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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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      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

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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
          last edited by

          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
            last edited by

            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
                last edited by

                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
                    last edited by

                    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
                      last edited by

                      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
                          last edited by

                          @doktornotor:

                          That (presumably internal) URL is unreachable.

                          Yep, copypasta. Fixed.

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                            saerdna
                            last edited by

                            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
                              last edited by

                              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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                                  cmb
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                                  @kejianshi:

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

                                  Actually if you have the serial console enabled, the problem won't occur. It's only where it's disabled that this can happen, on some minority of hardware.

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                                  • jimpJ
                                    jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                    last edited by

                                    I added the workaround(s) to the upgrade guide – https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Upgrade_Guide#pfSense_2.2.2_Upgrade_Notes

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                                      robi
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                                      @va176thunderbolt:

                                      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.

                                      +1 here

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                                      • jimpJ
                                        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                        last edited by

                                        @robi:

                                        @va176thunderbolt:

                                        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.

                                        +1 here

                                        Apply the workaround from my last post and then you can re-enable your serial port.

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                                          NOYB
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                                          @Supermule:

                                          Its like EVERYBODY :D

                                          No.  It's like everyone with unused serial port that doesn't KISS.

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                                            Trel
                                            last edited by

                                            @NOYB:

                                            @Supermule:

                                            Its like EVERYBODY :D

                                            No.  It's like everyone with unused serial port that doesn't KISS.

                                            I'd say actively going into the BIOS to disable hardware (keeping in mind physical access to the machine means it's already compromised) is the exact opposite of keeping it simple.

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