Beta issues (05/01/2015)
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I've only been using the Alpha for a few days, and was running snapshot 31/12/2015, and have now updated to the beta.
There are some issues with the beta that I didn't have with the alpha.
First, annoying alpha issues:
APU 1D, 8GB Kingston SDHC: R/W -> RO transition takes about 6 minutes, making anything that requires it very slow. I can mostly work around this by setting R/W mode, but 6 minutes seems a little excessive.
Alix 2D3, 4GB Kingston CF: R/W -> RO transition takes around a minute.
Now, I know why these happen and have been working around them (although when I forget, the APU takes an age to save).
So, today I've updated to the beta with the APU, which has some new issues:
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Web console was inaccessible for around 25 minutes after first boot, along with SSH. I assume this is due to multiple R/W transitions, however all I get now is nginx "504 gateway timeout" for these 25 minutes.
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APU powerd no longer works (it did in 2.2.6):
/system_advanced_misc.php: The command '/usr/sbin/powerd -b hadp -a hadp -n hadp' returned exit code '69', the output was 'powerd: no cpufreq(4) support – aborting: No such file or directory'
I assume something has gone missing?
Feedback welcome from anyone else with APUs with SDHC cards about R/W transition times.
Edit: I'm not sure if powerd has worked in the Alpha, I know it was working in 2.2.6, but may have just assumed it was still working in the Alpha without looking.
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your best course of action is to open bugs for these on redmine.pfsense.org
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The slow rw->ro mount times are the same as in recent versions after removal of forcesync patch. For drives that are slow there, keep it permanently rw mounted. Noted here, search forcesync.
https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php?title=2.2.4_New_Features_and_ChangesThe powerd issue, I posted a workaround in the bug ticket.
https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/5739
