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    Console errors: swap_pager_getswapspace(): failed

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved 2.1 Snapshot Feedback and Problems - RETIRED
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      dhatz
      last edited by

      Just updated to latest 2.1-BETA1 snapshot (regular install, not nanoBSD) and as soon as the bootup is finished the pfsense console gets filled with the following errors:

      swap_pager_getswapspace(16): failed
      swap_pager_getswapspace(12): failed
      swap_pager_getswapspace(6): failed
      swap_pager_getswapspace(16): failed
      swap_pager_getswapspace(12): failed
      swap_pager_getswapspace(9): failed
      ...
      
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        bardelot
        last edited by

        Seems that something is using all the memory. To find out which process that is you can for example run 'top', press 'o' and enter 'size' to sort the entries by memory usage.

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        • swinnS
          swinn
          last edited by

          When I upgraded earlier, filterdns had a ton of processes using up the cpu. My swapfile also went to 90%+ for a few minutes then died down. The main issue I have now is that the router advertisement daemon won't start and ipv6 (6rd tunnel) will not work.

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            dhatz
            last edited by

            Yes, it seems to be due to filterdns needing too much memory at system startup, then it dies …
            MD5 (/usr/local/sbin/filterdns) = af355106eef6aff00d9e6653cca696eb

            I've been running the latest pfsense-2.1 snap in a 256MB VM for the past ~10 months, never had this problem before.

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            • jimpJ
              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
              last edited by

              Yeah it's filterdns. There's an open thread for current issues with it. Though the thread topic is about too many processes, ermal is fixing things based on what is going on in that thread since the current issues are descendents of that one….

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