cant get pfsense menu on serial with putty

ozlecz

from 2.7.2 upgraded to 2.8.1 successfully
DEVICE=FWA-ASP3050

following the console logs as it boots...it stOPS showing booting logs and cant see the menu.. but booting was successful as everything seems to be okay with the GUI and even on SSH

ALSO DID THE FOLLOWING ON THE config local

# --- pfSense 2.8.1 serial console fix for Silver Peak FWA-ASP3050 ---
# Force serial console only (disable VGA)
boot_multicons="NO"
boot_serial="YES"
console="comconsole"

# Match hardware baud rate
comconsole_speed="115200"

# Target Advantech / Silver Peak UART mapping
hw.uart.console="uart0"
hint.uart.0.flags="0x10"

# Prevent VGA/dual console conflicts
kern.console="ttyu0"

# Optional: increase verbosity during boot
boot_verbose="YES"

BELOW ARE THE LOGS AND IT STOPS SHOWING AFTER THE LAST LINE

pci0:178:22:0: reprobing on driver added
found-> vendor=0x8086, dev=0x2018, revid=0x04
        domain=0, bus=178, slot=22, func=4
        class=08-80-00, hdrtype=0x00, mfdev=1
        cmdreg=0x0000, statreg=0x0000, cachelnsz=0 (dwords)
        lattimer=0x00 (0 ns), mingnt=0x00 (0 ns), maxlat=0x00 (0 ns)
pci0:178:22:4: reprobing on driver added
found-> vendor=0x8086, dev=0x2018, revid=0x04
        domain=0, bus=178, slot=23, func=0
        class=08-80-00, hdrtype=0x00, mfdev=1
        cmdreg=0x0000, statreg=0x0000, cachelnsz=0 (dwords)
        lattimer=0x00 (0 ns), mingnt=0x00 (0 ns), maxlat=0x00 (0 ns)
pci0:178:23:0: reprobing on driver added
pci16: driver added
pci17: driver added
pci18: driver added
lo0: link state changed to UP
igb0: Link is up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex
igb1: Link is up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex

stephenw10

Did you have those custom console changes in 2.7.2 also? And they worked OK there?

What you are seeing on the console there is what you normally see if you have set the primary console to something else.

Do the NIC linkup messages still appear on the console if you reconnect a NIC after boot?

ozlecz

@stephenw10

2.7.2 need not to do anything...everything is okay

custom console changes made only after upgrade to 2.8.1.. but still did not solve the issue

just now i tried to login to the GUI and there was no further logs i could see after the igb1: Link is up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex

stephenw10

Ah you might be hitting this: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/boot-issues.html#isa-serial-console-not-fully-functional

If so that should be the only loader value you need.

ozlecz

@stephenw10
bingo...its a 10 for you sir