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FreeBSDFix July 4, 2026 2 min read

Fixing pf State Table Exhaustion on FreeBSD

New connections start silently failing on a busy firewall, and pfctl reports the state table is full. Here's how to confirm it and size the table correctly for real traffic levels.

#fix#pf#firewall
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Haiku OSFix May 21, 2026 3 min read

Fixing Package Conflicts and Broken Dependencies in Haiku

A package won't install, or the system misbehaves after an update. Because packagefs never unpacks files, most of these problems are fixable by manipulating package activation directly, without touching the file system.

#fix#packagefs#haiku
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Haiku OSFix May 19, 2026 3 min read

Fixing Haiku Boot Failures with Safe Mode

Haiku won't boot normally, or hangs partway through. Here's how to use the boot loader's safe mode options to isolate which specific subsystem is actually at fault.

#fix#boot#haiku
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Haiku OSFix May 15, 2026 3 min read

Fixing Audio That Isn't Working on Haiku

No sound at all, from any application, usually traces to the Media Server or a driver-detection problem — here's how to distinguish the two and work through each.

#fix#audio#media-kit
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Haiku OSFix May 14, 2026 3 min read

Fixing Networking and DHCP Issues on Haiku

No network connectivity, or an interface that won't get an IP address — here's how to work through Haiku's networking stack from hardware detection through DHCP.

#fix#networking#dhcp
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