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    Really big problem to go to 2.2.2 from 2.2.1

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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      Supermule Banned
      last edited by

      As I run it in a VM at home with no serial port connected, then no issues.

      When I add the port, I get the issue described.

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        hasangurbuz
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        @mococanet:

        After upgrade the errors come up :

        Kdb: debugger backend: ddb

        Amd64

        Restalling everything right now!!!

        Yes, same problem!
        I try upgare and fresh install. But same result.

        Restart to my Pfsense

        Very very slowly write: Kdb: …......................

        This is big problem!

        Hasan Gürbüz
        IT Systems Administrator & Programmer Analyst

        …..

        "Olduğu kadar, olmadığı kader!"

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          mir
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          "Warning: an issue was discovered post-release with a small minority of systems running a full install with no serial console enabled, where the boot is very, very slow because of a serial console-related change. Disabling the serial ports in the BIOS will work around this issue should you encounter it."

          I think this is an understatement. It should read: "[..] a majority of systems running full install with no serial console[..]"

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            Supermule Banned
            last edited by

            Its like EVERYBODY :D

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              heper
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              is this a feature thats been implemented after last weeks snapshot?
              i personally haven't had much issue's with the snapshots last couple of weeks but now don't wish to upgrade to -release :)

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                fragged
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                @heper:

                is this a feature thats been implemented after last weeks snapshot?
                i personally haven't had much issue's with the snapshots last couple of weeks but now don't wish to upgrade to -release :)

                You can simply check your current snapshot for the setting. My box seems to be fine with the setting with full pfSense (VGA). I've got an Intel SP1200K or some such motherboard.

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                  mococanet
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                  Dear Guys

                  Yesterday after this tragic error I had to be quick in decision, because here we have many workstations and all were stoped! So I quickly re-installed pfSense 2.2.1 and restored the backup, so everything is working again. So today I decided to upgrade to 2.2.2 again and the error happened again…. so, now i've disabled the serial port on the pfSense setup and the system boot normally. Thank you all. Here the image of the error, the letters write very slowly!

                  Cheers

                  IMG_1805.JPG
                  IMG_1805.JPG_thumb

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                  • jimpJ
                    jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                    last edited by

                    If the boot menu is fast, press option 3 to go to a loader prompt, then type

                    unset boot_serial
                    boot
                    

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                      mococanet
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                      Hi Jimp,

                      Yes nice tip! also to fix the problem I commented lines in /boot/loader.conf

                      ##boot_serial="YES"
                      ##comconsole_speed="9600"

                      Cheers, thank you !!!

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                        doktornotor Banned
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                        This issue can be also mitigated by connecting a compatible serial console to match the speed:

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                          rsonline
                          last edited by

                          Same problems here, disabling serial fixed for me.  Dell Vostro 230.

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                            kejianshi
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                            Yet another day of me be glad I am not using equipment with serial console…  (-:

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                            • jimpJ
                              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                              last edited by

                              Every box we ship has a serial console and near as we can tell from the testing, they're all fine, though we enable the serial console and force it on, since the serial console is the only console on most of these units.

                              Problem seems to be if specific to certain hardware combinations and only those that both have a hardware serial port and also have it disabled.

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                                va176thunderbolt
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                                I had a serial port enabled, with a GPS connected to provide PPS for NTP, and it did impact me. I disabled the serial interface to get it to boot, but without it, my NTP lost the ability to sync with the GPS.

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                                • jimpJ
                                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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                                  For those on 2.2.2 who have managed to get booted, try applying this fix:
                                  https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/eee053fe10fe2857f7a6921f893d66a86f090b92

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                                    doktornotor Banned
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                                    @jimp:

                                    For those on 2.2.2 who have managed to get booted, try applying this fix:
                                    https://git.pfmechanics.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/eee053fe10fe2857f7a6921f893d66a86f090b92

                                    That (presumably internal) URL is unreachable.

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                                    • jimpJ
                                      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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                                      @doktornotor:

                                      That (presumably internal) URL is unreachable.

                                      Yep, copypasta. Fixed.

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                                        saerdna
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                                        Same problem here.

                                        HA Setup with 2 different mainboards, on both systems I had to disable the serial console in the bios to boot the systems.

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                                          paaland
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                                          Just wanted to report that I got the same problem. Luckily I'd read this post before upgrading so I connected my normally headless box to a screen before upgrading. When I saw the slow character-by-character boot I rebooted, entered bios and disabled the com port. Booted normally and upgraded my packages and all seems well now.

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                                          • jimpJ
                                            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                            last edited by

                                            @jimp:

                                            For those on 2.2.2 who have managed to get booted, try applying this fix:
                                            https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/eee053fe10fe2857f7a6921f893d66a86f090b92

                                            I was finally able to replicate this on an old VIA CV700A and confirmed the above patch worked.

                                            If you apply the patch and then re-save the settings on System > Advanced, Admin Access tab then you can reboot safely with the COM port enabled.

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