Latest 1.2.3-20091106-2354 Randomly reboots

Jonb · Nov 13, 2009, 5:32 PM

Yes but not to sure on the build differences to cause a reboot.

Jonb · Nov 16, 2009, 6:55 PM

Does any of the Devs know what is causing this.

jimp · Nov 16, 2009, 6:57 PM

I'm not sure anyone has even reproduced it, let alone knows what is causing it on your hardware.

Jonb · Nov 16, 2009, 8:16 PM

I was wondering if there has been a driver change.

jimp · Nov 16, 2009, 8:19 PM

The only changes to drivers have been for Atheros wireless cards (ath0), and even then the change is simply reverting something that changed between RC2 and RC3.

Jonb · Nov 16, 2009, 9:34 PM

Do you know what the difference is between the firmware listed above and the latest snapshot.

The RC1 works fine the firmware listed above work but the latest snapshot doesn't.

jimp · Nov 16, 2009, 9:41 PM

There are a lot of changes. Too many to list. Changes to pfSense code, patches, tools repo changes, etc. Hundreds of changes at least, maybe more.

Unless you can pinpoint with a little more accuracy what might actually be causing the reboots, it will be impossible to track. There should be a debugging kernel on the CD, available as an option when you install. (There are ways to switch kernels live, if you know how, the kernels are in /kernels/) If you switch to a debug kernel it should stop with an error instead of rebooting.

Jonb · Nov 17, 2009, 9:43 PM

Ok I will have to have a look at this then.

Is anyone else seeing this problem?

strafelife · Nov 18, 2009, 12:19 AM

Well, obviously I am. Its common to my VIA cpu based systems. I don't seem to have any issues with other platforms at the moment, using the latest snapshots.

Jonb · Nov 18, 2009, 12:11 PM

I have the exact some only and issue with VIA boxes. Guess need to find a keyboard and mouse then to try and diag.