Netgate Discussion Forum
    • Categories
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Search
    • Register
    • Login

    Another upgrade to 2.2 issue

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
    29 Posts 13 Posters 8.4k Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • C
      cmb
      last edited by

      @stephenw10:

      @cmb:

      what exactly did you have to change in loader.conf?

      I assume, since he previously linked to the modified Marvel drivers, that he is referring to disabling DMA to boot CF.

      Ah, yeah probably. So again, didn't read the upgrade guide. That change was made for a reason, most all circumstances are better off now. But, in some limited cases with certain hardware (mostly the recycled Watchguards it seems), disabling DMA is still required to boot. From time to time, we have to change defaults like these because a different setting is best for nearly all installs. But some like this will leave 1 in several thousand systems unbootable unless you first take the appropriate action prior to upgrading (editing /boot/loader.conf.local before the upgrade, in that case).

      This is the biggest reason to use our appliances, as we ensure you're getting optimal settings for that hardware now and in future releases. Otherwise, keep a close eye on any hardware-related things in the upgrade guide. And if you're using something like a recycled Watchguard, check the forum to find others' experiences with the same hardware.

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • Q
        QNimbus
        last edited by

        I'm afraid I have this exact same issue since I recently upgraded to pfSense 2.2.

        I have checked /usr/local/etc/php.ini and my timezone is set to 'Europe/Amsterdam' (Just like I had configured through the web interface). I've also not added anything else to the loader.conf file. My configuration worked flawlessly in 2.1.

        Packages installed : 'Service Watchdog' and 'OpenVPN Client Export Utility'

        Is there anything I can test or try to isolate the problem?

        To clarify a bit see attached screenclip

        Capture.PNG
        Capture.PNG_thumb

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • Q
          QNimbus
          last edited by

          As an update to my earlier post; somehow the issue has resolved itself.

          I haven't performed a reboot of the pfSense firewall, it is still online as it was when I took the screen clip. It's not clear to me what made the issue go away but I will keep an eye on it.

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • G
            genic
            last edited by

            i am too having the same issues. i did the direct auto update to 2.2.1 and i am receiving the same error messages that others have stated. NOTHING changed on the hardware side, and everything worked just fine prior to the firmware auto-update.

            so i would say its not just TWO or THREE people having problems.

            error at the top of the gui –

            "Warning: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are required to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected the timezone 'UTC' for now, but please set date.timezone to select your timezone. in /etc/inc/globals.inc on line 63 Warning: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are required to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected the timezone 'UTC' for now, but please set date.timezone to select your timezone. in /etc/inc/globals.inc on line 63                            "

            i tried to change the time zone to CST (which is where i am, and also looked at NTP which is working) ... and still the same problems as others have stated.

            also when trying to change the time zone in the general setup (btw, the drop downs in chrome no longer work past the first selection) i receive the following error.

            03-25-15 13:51:58 [ Unable to open /cf/conf/config.xml for writing in write_config()]

            …..i know what my problem is. for some reason the filesystem went into readonly due to corruption. i cant write anything to the CF card, but the actual system works (a watchguard XTM 1050...lucky this only happened on ONE of my routers...or i would be f-ed!)
            so, i am going to grab another card i have...put the release 2.2 on it, and then just go back and recreate the rules from a fresh system.

            what/why do you have to update a file before the firmware upgrade...shouldnt that be automatic?

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • T
              Thilroy
              last edited by

              Same thing for me :

              HW: quite basic Dell GX260 SFF with two Nics
              Initially pfSense2.2
              Packages Squid, LightSquid and OpenVpn Client Export Utility
              Tried an upgrade to 2.2.2.

              symptoms :

              1. message on top of gui : "Warning: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are required to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected the timezone 'UTC' for now, but please set date.timezone to select your timezone. in /etc/inc/globals.inc on line 63 Warning: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are required to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this "

              2. during the upgrade nothing abnormal. After restart gui message (see before) and furthermore it's like there wasn't any upgrade at all since under "system/firmware/auto update" I'm still reading :

              _A new version is now available
              Current version: 2.2-RELEASE
                    Built On: Thu Jan 22 14:04:25 CST 2015
                  New version: 2.2.2-RELEASE
                Update source: https://updates.pfsense.org/updaters

              1. under "system/general setup", the time zone dropdown list is totally empty, and doesn't display any possible choice.

              I tried 2 times a manual upgrade, no change.
              I also went looking in /usr/local/etc/php.ini : the date.timezone parameter was "". Changed it to "europe/brussels", still no luck, symptoms still there.

              Any help ?

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • S
                Supermule Banned
                last edited by

                I get a crash report warning in the GUI.

                Crash report begins.  Anonymous machine information:

                amd64
                10.1-RELEASE-p9
                FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE-p9 #0 57b23e7(releng/10.1)-dirty: Mon Apr 13 20:30:25 CDT 2015    root@pfs22-amd64-builder:/usr/obj.amd64/usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_SMP.10

                Crash report details:

                PHP Errors:
                [21-Apr-2015 13:40:35 Europe/Copenhagen] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected end of file in /usr/local/www/exec.php(250) : eval()'d code on line 1
                [21-Apr-2015 13:40:40 Europe/Copenhagen] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected end of file in /usr/local/www/exec.php(250) : eval()'d code on line 1

                Filename: /var/crash/minfree
                2048

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • C
                  cmb
                  last edited by

                  @Supermule:

                  I get a crash report warning in the GUI.

                  PHP Errors:
                  [21-Apr-2015 13:40:35 Europe/Copenhagen] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected end of file in /usr/local/www/exec.php(250) : eval()'d code on line 1
                  [21-Apr-2015 13:40:40 Europe/Copenhagen] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected end of file in /usr/local/www/exec.php(250) : eval()'d code on line 1

                  which is from wrong code you put yourself into PHP Execute box in exec.php.

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • S
                    Supermule Banned
                    last edited by

                    Thx Chris

                    Can you elaborate some more since I dont recall executing anything other than running kldstat in the execute prompt…

                    @cmb:

                    @Supermule:

                    I get a crash report warning in the GUI.

                    PHP Errors:
                    [21-Apr-2015 13:40:35 Europe/Copenhagen] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected end of file in /usr/local/www/exec.php(250) : eval()'d code on line 1
                    [21-Apr-2015 13:40:40 Europe/Copenhagen] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected end of file in /usr/local/www/exec.php(250) : eval()'d code on line 1

                    which is from wrong code you put yourself into PHP Execute box in exec.php.

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • C
                      cmb
                      last edited by

                      @Supermule:

                      Thx Chris

                      Can you elaborate some more since I dont recall executing anything other than running kldstat in the execute prompt…

                      any stray character in that box (other than just whitespace) will result in that message. An inadvertent single character typed in there would do that.

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • N
                        NOYB
                        last edited by

                        @cmb:

                        @Dustin:

                        Side note: I find it very un-helpful and almost insulting that nearly every issue that this very buggy release of pfSense has, you guys are trying to blow off as a one-off issue.

                        Only where they are one-off issues! Two people on earth now, out of into 5 digits of upgraded systems, have seen that.

                        Two people on earth now, out of into 5 digits of upgraded systems, have seen reported that.

                        As Dustin mentioned not everyone sits here working as unpaid QA staff.  Thus "seen" = "reported" + n

                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • C
                          cmb
                          last edited by

                          @genic:

                          (btw, the drop downs in chrome no longer work past the first selection)

                          A Chrome update broke that and similar functionality on a variety of other sites within the past month or so on Windows. Non-issue in Chrome on OS X and Linux. On affected Windows systems, right click, hit "inspect element", and it'll work around it.

                          @genic:

                          i receive the following error.

                          03-25-15 13:51:58 [ Unable to open /cf/conf/config.xml for writing in write_config()]

                          …..i know what my problem is. for some reason the filesystem went into readonly due to corruption. i cant write anything to the CF card, but the actual system works (a watchguard XTM 1050...lucky this only happened on ONE of my routers...or i would be f-ed!)
                          so, i am going to grab another card i have...put the release 2.2 on it, and then just go back and recreate the rules from a fresh system.

                          Likely a bad CF.

                          @genic:

                          what/why do you have to update a file before the firmware upgrade…shouldnt that be automatic?

                          Normally no need to touch anything before upgrade. The Watchguard boxes tend to have broken DMA so disabling it before upgrade may be necessary since it used to be off by default for nano.

                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • L
                            lowprofile
                            last edited by

                            @Supermule:

                            Thx Chris

                            Can you elaborate some more since I dont recall executing anything other than running kldstat in the execute prompt…

                            @cmb:

                            @Supermule:

                            I get a crash report warning in the GUI.

                            PHP Errors:
                            [21-Apr-2015 13:40:35 Europe/Copenhagen] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected end of file in /usr/local/www/exec.php(250) : eval()'d code on line 1
                            [21-Apr-2015 13:40:40 Europe/Copenhagen] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected end of file in /usr/local/www/exec.php(250) : eval()'d code on line 1

                            which is from wrong code you put yourself into PHP Execute box in exec.php.

                            I am having exact same issue, i also submitted the report for some minutes ago. please check.

                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • C
                              cmb
                              last edited by

                              @lowprofile:

                              I am having exact same issue, i also submitted the report for some minutes ago. please check.

                              Same thing, looks like you submitted something in the PHP execute box. Do you have a form filler or something that might be putting something in there? Is it replicable for you?

                              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • L
                                lowprofile
                                last edited by

                                @cmb:

                                @lowprofile:

                                I am having exact same issue, i also submitted the report for some minutes ago. please check.

                                Same thing, looks like you submitted something in the PHP execute box. Do you have a form filler or something that might be putting something in there? Is it replicable for you?

                                I am 100% sure that i don't. I've though used the php execute box days before, but no auto fill or anything related.
                                I cannot replicate it, it just happened on a fresh browser, chrome - dashboard.

                                • if it's not critical then i wont go deeper into it since it only happened once. There is other critical issues to looking at :)
                                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • D
                                  David Handelman
                                  last edited by

                                  Downgraded to 2.2.1 and no sync as well,

                                  Will downgrade to 2.2 and test

                                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • First post
                                    Last post
                                  Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC (Netgate). All rights reserved.