[Solved] Playing with shaper, PHP ERROR: Type: 1, File: /etc/inc/shaper.inc,

apara · Jan 3, 2018, 8:36 PM

So, I was playing with traffic shaper and for one of the networks, (ExpressVPN, I think), I entered 50%. Suddenly, I get an error that looks like this:

PHP ERROR: Type: 1, File: /etc/inc/shaper.inc, Line: 230, Message: Call to undefined method altq_root_queue::GetParent() @ 2017-12-31 16:56:56

So, yea, perhaps this is not a proper policy and it does not have this method or I never created a parent, but now, every time I go into traffic shaper, I get that error. How do I recover from this? I cannot get back into the Traffic Shaper part of the UI.

2.4.2-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
built on Tue Dec 12 13:45:26 CST 2017
FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE-p6

I can ssh into the system, but don't quite know what file to modify and where this information is stored.

Thanks for any help.

apara · Jan 1, 2018, 1:11 AM

Ok, looks like there is a great configuration version management built into this thing, so I am just going to roll back to the previous configuration.

apara · Jan 1, 2018, 6:53 AM

I spoke too soon. I rolled back to the previous configuration. However even though it was successful, I was still not able to get into the traffic shaper menu. So, I thought (wrongly) of rebooting the box, perhaps it did not re-read the configuration. The machine did not come up after the reboot.

Bummer. Where do I go from here? Do I need to do a complete re-install?

Gertjan · Jan 1, 2018, 8:01 AM

@apara:

I spoke too soon. I rolled back to the previous configuration. However even though it was successful, I was still not able to get into the traffic shaper menu. So, I thought (wrongly) of rebooting the box, perhaps it did not re-read the configuration. The machine did not come up after the reboot.

What showed up on the console during booting and startup ?

@apara:

I can ssh into the system, but don't quite know what file to modify and where this information is stored.

You saved the config, right ?
Use a decent text editor and have look at the xml file. You'll find all kind of sections. I advice you to completely remove the section related to the shaper part, and reload it.

apara · Jan 1, 2018, 4:25 PM

Well, at the moment, I am not able to even login into the UI and the firewall does not seem to be coming up so the whole machine is not accessible on the network. I am trying to find a VGA cable to connect it to the monitor so I can see what's going on on the console.

I did save the copy of the configuration right after I updated to the latest version. Assuming I am able to get onto the box, is there a way to manually replace the configuration?

apara · Jan 1, 2018, 11:18 PM

Ok, so, during the boot sequence I see the same error message with the shaper. I cannot reach the machine via network, but I do see the shell menu.

Should I reset to default configuration and they try to upload my configuration again? Is it just a matter of uploading a new configuration?

apara · Jan 1, 2018, 11:59 PM

Ok, so using the console I reset back to the factory configuration and was able to access the Web Configurator again. Then I uploaded my previous configuration and things are back up and running.