2.1-release [Update - Success]
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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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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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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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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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Yeah, it sure is. Providing streaming and AppleTV to guest hardly sounds like a critical service.
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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. -
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 -
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.htmlCheers
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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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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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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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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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Its faster, thats for sure - But you gotta live with this thing for a long time.
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Its faster, thats for sure - But you gotta live with this thing for a long time.
Maybe…
- find screwdriver and open case
- 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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Yep - Thats what i was thinking… Exactly. Its hard?
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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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Atom works, but I think your system is salvageable. I wouldn't set the box on fire or any thing just yet.
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Atom works, but I think your system is salvageable. I wouldn't set the box on fire or any thing just yet.
:D :D
Removing avahi now:
[2.1-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.harland]/root(7): pbi_delete -v avahi-0.6.29-i386 Running pre-removal script: /var/db/pbi/installed/avahi-0.6.29-i386/pre-remove.sh Removing: /usr/pbi/avahi-i386 -
Type pkg_info/pbi_info into shell… pkg_delete/pbi_delete to remove.
After using pbi_info and pbi_delete you can also look in:
a) /usr/local/pkg
b) /usr/local/etc/rc.d
and get rid of the scripts starting with the package name, or obviously related to the package.
If you are reinstalling straight away, those things will get overwritten anyway by the install, so you don't really have to clean them out.
There will still be the menu options that the package added into the config. Those are in config.xml and will appear in your webGUI menus, but clicking them will give an error. Again, if you are reinstalling the package those will all become valid.
The cleanest way to "clean up" a package is- uninstall (or clean it out as above if the uninstall won't go),
- install properly from the GUI,
- uninstall (which should now uninstall cleanly).
I haven't had to start from a fresh CF card for a long time now - it should be quite possible to recover gracefully from package installs that die part way through.
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Type pkg_info/pbi_info into shell… pkg_delete/pbi_delete to remove.
After using pbi_info and pbi_delete you can also look in:
a) /usr/local/pkg
b) /usr/local/etc/rc.d
and get rid of the scripts starting with the package name, or obviously related to the package.
If you are reinstalling straight away, those things will get overwritten anyway by the install, so you don't really have to clean them out.
There will still be the menu options that the package added into the config. Those are in config.xml and will appear in your webGUI menus, but clicking them will give an error. Again, if you are reinstalling the package those will all become valid.
The cleanest way to "clean up" a package is- uninstall (or clean it out as above if the uninstall won't go),
- install properly from the GUI,
- uninstall (which should now uninstall cleanly).
I haven't had to start from a fresh CF card for a long time now - it should be quite possible to recover gracefully from package installs that die part way through.
Excellent news ! I know the Alix is underpowered but it is small, uses no power and is a nice little red steel case :D