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    • john_galtJ
      john_galt
      last edited by

      Okay I will do this and report back. I might add that doing "Firewall > pfBlockerNG" Disable didn't help.

      Doug

      Doug

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      • john_galtJ
        john_galt
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        I updated to yesterdays build.

        The issue persists. 3+ hours after booting the GUI and serial console become unresponsive. Interesting to note that  from a network point of view everything still works. WAN and LAN connectivity is normal.

        VPN in does not work.

        I monitored "/tmp/PHP_error.txt" until it became unresponsive but there were no entries.

        Doug

        Doug

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          BreeOge
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          To me it seems like some counter / process in the kernel with Pfblockerng is not releasing like it should.  I have multiple boxes, with different loads, all same config.  All of them will eventually lock up, but the time it takes is related to how much load is on the system.

          If you try to SSH in when it locks you will notice you can not restart, start or do anything with any service, it will freeze.  Also if you change directory the directory your in is never shown.  FYI if you do SSH in, you will need to CTRL-Z to drop out of the menu execution as it will lock up as well.

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          • john_galtJ
            john_galt
            last edited by

            Well I got home from work and all appears to be working. GUI responsive, Serial console okay. VPN answered several times during the day. Still I think I'll follow others and reinstall and restore a recent config. Good time to switch to ZFS.

            Thanks for listening.

            Doug

            Doug

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              BreeOge
              last edited by

              @john_galt:

              Well I got home from work and all appears to be working. GUI responsive, Serial console okay. VPN answered several times during the day. Still I think I'll follow others and reinstall and restore a recent config. Good time to switch to ZFS.

              Thanks for listening.

              Doug

              Please keep us updated, I was wondering that myself if a fresh install to the newest release would fix issues. I know they had a major issue the other day and had to revert due to upgrade problems.

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              • john_galtJ
                john_galt
                last edited by

                Jinxed myself. 502 Bad Gateway nginx

                Going to nurse it along until the weekend when I can get an 18 pack
                and re-install.

                Doug

                Doug

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                  BreeOge
                  last edited by

                  https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/7923

                  Thank you doktornotor

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                    BreeOge
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                    BBcan177

                    Just letting you know of another thread on this, trying to narrow the issue down.  Wanted to make you aware of the other thread.

                    https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=137103.msg754247#new

                    Thank you sir.
                    BreeOge

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                    • john_galtJ
                      john_galt
                      last edited by

                      I made the edits in this post:

                      https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=137103.msg754338#msg754338

                      Now my pfSense isn't locking up as I had reported before.

                      Doug

                      Doug

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                      • john_galtJ
                        john_galt
                        last edited by

                        I have reinstalled 2.4.0-R with ZFS and restored my previous config file. I reset pfBlockerNG.
                        I will report any of the previous symptoms if the occur.

                        Doug

                        Doug

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                        • BBcan177B
                          BBcan177 Moderator
                          last edited by

                          @BreeOge:

                          BBcan177

                          Just letting you know of another thread on this, trying to narrow the issue down.  Wanted to make you aware of the other thread.

                          https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=137103.msg754247#new

                          Thank you sir.
                          BreeOge

                          Thanks for helping work thru the issue… I will work on converting that to use an SQLite3 database as recommended by jimp... I have just shied away in the past on using any SQL dbs...

                          For those that remove that section of code in the index.php, that will stop the widget DNSBL counters from populating, however all else will still function as-is...

                          "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."

                          Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
                          Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
                          Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/new/

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                            StyleNZ
                            last edited by

                            Hey, don't know what thread to post this on, but I am using a nanobsd install of pfsense and want to upgrade. I just want to know if pfblockerng is running okay with the new release before switching and if I do a backup of my config, and import, will that be ok without issues?

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                              BreeOge
                              last edited by

                              If you use the ZFS file system (If you do a full reload) It will work just fine. If you just upgrade or re-install with the UFS file system, then pfBlockerNG will lock up the system with a 502 bad gateway error.

                              https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=137103.0

                              In that thread there is a current work around, but like BBcan stated, if you do the work around your widget will not update properly.

                              BreeOge

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                                belt9
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                                I wanted to chime in here as I just updated from a month old RC to 2.4.0-RELEASE last night and ran into this problem today.

                                I haven't read through all of the many pages of the many threads that seem related to this issue (show how popular pfBNG is!), so maybe this has already been covered.

                                But I've seen several people state that this doesn't happen on ZFS - I have a raidz2 ZFS install, and this happened to me, just throwing that out there.

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                                  BreeOge
                                  last edited by

                                  @belt9:

                                  I wanted to chime in here as I just updated from a month old RC to 2.4.0-RELEASE last night and ran into this problem today.

                                  I haven't read through all of the many pages of the many threads that seem related to this issue (show how popular pfBNG is!), so maybe this has already been covered.

                                  But I've seen several people state that this doesn't happen on ZFS - I have a raidz2 ZFS install, and this happened to me, just throwing that out there.

                                  That is good to know. Thank you for the report.  BBcan177 is currently updating it to use SQLlite and this should fix any issues in the future.  In the other thread there is a temp fix posted..

                                  https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=137103.75

                                  Thank you
                                  BreeOge

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                                  • JailerJ
                                    Jailer
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                                    Looks like there is an update available in the package manager. Where can one find release notes for the new version? I'm wondering if this has the fix in it.

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                                      Cino
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                                      @Jailer:

                                      Looks like there is an update available in the package manager. Where can one find release notes for the new version? I'm wondering if this has the fix in it.

                                      https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/commit/fe101279ac400e2794fa27780f020c0bbe1c8caa
                                      https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/pull/424

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                                        pfcode
                                        last edited by

                                        @Cino:

                                        @Jailer:

                                        Looks like there is an update available in the package manager. Where can one find release notes for the new version? I'm wondering if this has the fix in it.

                                        https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/commit/fe101279ac400e2794fa27780f020c0bbe1c8caa
                                        https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/pull/424

                                        Has it fix the issue??

                                        Release: pfSense 2.4.3(amd64)
                                        M/B: Supermicro A1SRi-2558F
                                        HDD: Intel X25-M 160G
                                        RAM: 2x8Gb Kingston ECC ValueRAM
                                        AP: Netgear R7000 (XWRT), Unifi AC Pro

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                                          strigona
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                                          @pfcode:

                                          @Cino:

                                          @Jailer:

                                          Looks like there is an update available in the package manager. Where can one find release notes for the new version? I'm wondering if this has the fix in it.

                                          https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/commit/fe101279ac400e2794fa27780f020c0bbe1c8caa
                                          https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/pull/424

                                          Has it fix the issue??

                                          No. That update was initiated 18 days ago and is unrelated to the current issue.

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                                            BreeOge
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                                            We are currently testing a fix, if all goes well you should see an update soon.

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