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    Bandwidthd broken? [Resolved with patch]

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      charliem
      last edited by

      I tried today's snapshot (amd-64) in a VM for testing; pfSense works OK but I can't get bandwidthd working.  It's my first try playing with bandwidthd though.  I did see some package changes go through last month, but I thought bandwidthd was done.

      bandwidthd package installs OK, shows up as installed, and I ticked the 'enable bandwidthd' checkbox on the config page.  But going to the 'access bandwidthd' tab, I get "Please start bandwidthd to populate this directory".

      From the console bandwidthd is not found via the default path.  Other debugging info:

      [2.2-ALPHA][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root(9): ls -l `find / -name \*bandwidthd\*`
      -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel       706 Jun 14 07:56 /tmp/bandwidthd.info
      -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel       278 Jun 14 07:57 /usr/local/etc/rc.d/bandwidthd.sh
      -rw-rwxrwx  1 root  wheel     13129 Jun 14 07:56 /usr/local/pkg/bandwidthd.inc
      -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel      9947 Jun 14 07:56 /usr/local/pkg/bandwidthd.xml
      lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel        49 Jun 14 07:56 /usr/local/www/bandwidthd -> /usr/pbi/bandwidthd-amd64/local/bandwidthd/htdocs
      -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel     52904 Jun  7 02:43 /usr/pbi/bandwidthd-amd64/local/bandwidthd/bandwidthd
      -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel      1769 Jun 14 07:57 /usr/pbi/bandwidthd-amd64/local/bandwidthd/etc/bandwidthd.conf
      -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel      1566 Jun  7 02:43 /usr/pbi/bandwidthd-amd64/local/bandwidthd/etc/bandwidthd.conf-dist
      -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel       492 Jun  7 02:43 /usr/pbi/bandwidthd-amd64/local/etc/rc.d/bandwidthd.sh.sample
      -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  operator  11103 Jun  7 02:43 /usr/pbi/bandwidthd-amd64/rc.d/bandwidthd.sh.sample
      -rw-r--r--  1 root  operator     73 Jun  7 02:43 /usr/pbi/bandwidthd-amd64/rc.d/bandwidthd.sh.sample.pbiopt
      lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel        51 Jun 14 07:16 /usr/pbi/rc.d/bandwidthd.sh.sample -> /usr/pbi/bandwidthd-amd64/rc.d/bandwidthd.sh.sample
      -rw-r--r--  1 root  operator      0 Jun 14 07:16 /var/db/pbi/.hashqueue/bandwidthd-2.0.1_6-amd64
      
      /usr/pbi/bandwidthd-amd64:
      total 184
      -rw-r--r--   1 root  operator  149720 Jun  7 02:43 .pbi-hash-list
      drwxr-xr-x   2 root  operator     512 Jun  7 02:43 bin
      drwxr-xr-x   2 root  operator     512 Jun  7 02:43 etc
      drwxr-xr-x   2 root  operator     512 Jun  7 02:43 linux
      drwxr-xr-x  14 root  wheel        512 Jun  7 02:43 local
      drwxr-xr-x   2 root  operator     512 Jun  7 02:43 pbiconf
      drwxr-xr-x   2 root  operator     512 Jun  7 02:43 pbimeta
      drwxr-xr-x   2 root  operator     512 Jun  7 02:43 rc.d
      drwxr-xr-x   2 root  operator     512 Jun  7 02:43 run
      drwxr-xr-x   2 root  operator     512 Jun  7 02:43 virtbase
      
      /usr/pbi/bandwidthd-amd64/local/bandwidthd:
      total 60
      -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  52904 Jun  7 02:43 bandwidthd
      drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel    512 Jun 14 07:16 etc
      drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel    512 Jun 14 07:56 htdocs
      
      /usr/pbi/bandwidthd-amd64/local/share/licenses/bandwidthd-2.0.1_6:
      total 28
      -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  18092 Jun  7 02:43 GPLv2
      -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel     81 Jun  7 02:43 LICENSE
      -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel    203 Jun  7 02:43 catalog.mk
      
      /var/db/pbi/installed/bandwidthd-2.0.1_6-amd64:
      total 92
      -rw-r--r--  1 root  operator     6 Jun  7 02:43 pbi_arch
      -rw-r--r--  1 root  operator     5 Jun  7 02:43 pbi_archivecount
      -rw-r--r--  1 root  operator    65 Jun  7 02:43 pbi_archivesum
      -rw-r--r--  1 root  operator    21 Jun  7 02:43 pbi_author
      -rw-r--r--  1 root  operator     9 Jun  7 02:43 pbi_category
      -rw-r--r--  1 root  operator     4 Jun  7 02:43 pbi_createver
      -rw-r--r--  1 root  operator    26 Jun  7 02:43 pbi_defaultpath
      -rw-r--r--  1 root  operator   344 Jun  7 02:43 pbi_desc
      -rw-r--r--  1 root  operator    12 Jun  7 02:43 pbi_fbsdver
      -rw-r--r--  1 root  operator  6179 Jun  7 02:43 pbi_icon.png
      -rw-r--r--  1 root  operator    26 Jun 14 07:16 pbi_installedpath
      -rw-r--r--  1 root  operator     6 Jun  7 02:43 pbi_license
      -rw-r--r--  1 root  operator    21 Jun  7 02:43 pbi_maintainer
      -rw-r--r--  1 root  operator    16 Jun  7 02:43 pbi_mdate
      -rw-r--r--  1 root  operator    11 Jun  7 02:43 pbi_name
      -rw-r--r--  1 root  operator     0 Jun  7 02:43 pbi_requiresroot
      -rw-r--r--  1 root  operator    37 Jun  7 02:43 pbi_shortdesc
      -rw-r--r--  1 root  operator     5 Jun  7 02:43 pbi_type
      -rw-r--r--  1 root  operator     8 Jun  7 02:43 pbi_version
      -rw-r--r--  1 root  operator    35 Jun  7 02:43 pbi_web
      -rw-r--r--  1 root  operator    10 Jun  7 02:43 post-install.sh
      -rw-r--r--  1 root  operator    10 Jun  7 02:43 pre-install.sh
      -rw-r--r--  1 root  operator    10 Jun  7 02:43 pre-remove.sh
      [2.2-ALPHA][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root(10): /usr/pbi/bandwidthd-amd64/local/bandwidthd/bandwidthd -l
      Shared object "libpq.so.5" not found, required by "bandwidthd"
      
      
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        phil.davis
        last edited by

        Shared object "libpq.so.5" not found
        

        That has happened to me in the past, and I am on 32-bit installs on nanoBSD. Uninstalled and reinstalled and then the library/ies appear again. Do the "standard" computer thing and uninstall and reinstall! And if you can figure out what actually makes the problem happen (presumably some "event" during installation) then report back and we can make progress to fix or handle it.

        As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, "There are 3 sides to every triangle."
        If I helped you, then help someone else - buy someone a gift from the INF catalog http://secure.inf.org/gifts/usd/

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          charliem
          last edited by

          I saw Renato made some updates related to packages yesterday that perhaps could help, but no dice.

          I installed new snapshot from scratch (pfSense-LiveCD-2.2-DEVELOPMENT-amd64-20140613-1600.iso.gz), unticked 'check package signature', and then installed bandwidthd from the list of available packages.  Checked the last commit:

          [2.2-ALPHA][admin@pfSense.localdomain]/etc(3): cat version.lastcommit
          aba02f656010bc190b5db0e0c659f8f79402b6a9
          

          I see that /usr/local/etc/rc.d/bandwidthd.sh contains```
          rc_start() {
                  /usr/local/bandwidthd/bandwidthd
          }

          There is no such directory or executable file under /usr/local/, but there is under /usr/pbi/bandwithd-amd64:
          

          [2.2-ALPHA][admin@pfSense.localdomain]/usr/pbi/bandwidthd-amd64/local/bandwidthd(13): ls -l
          total 60
          -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  52904 Jun  7 02:43 bandwidthd
          drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel    512 Jun 19 10:10 etc
          drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel    512 Jun 19 10:10 htdocs

          
          Running that file gives the same result as before:
          

          [2.2-ALPHA][admin@pfSense.localdomain]/usr/pbi/bandwidthd-amd64/local/bandwidthd(21): ./bandwidthd -l
          Shared object "libpq.so.5" not found, required by "bandwidthd"
          [2.2-ALPHA][admin@pfSense.localdomain]/usr/pbi/bandwidthd-amd64/local/bandwidthd(22): find / -name libpq.so.5
          /usr/pbi/bandwidthd-amd64/local/lib/libpq.so.5

          
          So there seems to be at least two separate problems:
          * RC file expects to find the bandwidthd executable in /usr/local/bandwidthd directory, but it lives somewhere else
          * The shared library libpq.so is not found by the executable
          
          I don't know anything about the pbi sytstem, so I can't be much further help other than testing.
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            charliem
            last edited by

            @phil.davis:

            That has happened to me in the past, and I am on 32-bit installs on nanoBSD. Uninstalled and reinstalled and then the library/ies appear again. Do the "standard" computer thing and uninstall and reinstall! And if you can figure out what actually makes the problem happen (presumably some "event" during installation) then report back and we can make progress to fix or handle it.

            Phil, you made a commit to fix it for nano (https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense-packages/commit/dc690b55fe7b55b767af8461c4735ea4a3a60c3b), but there is another minor change needed for the non-nano (full install) case:

            [2.2-ALPHA][root@pfsense]/usr/local/pkg(52): diff -ub bandwidthd.inc.old bandwidthd.inc
            --- bandwidthd.inc.old  2014-06-24 08:14:40.000000000 -0400
            +++ bandwidthd.inc      2014-06-24 11:24:38.000000000 -0400
            @@ -348,7 +348,9 @@
             EOD;
                            } else {
                                    $rc['start'] = <<<eod<br>-/usr/local/bandwidthd/bandwidthd
            +cd {$bandwidthd_base_dir}
            +{$bandwidthd_runtime_library_env} {$bandwidthd_base_dir}/bandwidthd
            +cd -
             EOD;
                            }
                    } else {</eod<br> 
            

            With this change, bandwidthd works for me (full install, amd64, 20-Jun-14 alpha 2.2 snapshot).  I'm not sure how long it's been broken in the full-install case, but this fixes it.

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              phil.davis
              last edited by

              The full install case on 2.2 has never worked. Thanks for sorting this out. I tested the change on a 2.1.4 full install also, and it does not break that, and should not break 2.0.n either, as the way the code works out the shell script to start it on 2.0.n case will end up the same as it was previously.
              With this change, bandwidthd should now work on 2.0.* 2.1.* and 2.2 in both full and nanoBSD installs.
              Pull request: https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense-packages/pull/679

              As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, "There are 3 sides to every triangle."
              If I helped you, then help someone else - buy someone a gift from the INF catalog http://secure.inf.org/gifts/usd/

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                rcampbell
                last edited by

                I'm having the same issue as the OP and I'm glad a fix has been found..

                How do I install the latest build from Github?
                When will the fix be published to the 'Packages' section in the pfSense GUI?

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                • arrmoA
                  arrmo
                  last edited by

                  Hi,

                  Bandwidthd is working fine for me … but it doesn't work with Postgresql. Is that broken? Actually, it seems like Postgresql isn't installed?

                  Thanks!

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                    phil.davis
                    last edited by

                    @rcampbell:

                    I'm having the same issue as the OP and I'm glad a fix has been found..

                    How do I install the latest build from Github?
                    When will the fix be published to the 'Packages' section in the pfSense GUI?

                    Pull request 679 referenced above was committed back in June 2014. bandwidthd should be showing 2.0.1_6 pkg v.0.5 and that is the version that should install from the packages list.

                    As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, "There are 3 sides to every triangle."
                    If I helped you, then help someone else - buy someone a gift from the INF catalog http://secure.inf.org/gifts/usd/

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                      phil.davis
                      last edited by

                      @arrmo:

                      Hi,

                      Bandwidthd is working fine for me … but it doesn't work with Postgresql. Is that broken? Actually, it seems like Postgresql isn't installed?

                      Thanks!

                      You need to fill in the various Postgresql parameters to point to a database that is listening on some other system reachable on your network. pfSense itself does not have a Postgresql database engine.

                      As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, "There are 3 sides to every triangle."
                      If I helped you, then help someone else - buy someone a gift from the INF catalog http://secure.inf.org/gifts/usd/

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                      • arrmoA
                        arrmo
                        last edited by

                        Makes sense, thanks! I have the PostgreSQL server running now, and installed the schema (and can see the tables). No data showing up from BandwidthD yet … need to find the logs to see if I can figure out the problem.

                        Thanks again!

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                          rcampbell
                          last edited by

                          This problem still is ongoing for me, I'm using the standard install as a VM on VMWare.  I read the patch was to fix the Nano version, but I believe it still affects the standard version.  Are there any logs I can provide to help get to the root cause?

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                            charliem
                            last edited by

                            @rcampbell:

                            This problem still is ongoing for me, I'm using the standard install as a VM on VMWare.  I read the patch was to fix the Nano version, but I believe it still affects the standard version.  Are there any logs I can provide to help get to the root cause?

                            Nano was OK, the most recent patch was to fix bandwidthd startup on a full install.  Please clarify which pfSense version you installed, and what is shown for the version of your bandwidthd package.

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