Crash nearly every day with 2.4.4

jasonArloUser

Well, after running fsck I've got uptime almost 3 days with no issues so I think that was the fix. Thanks for your help.

jasonArloUser

The router lasted about 3 days, now it has crashed again:

0_1550181856866_crashdump.tar.gz

chrismacmahon

2 crashes with different causes.... It's looking like hardware failure.

Would do a memtest; perhaps replace the hard drive. At some point and time you will need to make the call, what's worth more, your time or purchasing a new device.

Please let me know how this works out for you.

jasonArloUser

This device is pretty new. :( It's an embedded PC Machines, basically a NIC with a CPU on it and an SSD drive.

Gertjan

What you see is the result after the crash.
Put an UPS up front to exclude any power issues. Set up a clean shut down - add a mail notification if a power.

Also : start mall when using new hardware. No packages, nothing fancy.
After some days / weeks, throlle up the load, and add a package, and retest.
Finally, install : Squid.

If you have hardware issues, problems will popup as soon as you start using the device for some time.
If it concerns resource errors : when the load goes up : more errors.
A faulty setup : as soon as you activate the pack

bouke

@jasonarlouser Make and model please? I am running several PC Engines APU boxes. For some versions it is required to upgrade the firmware (otherwise these will crash often).

jasonArloUser

PC Engines APU2
BIOS Vendor: coreboot

Not sure where to see more. Does that help? Running the disk clean up reduced reboots a lot. Now it's every couple of weeks instead of daily.

stephenw10

Try running kenv at the command line or Diag > Command Prompt. If it reports the BIOS version at all it will show there.

Steve

bouke

@jasonarlouser said in Crash nearly every day with 2.4.4:

PC Engines APU2
BIOS Vendor: coreboot

Not sure where to see more. Does that help? Running the disk clean up reduced reboots a lot. Now it's every couple of weeks instead of daily.

I am running quite a lot APU2/3/4 boxes. The APU4 (with 4 NICs) requires a BIOS upgrade for sure.

I recommend to check the current BIOS version. And you have to know which board you are using. Some identify an APU3 as an APU2...

bouke

@jasonarlouser

Please find the BIOS update here: https://pcengines.github.io/

Tip: when you login to your pfSense webUI, the BIOS version should be displayed.

For further testing you could enable SSH and SSH into your firewall.
Next start a shell and install Flashrom: pkg install flashrom

Once installed close the shell (by typing 'exit' and pressing <ENTER>). Next open the shell again.
Determine the board with this command: flashrom -p internal -V | grep DMI

Next download the matching ROM from pcengines.github.io. You could use curl. If curl isn't present, then install it "pkg install curl".

Next untar the file (tar xvfz apu?_v?.?.?.rom.tar.gz).

Next flash the BIOS: flashrom -w apu?_v?.?.?.rom -p internal:boardmismatch=force

Take note fo the detected mainboard. Mostly it doesn't match exactly - but that's a known issue. Just carry on when you are sure it is the correct ROM for your board.

After successfully flashing your BIOS you have to reboot (use the "reboot" command).

I am hoping this is helpful. Please only flash your board after a fresh reboot. You just don't want to brick your board. If you brick your board, you will need an unbricking tool (flash recovery board): https://www.pcengines.ch/spi1a.htm (I have one - but never had to use it).

bouke

@stephenw10

kenv | grep smbios