2.1.5 widescreen patch - multiple columns on dashboard

charlie0440

About patches in pfsense gui. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I belive when you click test it will only show if it can be applied cleanly. Once applied it will show if it can now be reverted cleanly. It can't be both and you can't revert something which hasn't been changed.

I found this confusing at first because the message makes it look like you can apply a patch and not revert it.

Gerard64

@kcallis:

I have tried it and I am still getting an issue where the Help tab is right below the System tab. Is there any way that I could just remove help for the time being? This is preventing me from accessing option on the System menu.

Go to /etc/inc open globals.inc and find "disablehelpmenu" => false, and change it to "disablehelpmenu" => true,

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RonpfS

Did and upgrade from 2.1.4 to 2.1.5

Reinstall the tar ball, widescreen is back but there is no Add/Delete button, so I am stuck with 2 columns display

KOM

I had the same problem, and it's ongoing. If I hammer the F5 key quickly twice, my original 4-column layout appears. A single F5 refresh puts it back into dual-column mode. Totally bizarre.

RonpfS

Nice trick … twice F5 bring back the buttons :o ;D

F5 and CTRL-F5 doesn't do it :(

KOM

Like I said, totally bizarre. But it works consistently, so at least there's that.

RonpfS

Since the last reboot … no more issues with the widescreen patch, I always get 3 columns display ;D

KOM

Ah, well there you go. I haven't rebooted since the 2.1.5 upgrade.

firefox

@charlie0440:

If your issues with the menu wrapping on pfsense (not caused by the patch but code adding in 2.1.5). Go to system > patches and apply this commit:
https://github.com/CharlieMarshall/pfsense/commit/2b5c16b9c6ee3dcb9a1333b44949f48024eb3cd0

I do not have this option under system
I use pfsense 2.1.5

Where it goes ?

RonpfS

@firefox:

I do not have this option under system
I use pfsense 2.1.5

Where it goes ?

Maybe you need to install the Package System Patches.

firefox

Thank you
I installed it

spillemw

My pfSense file system is read-only. When I ssh to the machine and select shell, I am in the root directory, but obviously not a root user. Note that I bought a Stonegate firewall with pfSense 2.1.5 pre-installed.
I am new to pfSense but not new to ubuntu.
Any suggestion?

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Update that may help other people : the file system was read-only so I had to remount it in the shell with rw enabled. Then I could get the new them and apply it.
Do not forget to reboot the machine afterwards so that the ro is in place again for added security.

phil.davis

@spillemw:

My pfSense file system is read-only. When I ssh to the machine and select shell, I am in the root directory, but obviously not a root user. Note that I bought a Stonegate firewall with pfSense 2.1.5 pre-installed.
I am new to pfSense but not new to ubuntu.
Any suggestion?

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Update that may help other people : the file system was read-only so I had to remount it in the shell with rw enabled. Then I could get the new them and apply it.
Do not forget to reboot the machine afterwards so that the ro is in place again for added security.

I have no idea what your post has to do with widescreen patch. But:

pfSense is built on top of FreeBSD (not Ubuntu)
It is all configured from the webGUI - so do not use the shell to change anything unless you know what and why you are changing it.
"disk" can be switched between ro and rw and back with:
/etc/rc.conf_mount_rw
/etc/rc.conf_mount_ro
No need to find the right mount commands yourself, no need to reboot to put it back.
Diagnostics->nanoBSD also has a button to switch to RW then switch back to RO.