BandwidthD Not working anymore?

ChrisITGuy · Feb 14, 2011, 6:22 AM

First off I love pfSense, so I decided to help test 2.0.
As expected I have a few problems. I think each might need its own post, but I will put a quick list here top one is the one I would love to fix. I have searched the forums first before asking here. Any help fixing these problems would be great.

This one bugs me the most as I use this to monitor bandwidth by IP.
BandwidthD was working, but as of the FEB 10th build it installs but the service wont start from the services section in ofSense. It says "Please start bandwidthd to populate this directory." when you try to access it from the web gui.

Cleaning backup cache when starting takes 5 mins and delays the boot time.
Is this normal?

RRD quality graphs don’t work. Seems there was a ticket but it was fixed, but I still see the problem.
Following what was said in this post I fixed it. Should the ticket be reopened?
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=22437.0

Chris

Guest · Feb 14, 2011, 1:05 PM

I beleive the RRD graphs were disabled temporarily for the x64 edition. I switch from x64 to x86 and they're working for me. I also had a problem with bandwidthd, it claims it is missing a library. I uninstalled it, figuring when 2.0 is stable more of the packages will be also brought up to speed.
If you're looking for monitoring WAN traffic by IP, look into squid/squid reporting, very useful app.

@ChrisITGuy:

First off I love pfSense, so I decided to help test 2.0.
As expected I have a few problems. I think each might need its own post, but I will put a quick list here top one is the one I would love to fix. I have searched the forums first before asking here. Any help fixing these problems would be great.

This one bugs me the most as I use this to monitor bandwidth by IP.
BandwidthD was working, but as of the FEB 10th build it installs but the service wont start from the services section in ofSense. It says "Please start bandwidthd to populate this directory." when you try to access it from the web gui.

Cleaning backup cache when starting takes 5 mins and delays the boot time.
Is this normal?

RRD quality graphs don’t work. Seems there was a ticket but it was fixed, but I still see the problem.
Following what was said in this post I fixed it. Should the ticket be reopened?
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=22437.0

Chris

Wupsje · Feb 14, 2011, 1:19 PM

I have the same problem. Would live to monitor bandwidth per IP address. Bandwithd would be the best option.
squid/lightsquid would be even more valuable but it doesn't work well with multi-wan.

Wouter

Guest · Feb 14, 2011, 1:29 PM

/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libpq.so.5" not found, required by "bandwidthd"

This is the error I get when trying to run it. If you go into shell to run it, I'm sure you'll get the same. On the forums they mention making a soft-link to the libpq.so.4 file so it uses that instead of the so.5, I tried this and it ended up wanting another library file.

never mind, the file they mention making a link to is a different file.

http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,21584.0.html

axscode · Feb 15, 2011, 3:49 PM

Hi guys,

Just updated the valentines day snapshot and have problem with bandwidthd. the installation went through but i have this error on the webgui when accessing the BandwidthD stats page.

"Please start bandwidthd to populate this directory."

tried on shell.

./bandwidthd.sh start

/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libpq.so.5" not found, required by "bandwidthd"

find / | grep libpq

# <returns nothing="">any thoughts about libpq, this is postgresql lib right?</returns>

Zdedisha · Feb 15, 2011, 4:51 PM

i've solved this problem today
just using two commands in console:

pkg_delete bandwidthd-2.0.1_4
pkg_add -r bandwidthd

;)

Guest · Feb 15, 2011, 5:14 PM

Worked perfectly, thank you :-)

@Zdedisha:

i've solved this problem today
just using two commands in console:
pkg_delete bandwidthd-2.0.1_4
pkg_add -r bandwidthd
;)

ChrisITGuy · Feb 16, 2011, 1:34 AM

Thank you very much, those two commands worked perfectly for me. I just had to go to services in the GUI and start it after.

As for the RRD quality graphs I am running x86 and they didnt work with a fresh install. Anyone know if there is a ticket for this yet?

Also any one else notice that "cleaning the backup cache" when starting takes 5 mins while running inside VMWare server.
Is this normal? If not any ideas on how to trouble shoot that? Verbose mode on start up or something?

Thanks for the help
Chris

axscode · Feb 16, 2011, 6:45 AM

2.0-BEAT5 (i386)
built on Tue Feb 15 16:36:07 EST 2011

on the new snap, the bandwidthd issue is the same. problem starting bandwidthd if installed from pfSense package system.

though at least, Zdedisha solution was still applicable.

Also note "2.0-BEAT5" some typo.

jimp · Feb 16, 2011, 4:22 PM

There are some dependency issues again with a couple packages… there are some changes being made to the package builder to better isolate it from such problems in the future.

As for the beat5, it's just a bit musical. :-)

axscode · Feb 17, 2011, 4:05 AM

2.0-BETA5 (i386) <–- perfect
built on Wed Feb 16 14:46:23 EST 2011

[2.0-BETA5][root@gw01]/usr/local/etc/rc.d(4): ./bandwidthd.sh star t
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libgssapi_krb5.so.10" not found, required b y "libpq.so.5"

the prior dependencies is gone, but theres a new one.

pkg_delete and pkg_add -r , still completes the dependencies.. thanks.

jimp · Feb 17, 2011, 2:00 PM

Mine picked up the postgresql-client and thus libpq when I installed it.

Have you tried uninstalling it with the 'x' button and reinstalling it from the list again? Seems OK to me now…

jimp · Feb 17, 2011, 4:41 PM

I think I found another issue, I've got the packages recompiling now, when they upload, it should be ok again.

axscode · Feb 18, 2011, 12:21 AM

Thanks Jimp looking forward to have the new snap. give u update when i have it.

Alan87i · Feb 18, 2011, 12:57 AM

I loaded up the latest snap this morning and have tried it many times today and bandwidthd still shows the same error```
Please start bandwidthd to populate this directory.

Just finished trying it again no change.

axscode · Feb 18, 2011, 7:08 AM

The current snap reinstallation of bandiwdthd was ok. Thanks jimp.

axscode · Feb 18, 2011, 3:10 PM

perfect, bandwidthd is ok now. thanks jimps.