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    23.05.01 --> 23.09 or 23.09.01 no GUI

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
    pfctl -dgui no access23.09.01config.xml
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    • JonathanLeeJ
      JonathanLee
      last edited by JonathanLee

      Hello fellow Netgate community members,

      I have not been able to update past 23.05.01. If I do I am locked out of the GUI and my devices do not get IP addresses.

      I can access the system with putty and it looks like it updated perfectly, I get an admin log in and menu options.

      What could cause this? If I disable Snort's AppID and Squid I can access the GUI this is an ARM system. But some devices still do not get IP addresses.

      Also is there a way to use an older version of a package? If so I could attempt to install fresh firmware and if it fails go back to older firmware and reinstall the .11 version of Snort. I am thinking there is a manual pkg command to install the old version

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      • JonathanLeeJ
        JonathanLee
        last edited by JonathanLee

        Screenshot_20231209-093711.png

        I use the following custom patches with the help and guidance of Netgate community.

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        • JonathanLeeJ
          JonathanLee
          last edited by

          Screenshot_20231209-094210.png

          I have IPv6 disabled for DNS unbound forwarder also.

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          • JonathanLeeJ
            JonathanLee
            last edited by

            Screenshot_20231209-094754.png WPAD is in use with dhcp options pointing to it

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            • JonathanLeeJ
              JonathanLee
              last edited by

              What do you guys think it could be? I need Squid and Squidlite Squidguard, and Snort and AppID but something is messed up. I ran ZFS scrub same result everything is healthy.

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              • JonathanLeeJ
                JonathanLee
                last edited by JonathanLee

                I was thinking ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ’ญ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ’ญ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ’ญ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ’ญ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ’ญ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ’ญ hmmm... naaa that won't fix it....

                What about..... Nope tried that already.

                But if I do firmware I will lose access to the good snort package because I won't be able to go back...

                Hmmm maybe ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿค”๐Ÿค”๐Ÿค”

                I am out of ideas here as there is no errors in the putty terminal window. It shows successful upgrade.

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                  SteveITS Galactic Empire @JonathanLee
                  last edited by

                  @JonathanLee define โ€œlocked outโ€? Is the web server nginx running?

                  https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/locked-out.html

                  Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
                  When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
                  Upvote ๐Ÿ‘ helpful posts!

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                  • JonathanLeeJ
                    JonathanLee
                    last edited by JonathanLee

                    Locked out in the sense that the firewall issues no dhcp IP addresses with that no GUI access. I can access a putty session and it appears fine nothing shows any faults. I just get the white screen that has nothing on the browser not even the log in window. The apple said it can't get an IP has the whole ! Mark thing. My smartphone also and windows 10-11 it appears to not issue IP addresses.

                    The only change I have done from last attempt was to remove all static mappings any only have the NAS and the MFP mapped before all my devices has static arp mappings ( ie the check marks in DHCP server area)

                    Screenshot_20231209-105906.png

                    I left the Mac address so I get the same IP could that be it? I should try to set them all back to static again. Originally the update worked it was just slower and showed a dual console message never seen before.

                    1700616924030-screenshot_20231121-173033.png after update shows dual 23.09 this is where logs stop with this like a bad driver loaded

                    Screenshot_20231209-105143.png
                    2100 has no dual Display hardware options 23.05 never had the log above on this version

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