined in /etc/inc/util.inc:3961
The function array_get_path() is a configuration file access helper function.
As @stephenw10 implicitly said :: if this function fails, wrong file version are used.
Or it's this :@bimmerdriver said in Now Available: pfSense
CE 2.8.0-RELEASE:Argument #1 ($arr) must be of type array, string given
"<dhcpv6>" is searched in the config file.
Oen yours in a aditor (NOtepad++) and look for "<dhcpv6>" and see for yourself.
Normally, it's a array type called <dhcpv6> and it should contain, for each LAN type interface , a section, like <lan>, <opt1>, >opt2> etc.
Like, this :
It looks like your <dhcpc6> is totally empty ?!?, thus not an array (filled with per LAN interface dhcpv6 setting), so it became a simple text string => that's the error.
<dhcpc6> empty : go to your dhcpv6 settings page(s) and save them all.
This should populate <dhcpc6>, thus it becomes an array, and the error will be gone.Why all you array items (<lan>, <opt1>, >opt2> etc) in <dhcpc6> were gone : I can't tell.
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@bimmerdriver said in Now Available: pfSense
CE 2.8.0-RELEASE:@stephenw10 said in Now Available: pfSense
CE 2.8.0-RELEASE:pkg-static upgrade
Thank you for the reply. I tried that and it reported that the system is already up to date.
The thread, Unbound Keeps restarting, is reporting the same symptoms, so I will give the posted solution a try.
As I reported in the referenced thread, I was able to get the system working properly again by disabling and reenabling DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 and the respective DNS settings. The first time I did it, DHCPv4 started working properly. After I did it a second time, DHCPv6 also started working properly. I have no idea why this happened in the first place, but it's at least fixed (for now).
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And it's definitely still resolving new leases?
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@stephenw10 said in Now Available: pfSense
CE 2.8.0-RELEASE:And it's definitely still resolving new leases?
Yes, it appears to be working normally since.
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I completely forgot that I was running 2.7.2 with manually installed realtek drivers for my $10 2.5Gbit cards. Needless to say the upgrade failed due to unknown reasons because I did not have screen plugged in at the time. So I bricked the system. But I don't have any screen captures. Also, I rebooted and specified "kernel.old" so that I could at least boot but then I could not get PPPoE to work. I just might walk away from the mess. Too many hours and real Netgate hardware is too costly. So for now, my only option was to call my ISP and ask them to take their garbage router out of bridge mode so I could get my lab back working sort of.
It was all my fault.
But one last word... Why did you not add the Realtek 2.5 Gb drivers? They have been stable forever.
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We build the module as a package so if you had it installed in 2.7.2 and upgrade it will upgrade the package and you should have it still in 2.8.
But it appears that the driver now has two builds because the newest version is not stable with some hardware. You might have hit that since the package we build is the new version.
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Thanks. Maybe someday I will get some Intel cards but even Intel had a serious bug if I recall. There is a certain Intel card/chipset that went horribly wrong if I recall. Just can't remember what version to avoid.
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Is there an archive of 2.7.2 iso?
(I did find 2.7.0).I am thinking about installing 2.7.2 under Proxmox 8.4. My current Proxmox 8.4 is giving me stable speeds of 2.35 Gbits per second with 'iperf3' tests to a Debian desktop machine thru a cheap 2.5/10Gbit switch.
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https://atxfiles.netgate.com/mirror/downloads/
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Thank you for your help. As you can see I am not ready to go to Opnsense yet. I think Proxmox will be prudent. Snapshots and portability when my lab stuff crashes such as yesterday.
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@mark_lab_user i226 seems pretty solid. It also got some good driver work done on it recently as well.
All intel gigabit cards should be solid as well, i210, i350 etc.
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Is it just me or the world's most trusted open-source firewall didn't post the RELENG_2_8_0 branch on GitHub anymore?
Are you guys using a different git repository or open-source is just a marketing ad for v2.8.0? -
@sTicKs23 said in Now Available: pfSense
CE 2.8.0-RELEASE:RELENG_2_8_0
Let's say it's called 'master' (for now) - and check again ?
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i ran the command you suggested and received the following error message:
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@stephenw10 said in Now Available: pfSense
CE 2.8.0-RELEASE:pkg-static upgrade
I ssh'd in and ran "pkg-static upgrade"
i then attempted to run the squid package reinstall gave me the following error message:
pcre2: 10.43 -> 10.42 [pf2ad] readline: 8.2.13_2 -> 8.2.1 [pf2ad]Installed packages to be REINSTALLED:
brotli-1.1.0,1 [pf2ad]
cyrus-sasl-2.1.28_1 [pf2ad]Number of packages to be removed: 91
Number of packages to be installed: 14
Number of packages to be reinstalled: 2
Number of packages to be downgraded: 11The operation will free 522 MiB.
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This should be in a new thread. This is really for the 2.8 announcement.
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ok, sorry..
i'm not seeing any thread that's particular to 2.8 issues.. can you point me in the right direction?
Thanks!
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You can just start a new thread in General pfSense Questions.
