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      th3r3isnospoon
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      FWIW, I submitted a bug report.

      http://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/1590

      -th3r3isnospoon

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        akm22562
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        Hi all,

        I have the exact same console output.  The interesting thing is syslog.

        In the latest release of pfsense 2.0-RC2 I can't get Snort to start.  The syslog reveals the following:

        Jun 9 07:12:19 SnortStartup[63658]: Snort HARD Reload For 34679_sis0…
        Jun 9 07:12:19 snort[56907]: FATAL ERROR: /usr/local/etc/snort/snort_34679_sis0/snort.conf(207) Unknown output plugin: "alert_pf"
        Jun 9 07:12:19 snort[56907]: FATAL ERROR: /usr/local/etc/snort/snort_34679_sis0/snort.conf(207) Unknown output plugin: "alert_pf"

        Line 207 of the above file is:

        output alert_pf: /usr/local/etc/snort/whitelist/defaultwlist,snort2c

        Andrew

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          asterix
          last edited by

          no go.

          Are we the only ones facing this issue? Can anyone else confirm the same with a clean install of pfsense and snort package?

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            oztiks
            last edited by

            @asterix:

            no go.

            Are we the only ones facing this issue? Can anyone else confirm the same with a clean install of pfsense and snort package?

            Mine had some clean installs and I did have the issue; which I resolved with my ln fix. I'm not sure why it's not working for others. :(

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              asterix
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              Latest few snapshots even dynamic DNS is failing and IP shows in red as 0.0.0.0

              Looks like both a snapshot and Snort package issue.

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                rudfinch
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                I looked into snort.inc, looks like snort supposed to fetch perl-threaded-5.12.1_1.tbz as dependency… but couldn't find anywhere... the link to the file seems broken... I don't know if this is the cause of alert_pf error... hope this will be fixed soon. :)

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                  asterix
                  last edited by

                  Can anyone fix the Snort install package?

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                    dzeanah
                    last edited by

                    It's possible the maintainer is on vacation.  I sent him a pm a while back and have not yet received a response.

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                      asterix
                      last edited by

                      Any updates on the Snort package fix?

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                        th3r3isnospoon
                        last edited by

                        I haven't heard or seen anything yet  :-\

                        Hopefully soon….

                        -th3r3isnospoon

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                          asterix
                          last edited by

                          Over a week since the package is in broken state  >:(

                          Has no one installed snort since last 7 days?

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                            th3r3isnospoon
                            last edited by

                            @asterix:

                            Over a week since the package is in broken state  >:(

                            Has no one installed snort since last 7 days?

                            Apparently not….Hope this is fixed soon...

                            -th3r3isnospoon

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                              asterix
                              last edited by

                              Down with Snort since past 10 days !!  >:(

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                                CyCyb3rradberRad
                                last edited by

                                I am having the same problem and it appears this person might have the same issue as well.
                                http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,37952.0.html

                                I feel so naked without my Snort.  ;D

                                pfSense 2.0 RC2 build date June 15th
                                Snort 2.8.6.1 pkg 1.34

                                Also one more thing to add.  According to the pfSense_Snort Twitter account it looks like he is planning a release pretty soon of Snort 2.9.0.4 pkg 1.37.  Hopefully that has a fix for the issue we are seeing.

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                                  berglundma
                                  last edited by

                                  I too am having the same issue. Based on the number of reads I'm thinking we're not alone.

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                                    dwood
                                    last edited by

                                    Same thing here on a new install:

                                    Version:
                                    2.0-RC3 (amd64)
                                    built on Tue Jun 21 23:37:22 EDT 2011

                                    Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU 330 @ 1.60GHz
                                    Current: 799 MHz, Max: 1599 MHz

                                    When starting Snort:
                                    snort[26473]: FATAL ERROR: /usr/local/etc/snort/snort_31943_re1/snort.conf(351) Unknown output plugin: "alert_pf"

                                    Cheers,
                                    D.

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                                      asterix
                                      last edited by

                                      The Snort package is broken since over 2 weeks now. First I thought it was a snapshot issue but after trying multiple snapshots, I confirmed it's a snort package issue.

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                                        dwood
                                        last edited by

                                        With a clean RC3 install, the error message is now different than with RC2

                                        Clean RC2 install:
                                        snort[26473]: FATAL ERROR: /usr/local/etc/snort/snort_31943_re1/snort.conf(351) Unknown output plugin: "alert_pf"

                                        Clean RC3 install:
                                        Jun 23 01:50:39 SnortStartup[5379]: Snort HARD Reload For 22075_re1…
                                        Jun 23 01:50:38 SnortStartup[1825]: Snort Startup files Sync…

                                        Is there a method to "manually" install a newer version of snort without using the package?  Looking at various dates on the "JamesDean" twitter feeds, the last update was on Mar 16, indicating 2.9.0.4 was due in a few days.  This being June, safe bet that "jamesdean" is otherwise occupied…so would love to figure out a fix that doesn't use the package if that is at all possible.

                                        Btw, I've been posting my adventures (including a hardware list and various notes) with pfSense over at smallnetbuilder:  http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showthread.php?t=5379

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                                          asterix
                                          last edited by

                                          Any progress on this issue resolution?

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                                            psgandalf
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                                            I upgraded to built on Mon Jun 27 06:38:49 EDT 2011 on my Alix board.
                                            Before I deleted the interface and reset snort. After the upgrade Snort
                                            started but I wasn't able to choose any rules even thoug the update went
                                            well. But after stopping the interface and restarting it the rules where ther
                                            to choose from. Back in business  ;D

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