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Title: Missing Login input area when booting to opnsense.
Post by: chriswilliams45 on March 07, 2018, 01:02:19 pm

The opnsense loads fine but when posting lan ip and welcome message no login input area to put "installer" or "root" to start.

Anyone can help please?

Title: Re: Missing Login input area when booting to opnsense.
Post by: elektroinside on March 07, 2018, 01:14:58 pm

Take it step by step.

1. What did you try to do? Install OPNsense? Did you actually manage to fully install OPNsense? Does the web interface load?
2. What does "the opnsense loads fine" mean?
3. Are you trying to access the console? Or are you trying to connect using ssh?

Title: Re: Missing Login input area when booting to opnsense.
Post by: chriswilliams45 on March 07, 2018, 01:27:34 pm

Thanks for your reply:

I used usb "OPNsense-18.1-OpenSSL-serial-i386"

The pc os 32 bit only. Asus EEE

It ran all the way up to the welcome section.

But no "login:"

I can't use the root or installer user to install to hd or anything.

Title: Re: Missing Login input area when booting to opnsense.
Post by: elektroinside on March 07, 2018, 01:31:24 pm

Can you share a picture of your monitor? Please blur out any public ip addresses you may have or any private data.

Title: Re: Missing Login input area when booting to opnsense.
Post by: elektroinside on March 07, 2018, 01:37:02 pm

Oh, sorry.
You're using the wrong image.

You should use the VGA image and write it to your flash drive using rufus (https://rufus.akeo.ie/) for example (if your are using Windows):

OPNsense-18.1-OpenSSL-vga-i386.img.bz2 (SHA256) : c43712c87a3381102d33f2606fc666fdffde54d81a0f0b8c70cf334eddd4047c

Title: Re: Missing Login input area when booting to opnsense.
Post by: chriswilliams45 on March 07, 2018, 01:44:58 pm

ill try that image but here is my screen shot.

Title: Re: Missing Login input area when booting to opnsense.
Post by: elektroinside on March 07, 2018, 02:01:14 pm

Yes, try that image please.

Title: Re: Missing Login input area when booting to opnsense.
Post by: chriswilliams45 on March 07, 2018, 02:06:16 pm

should i unzip it first as the others

Title: Re: Missing Login input area when booting to opnsense.
Post by: elektroinside on March 07, 2018, 02:11:14 pm

Yes, verify the hash of the archive first, unzip, select DD image in rufus and select the extracted .img file.

Title: Re: Missing Login input area when booting to opnsense.
Post by: chriswilliams45 on March 07, 2018, 02:19:51 pm

The hash is correct. VGA just keeps rebooting machine no menu or process.

Title: Re: Missing Login input area when booting to opnsense.
Post by: elektroinside on March 07, 2018, 02:23:59 pm

Did you first (before installing the VGA image) erase everything on the target HDD? You should have an unformatted HDD before installation. Better do this with something else than the OPNsense installer, like a live linux/windowspe cd.

Title: Re: Missing Login input area when booting to opnsense.
Post by: chriswilliams45 on March 07, 2018, 04:25:10 pm

I have a wiped hd. The problem is the work "Login: " is missing for me to do anything.

As in the photo earlier.

Title: Re: Missing Login input area when booting to opnsense.
Post by: elektroinside on March 07, 2018, 05:19:41 pm

Can you access the web interface from one of your LAN clients? Or ssh?

Title: Re: Missing Login input area when booting to opnsense.
Post by: franco on March 07, 2018, 05:28:27 pm

Strange, is this different when you boot FreeBSD 11.1 image? We're using the same VGA settings I would hope.


Cheers,
Franco

Title: Re: Missing Login input area when booting to opnsense.
Post by: chriswilliams45 on March 07, 2018, 07:09:03 pm

I have now tried all versions of opnsense on two totally differant pc's.

Non work fully and some just have what looks like static on the screen.

This is the same for both opnsense and pfsense.

It does not seen to be a usb or dvd problem as i have used both. DVD, USB, VGA, SERIAL, OPNSENSE AND PFSENSE but Untangle works just fine.

I dont want to use Untangle but at this stage i dono what to do.

Serial works but no login prompt.
vga just keeps rebooting machine and no menu it just doesnt get that far.
dvd starts ok then something with possable gfx driver maybe and i get whats in this photo.

Title: Re: Missing Login input area when booting to opnsense.
Post by: elektroinside on March 07, 2018, 10:50:02 pm

I would try to install FreeBSD 11.1 and latest v10, see if this happens again, as Franco suggested.

I have ran out of any other ideas, sorry.

Title: Re: Missing Login input area when booting to opnsense.
Post by: chriswilliams45 on March 08, 2018, 12:49:22 am

The only meathod i got working was nano.

Title: Re: Missing Login input area when booting to opnsense.
Post by: elektroinside on March 08, 2018, 06:56:09 am

Oh, that's good news!
I have no idea why this is working... but i'm glad it does!
I can't install OPNsense 18 either (directly), I first had to install 17 and then upgrade to 18. Franco said it was because of FreeBSD 11.1. I had a different problem though. That's why i said to try FreeBSD v10.

Title: Re: Missing Login input area when booting to opnsense.
Post by: chriswilliams45 on March 08, 2018, 11:44:39 pm

Maybe ill try 17 and see if it installs.

Thanks for the info everyone.