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    2.1-release [Update - Success]

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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      kejianshi
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      Did you reimage your drive/card?

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        doktornotor Banned
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        @ilium007:

        I have tried first with Avahi - package has now been 'extracting' for over 10mins.

        We already have a couple of threads on Avahi. Remove the thing. It will take a whole lot more than 10 mins on CF with those endless dependencies, plus just digging holes into your firewall.

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          ilium007
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          @kejianshi:

          Did you reimage your drive/card?

          No - I used the menu option on the main pfSense page to do an upgrade :|

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            ilium007
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            @doktornotor:

            @ilium007:

            I have tried first with Avahi - package has now been 'extracting' for over 10mins.

            We already have a couple of threads on Avahi. Remove the thing. It will take a whole lot more than 10 mins on CF with those endless dependencies, plus just digging holes into your firewall.

            This is the only way I can get Guest network access to Apple services such as AppleTV and music streaming.

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              kejianshi
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              I think a wipe/install is in order personally.

              Also, doktornotor identified mush earlier that avahi, particularly, was causing people issue earlier.

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                ilium007
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                @kejianshi:

                I think a wipe/install is in order personally.

                Also, doktornotor identified that avahi, particularly was causing people issue earlier.

                I have extensive OpenVPN config as well as VLAN tagging / interfaces. I would rather not reconfigure the whole thing.

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                  doktornotor Banned
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                  @ilium007:

                  This is the only way I can get Guest network access to Apple services such as AppleTV and music streaming.

                  Well, then you need to get adequate HW, not Alix on CF. My pretty much firm opinion is that the thing has no place on firewalls. plus definitely should not be available on nanobsd at all. Won't even fit the disk space on some images.

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                    ilium007
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                    @doktornotor:

                    Well, then you need to get adequate HW, not Alix on CF. My pretty much firm opinion is that the thing has no place on firewalls.

                    Hmm.. helpful for me here tonight….

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                      doktornotor Banned
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                      Yeah, it sure is. Providing streaming and AppleTV to guest hardly sounds like a critical service.

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                        kejianshi
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                        "Hmm.. helpful for me here tonight…."

                        If a clean wipe and reinstall and then package restore works, you can give avahi a try LAST after all else is working.
                        If it breaks things, you will know what to leave out.

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                          doktornotor Banned
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                          Adding the "avahi" threads for cross-reference.

                          http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,66588.0.html
                          http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,61289.0.html

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                            ilium007
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                            @doktornotor:

                            Adding the "avahi" threads for cross-reference.

                            http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,66588.0.html
                            http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,61289.0.html

                            Cheers

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                              ilium007
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                              Is there any clean way of removing packages that havent finished installing / or removing the packages that no longer show up in my installed package list ?

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                                kejianshi
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                                One last thing - To me, it seems people with Alix have so far been far more willing to spend 3 hours or more in forums than to do a clean wipe and reinstall of all services, so I STILL have no idea if avahi will work after a fresh re-install.  Don't think anyone has done it.  (But I do fresh install at the first sign of a snag - I don't like beating my head against walls)

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                                  doktornotor Banned
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                                  @ilium007:

                                  Is there any clean way of removing packages that havent finished installing / or removing the packages that no longer show up in my installed package list ?

                                  Type pkg_info/pbi_info into shell… pkg_delete/pbi_delete to remove.

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                                    ilium007
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                                    @kejianshi:

                                    One last thing - To me, it seems people with Alix have so far been far more willing to spend 3 hours or more in forums than to do a clean wipe and reinstall of all services, so I STILL have no idea if avahi will work after a fresh re-install.  Don't think anyone has done it.  (But I do fresh install at the first sign of a snag - I don't like beating my head against walls)

                                    Probably because doing a 'fresh' install is not as easy as throwing in a CD and booting on an Alix as it is on a PC based system… I dunno..  I would rather fix a problem than do a fresh install and never know what went wrong or how to fix it.

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                                      kejianshi
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                                      Its faster, thats for sure - But you gotta live with this thing for a long time.

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                                        ilium007
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                                        @kejianshi:

                                        Its faster, thats for sure - But you gotta live with this thing for a long time.

                                        Maybe…

                                        1. find screwdriver and open case
                                        2. find CF card reader and dd image

                                        you get the idea. Not as easy / quick as putting in a CD and hitting reset.

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                                          kejianshi
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                                          Yep - Thats what i was thinking…  Exactly.  Its hard?

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                                            ilium007
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                                            @kejianshi:

                                            Yep - Thats what i was thinking…  Exactly.  Its hard?

                                            I might try and find a nice Aton based board and build a new system.

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