pfSense nic freeze

DaddyGo

this can be a problem (looks like old BIOS)
what do you see after that(?):

dmesg | grep 'error'
dmesg | grep 'Firmware*'

microkid

dmesg|grep 'error'
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (vesa, 0xffffffff812d9960, 0) error 19
WARNING: /: mount pending error: blocks 48 files 2

dmesg | grep 'Firmware*'
<no output>

DaddyGo

@microkid

áááhhhááá,

Are you on UFS?
why not ZFS?

this can be due to a lot of violent downtime (crash)

the VESA error is fine (it's strong, hihihi), who also has a VGA controller on the MOBO
but it is "WARNING: /: mount pending error: blocks 48 files 2"

https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/mount-pending-error.67573/

read it and then:

https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/hardware/troubleshooting-disk-check-errors-fsck.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DKr1Dvan5I

microkid

@DaddyGo said in pfSense nic freeze:

WARNING: /: mount pending error: blocks 48 files 2"

AFAIK, his is expected, as I had to pull the power to reboot the device. So the disk was not clean shutdown.

DaddyGo

@microkid

yes that's okay, I also wrote this too, but
fix the file system before you scan further the box

everything must be ruled out when searching for such an error..

poor disk fragmentation, a typical cause of random crashes

I know you think of the NIC because the LEDs don't flash but like I said it could be part of a process