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    Firebox x1250e crash after upgrading

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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    • stephenw10S Offline
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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      It actually looks like the underlying cause of this is a regression in the gpioapu driver. See: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/4363
      Enabling ACPI in the BIOS works around it on the firebox though.

      Steve

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        firebox
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        Thats what some of the info was pointing to, GPIOAPU and I thought that was an issue, but found so many things pointing the other way and other people fixed it with those commands and other easier things than fixing the GPIO code, wishful thinking….Haven't gotten a chance to check the BIOS settings yet, but I will post when I so. Thanks for all the help, very appreciated. Love my fireboxes.

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          firebox
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          So got it to boot once. Now after turning it off and turning it on today I get:

          (ada0:ata0:0:0:0): READ_DMA. ACB: c8 00 51 8d 1d 46 00 00 00 00 01 00
          (ada0:ata0:0:0:0): CAM status: ATA Status Error
          (ada0:ata0:0:0:0): ATA status: 51 (DRDY SERV ERR), error: 40 (UNC )
          (ada0:ata0:0:0:0): RES: 51 40 51 8d 1d 06 06 00 00 01 00

          And it just keeps going and going. I had it up and running for an hour before shutting it down for the night.

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          • stephenw10S Offline
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            Hmm, looks a lot like this:
            https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/DMA_and_LBA_Errors#Fatal_Errors
            How do you have the drive mounted? Could it be a loose cable or something similar?

            Steve

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              firebox
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              I started over, ill let you know what happens with a new install same drive. I do have another and another type of drive. I did secure the HDD in there so I would guess it the cable/adapter are not loose.

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                firebox
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                New install worked, but now I have to figure out why the LCD works, but shows no info

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                  firebox
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                  All I get on the LCD whether I use a custom package or install the one from packages through PFSense is

                  PFSense B8
                  Booting OS . . . .

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                    TieT
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                    have you tried this ?  ;)

                    https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,7920.msg344513.html#msg344513

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                    • stephenw10S Offline
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                      If you're still seeing 'Booting OS' then the lcdproc daemon isn't starting at all. What have you tried?

                      Steve

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                        firebox
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                        Not much, I did find that thread but while under the whether I thought I would try moving the conf today. Got the custom LCD package from another member and only thing I get is this:

                        :file /path to conf file

                        Before installing the package or the custom LCD the LCD shows:

                        Booting OS….

                        Once installing the custom it adds:

                        PFSense B8 at the top.

                        Running the sh to start and stop the custom LCD it makes sounds when it starts and stops, but nothing on the LCD, the few times I got something to show up it was gibberish.

                        I did try after installing the package pulling the LCDProc, LCDExec and LCDd and putting it into the custom LCD package and now after reading that thread I wonder if its looking for the conf in the fix posted by SW10 since it was installed by PFSense. Any way to tell where the custom LCD package is looking for the conf? In about 1.5 hrs I am pulling the box back out and trying to tinker with it again so I will be able to provide more info on just having the custom LCD installed.

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                        • stephenw10S Offline
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                          Just to confirm, when you say 'custom LCD package' do you mean software or hardware?

                          Steve

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                            firebox
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                            Software, was built from LCDProc package 0.5.6 on FreeBSD 10.1. One question, does the LCDd come from that same package? I noticed in the files I got the LCDd had an older date while the LCDProc and LCDExec show 02/2015.

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                              firebox
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                              Ok, with the custom LCDProc/Exec/LCDd installed I got some errors to go off of:

                              Error connecting to LCD server localhost on port 13666.
                              Check to see that the server is running and operating normally.
                              sock_connect: connect failed
                              lcdexec error connecting to server
                              Check to see that the server is running and operating normally.

                              I am starting and stopping with a custom sh script. When I installed the package I got it to work but still no info besides the server connection screen and an options screen with very little options.

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                                firebox
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                                You are right SW10, its having issues starting, I am getting

                                Missing pbi options file: /usr/local/share/lcdd/LCDd.pbiopt

                                But this is a custom built LCD package and have no idea why it wants a pbi file. I may try to just copy over my conf files after installing LCDProc via the web gui.

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                                  firebox
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                                  Anyone know how to get mbmon installed on FreeBSD 10 or was it replaced and by what package?

                                  I get manifest not found errors when trying to install the TBZ file. Google got me nothing on how to get past that error, most pointed to installing from a repo, but install lists no package available…

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                                    TieT
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                                    The drivers for the watchguard lcd are in the lcdproc_dev package as far as i know.

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                                    • stephenw10S Offline
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                      The client is reporting it cannot connect to the server. That's probably because the server isn't running for some reason. If it is running, and you have the correct driver selected, then you will see something on the LCD.
                                      The two LCDproc packages have recently been rebuilt to address the PBI issues and are now both at 0.57.
                                      There is an issue with IPv6 in which the client attempts to use the IPv6 localhost address which the server should be listening on but isn't for some reason. Let me see if I can find that post…...here:
                                      https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=7920.msg484265#msg484265

                                      Steve

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                                        firebox
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                                        Hey SW10, on your firebox site where I got the BIOS, I saw and updated WPXepc file. I am using that one, are the other files listed what I can use to play with the code and build it?

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                                          firebox
                                          last edited by

                                          I installed LCDProc from the packages list and did get to show info after a reboot. Anyway around having to reboot to get it to show info?

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                                          • stephenw10S Offline
                                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                            Yes the source for WGXepc is there at my googlesite.

                                            I assume you installed lcdproc-dev? You mean you have to reboot the box repeatedly? If you're using the official package start method it should be started automatically (though it was very temperamental last time a tried it). You can restart it in Status > Services or by changing a setting in the lcdproc menu and saving it. Personally I don't run it like that because it starts 'sometimes' and crashes often! I do this:
                                            https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,7920.msg344513.html#msg344513

                                            Steve

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