Sysctl doesn't work in pfsense 2.1-release

Guest

Hi
I add this line to rc file and rc.initial file :

/sbin/sysctl kern.consmute=1 >/dev/null

then i add this to config.xml:

 <tunable>kern.consmute</tunable>
			<value>1</value>

and this to /etc/sysctl.conf:

kern.consmute=1

but when i reboot system, kern.consmute is 0!
Why sysctl doesn't work in pfsense?

GruensFroeschli

Why don't you add this through the gui?
It handles all the temporary/volatile file handling for you.

Guest

How? I want to change sysctl value permanently.

GruensFroeschli

System –> Advanced --> System Tunables

Guest

I added kern.consmute=1 from GUI. it doesn't work. :( after system reboot, consmute is 0;
i execute this command from shell:

sysctl kern.consmute

result is kern.consmute: 0

Guest

Why kern.consmute can not be set in pfsense 2.1-release? i didn't have this problem with 2.0 and 2.1-rc.

GruensFroeschli

It does work for me.

After a reboot i get:


[2.1-RELEASE][root@pfsense.maynet]/root(1): sysctl kern.consmute
kern.consmute: 1

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Guest

It doesn't work on virtualbox and vmware. Do you have installed pfsense on a real machine?

GruensFroeschli

Yes this is on an ALIX.