Fresh Pfsense install giving tons of errors

madbeefer

I just got my pfsense box up and running again a few weeks ago, and all of sudden without me making any changes I've started to get tons of errors. I don't know what I need to do to fix this since it no longer can access the internet..

I got these errors

There were error(s) loading the rules: pfctl: /tmp/rules.debug: No such file or directory - Array @ 2024-08-01 20:21:49
There were error(s) loading the rules: invalid netmask '/2:' - The line in question reads [0]: @ 2024-08-01 20:22:41
There were error(s) loading the rules: invalid netmask '/2:' - The line in question reads [0]: @ 2024-08-01 20:22:45

Crash report is attached..

Crash report begins. Anonymous mac.txt

Gertjan

@madbeefer said in Fresh Pfsense install giving tons of errors:

I don't know what I need to do to fix this since it no longer can access the internet..

That's why the console access exists : the repair is done on the device, not somewhere on the internet.

The error :

pfctl: /tmp/rules.debug: No such file or directory

The firewall control program couldn't find the file that contains all the firewall rules.
Knowing that the firewall (called 'pf') contains for all interfaces a 'DROP' rule by default : no traffic can enter no where anymore. This is a safe situation, but you've noticed the consequence : no more access.
That's why the console access exists.

The question is : why this error ?
Does the file exist ?
Can you 'cat' (=show it) it ?
Console menu option 8, and then :

cat /tmp/rules.debug

Look also here : How to Run a pfSense Software File System Check (5/2020) and do what is proposed, as that might be the issue : file system dirty, so it's read only, so "/tmp/rules.debug" couldn't be created. This situation can be created by switching the power down without doing a clean, admin initiated, shut down.

Furthermore : it looks like the file does exist, but contains 'wrong' info :

There were error(s) loading the rules: invalid netmask '/2:' ....
There were error(s) loading the rules: invalid netmask '/2:' ....

Can you show us these rules ?

stephenw10

Hmm, two panics shown there in different processes and different backtraces.

I would run some memory tests to be sure it's not just bad RAM.

Steve