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      rbrtpfsense
      last edited by

      Working in monitor connected to device with keyboard but, I suspect you are correct because at one point I unplugged the device to restart. So, did it to myself. My bad.

      More soon . . .

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        anh
        last edited by

        I had this problem upgrading from 2.4.3_1 to 2.4.4 release on an AsrockD1800M. A bios upgrade from 1.50 to 1.90 fixed all issues.

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          TomTheOne
          last edited by

          What about this?

          https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=230172

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          • jimpJ
            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate @TomTheOne
            last edited by

            @tomtheone said in upgrade to 2.4.4 hangs at booting...:

            What about this?

            https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=230172

            There is a bug report open for that, https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/9021, but there isn't any resolution for it from FreeBSD yet.

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              TomTheOne @jimp
              last edited by TomTheOne

              @jimp

              I'm affected as well, but did not try the workaround posted here yet. If i reinstall with UEFI (as suggested here), then i do not have the issue. Have to perform a coulple of updates, so i will give the option kern.vty=sc a try. An other option for me is to skip the whole 2.4.4 / 2.4.5 version for my installed base, because I need another fix as well that has been raised here.

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                rbrtpfsense
                last edited by

                Sorry everyone, I had forgotten about this thread.

                Protectcli has discovered a work around that satisfies their devices. Go to their website the solution is bannered across the top of the first page.

                (It is a video only problem. Users just cannot see that PfSense is running.)

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                  TomTheOne @rbrtpfsense
                  last edited by stephenw10

                  @rbrtpfsense

                  Good article, thank you

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    You should put that value in /boot/loader.conf.local as we describe here:
                    https://www.netgate.com/docs/pfsense/install/upgrade-guide.html#upgrading-from-versions-older-than-pfsense-2-4-4

                    Putting it in loader.conf it will be removed at the next update and you'll have to do it again.

                    Steve

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                      TomTheOne
                      last edited by

                      It seems that this suggested workaround does not work for me. The system will display a console and does not stuck at " | Booting..." anymore, but short before the pfSense menu should appear, the box is rebooting out of nowhere. This keeps endless repeating.

                      There is no issue in case the BIOS was changed to UEFI boot and in case the pfSense 2.4.4 was installed from scratch.

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        Does it actually crash? Show a kernel panic?

                        Can you capture the last thing it shows before rebooting?

                        Steve

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                          TomTheOne
                          last edited by TomTheOne

                          Hi Stephen

                          No sorry, false alert. It had another root cause why the box rebooted at this stage - has nothing to do with pfsense itself.

                          Last question: Is it possible for the next installer, that this option "kern.vty=sc" could be added to the installer image as well (if it's still required then)? So we become able to install the pfSens to non UEFI systems from scratch?

                          Best regards
                          Tom

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            Well, we have no way of knowing which systems will require it. But you can still enter it as a boot loader variable at the prompt when the installer boots. Same procedure as booting the installed image.

                            Steve

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                            • jimpJ
                              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                              last edited by

                              If FreeBSD fixes the original bug causing the problem then we wouldn't need any workarounds on the installer anyhow.

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                                TomTheOne
                                last edited by

                                Got it - thank you a lot! ๐Ÿ‘Œ

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                                  scottt732
                                  last edited by

                                  I ran into the first part of the same issue on a SuperMicro box where pfSense started up but the console was stuck at Booting... / (I'm not running into the getty/ttyv0 issue).

                                  I was able to ssh in and edit /boot/loader.conf to add the kern.vty=sc flag & reboot and it's good to go now. Thanks!

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    You should put it in /boot/loader.conf.local to avoid it being overwritten at update. Create that file if you don't have one.

                                    Steve

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                                      Teken
                                      last edited by

                                      Is the line entry attached correct or should it be placed elsewhere?? 0_1543116742322_Booting Hangs.PNG

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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                        last edited by

                                        The entry should be:
                                        kern.vty=sc
                                        It should be in the file /boot/loader.conf.local. We can't see what file that is you're using.

                                        For exmple:

                                        [2.4.4-RELEASE][admin@home.stevew.lan]/root: cat /boot/loader.conf.local
                                        kern.cam.boot_delay=10000
                                        kern.vty=sc
                                        

                                        Steve

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                                        • jimpJ
                                          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate @Teken
                                          last edited by

                                          @teken said in upgrade to 2.4.4 hangs at booting...:

                                          Is the line entry attached correct or should it be placed elsewhere?? 0_1543116742322_Booting Hangs.PNG

                                          The quotes are wrong. Your OS appears to have used some kind of quotes that are not actually double quotes " but something else entirely. What they are depends on the OS but it's probably something like OS X "Curly Quotes".

                                          Removing the quotes is one way around that.

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                                            larold
                                            last edited by larold

                                            So.. hopefully you guys don't mind reviving this thread. Have the same issue, made the update to the conf file. Pfsense boots now, but doesn't fully boot I get a bunch of unable to load PHP errors. This is not persistent, even though I can see that entry in my conf file I have to escape the boot loader and enter it in manually. My hardware is as follows :

                                            Intel J1900 2Ghz Quad core with a TDP of 10 watts

                                            1600/1333MHz DDR3L 1.35V Memory. 1 slot, up to 8GB

                                            4GB RAM included

                                            4* Intel 82583v Intel 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet, which support Wake-on-LAN and PXE

                                            1* SATA 2* mini pcie for MSATA

                                            32GB mSATA drive included

                                            2* USB2.0 4* 1* VGA 1* COM (25pin) 1& VGA, 1 rj45 COM port

                                            Power Input DC 12V 5.5mm x 2.5mm barrel jack OR 1* 4 pin ATX 12V Input

                                            mini ITX form factor

                                            Let me know what other information you need.
                                            I made a bootable USB, but even that hangs at booting..... Can't even do a fresh install.

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