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Contivity 100 and pfSense 1.2.2

This is my little experience with pfSense 1.2.2…

Today I’m fixing my firewall. It was running with 4GB HDD and full install of pfSense 1.2.0. I’m fixing it because I have experimented problems with the HDD. It was running great years ago, but now it’s past.

So… What I need to do before to remove the HDD and power off the Contivity 100?
- Extract the full configuration. Don’t forget to enable serial console.
- Backup other files, because I installed extra packages.

What problems I experimented with the new installation?
- When it’s booting with DMA support.
For to resolve the problem:

echo hw.ata.ata_dma=\”0\” >> /boot/loader.conf

- When I turn off directly.
Replace in /etc/rc

/sbin/mount -a

for

/sbin/mount -a || /sbin/fsck -y && /sbin/mount -a || /sbin/fsck -y

Failed to open pcm/dsp device: Device or resource busy

If you have this problem maybe other program is using the snd resource, so, you need know which is the program is using it. You can do it with lsof, and kill the process.

~# lsof | grep pcm ; lsof | grep dsp
xmms 17613 lexo mem CHR 116,8 12785 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
xmms 17613 lexo 10u CHR 116,8 12785 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p

~# fuser -v /dev/snd/*
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: lexo 5468 F…. mixer_applet2
lexo 18351 F…. xmms
/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: lexo 18351 F…m xmms
/dev/snd/timer: lexo 18351 F…. xmms

* /etc/init.d/alsa-utils reset card

El peor día de mi vida

¿A quién le ha pasado? Que mal día…