OS-realtek-re not visible in GUI after uninstall then marked as misconfigured

[alex_62450]

Hi,

Sharing an issue about the os-realtek-re plugin uninstall/reinstall and a question about its configuration please.

Some stability issues with Realtek NICs have reoccurred ar. end of June, but seemed improved or gone after 25.7. These issues have become frequent again recently so I thought to rebaseline the driver, ie. uninstall the os-realtek plugin, and then reinstall it.

Interestingly, this action didn't seem to harm connectivity of the Realtek NICs directly but the only Intel on the LAN couldn't see the (Realtek) interface on the other end, which wasn't visible in the ARP table and impossible to ping from OPNsense.

However, once uninstalled, the Realtek plugin couldn't be seen on the plugin list in the GUI (please see screenshot), where it wasn't possible to reinstall it. Having tried a different repo, same thing : the plugin still wasn't visible in the GUI.

From CLI, the package can been seen on the repo and could be then installed (from the CLI): a message at the end of the install points at two parameters to be added in /boot/loader.conf - the latter config file pointing at /boot/loader.conf.local or the Tunables tab in the GUI System section, where the two parameters have been added.

Once reinstalled from CLI, the Realtek package could be seen again in the GUI, within the list of plugins, but it appeared as "misconfigured", although OPNsense had been rebooted, as stated in the info on the package in the CLI (and in addition of the two parameters already set). Tried to reboot again and power off/on, but the status of the package in the GUI remains "misconfigured".

Could you please advise what should be done then to resolve this misconfig status, knowing that the bootloader conf file now includes the two parameters due to be changed ?

Many thanks,

Alex

[Patrick M. Hausen]

Click on "Show community plugins" in the upper right corner.

[pfry]

Click on "Show community plugins" in the upper right corner.

Heh. Franco doesn't consider it to be official?
(I have it installed, so its type is not obvious. Also, the Realtek link in the info is a bit misleading - I'd expect the actual code to be from here, which is an improvement on the factory driver. But I haven't looked to be certain.)

[alex_62450]

Many thanks for your messages, much appreciated.

Indeed, the checkbox appeared in 27.5, thanks for pointing this out.
https://wiki.opnsense.org/releases/CE_25.7.html#july-23-2025

And any thoughts/inputs about the "misconfigured" status please ?

[BrandyWine]

Indeed, the checkbox appeared in 27.5,

Not quite there yet, but the link is still ok. ;)

[Patrick M. Hausen]

And any thoughts/inputs about the "misconfigured" status please ?

System > Firmware > Status > Resolve plugin conflicts

will probably fix that.

[alex_62450]

Hi, many thanks @Patrick for the very quick reply and, yes, this worked fine : I clicked on the "reset" item in the "resolve the plugin conflicts" menu and now the status is "installed", looks good :)

Have a good day everyone,

Alex