@bwales said in Upgrade not available: the other on 2.4.4. The device on 2.4.4 does not show that an upgrade to 2.4.5 is available. Hi, Version 2.4.4 is quite old, do not neglect your firewall... I would save and request a fresh image from Netgate, everything else is harder way +++edit: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/upgrades.html Especially since you will be covered by version 21.02.xy (FE to Plus)

@ptt Thanks. I'm so Sorry

Just as an FYI to anyone else finding this post, I ended up doing a backup and then a new re-install to the latest version. Imported my backup and I'm good to go with no more errors being seen.

@patosawa Possibly you can install the screensavers from the proper FreeBSD project and activate them: FreeBSD Manual Pages > Screensaver However, non of them will be able to shut off the display. You can use blank screen at best, which will not provide any notable power savings. As mentioned, shutting off the screen is a hardware feature and usually notebooks do this when closing the lid. Possibly you can get a BIOS upgrade which has this ability.

@kasheem What hardware are you running this on? It needs to be 64-bit for 2.4.0

@gertjan Thanks for all that. I do make it a point to watch several tuts and read discussion groups about things before plunging in. I got it all set up and working, now I'm trying to learn to tweak it by assigning an IP address. pfSense is running smoothly now, haven't had any problems in the last day or two. Thanks for everyone's help!!

@balanga Dont. 2.4.5p1 is the last stable release

ok, put in new NIC card and all is well.

@gertjan Yes but no problem with fresh install. Very strange !

Further to this issue, FYI the same problem did not present again, when later upgrading from pfSense v2.5.0 to the quickly following update v2.5.1, instead successfully progressing and completing without incident and all appears to be working without issue after update completion.

@kom I do, thank you!!!

@tobyswe Go to https://www.netgate.com/support/contact-support.html , click on the pro link https://go.netgate.com/ and login and or create an account.. I bought my unit used, created a ticket and got the OS image.. They were great with a newbie!

@steveits thank you for the prompt reply. I have done it before but complete forgot how to request an image. I did the upgrade on 5 and 3 went smoothly. The two that had problems were stuck in upgrade for about 2 hours on one abs the other about 90 mins before I decided to manually intervene. Overall I guess some bugs are to be expected but mostly I am happy with Netgate hardware. Thanks again

This looks like a bug yes. Check: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/11805#change-53054 And the following forum post: https://forum.netgate.com/topic/162924/to-2-5-1-or-not-that-is-the-question/65?_=1618838285034

The upgrade process is an "online' activity. How can you download an upgrade if there are no interfaces == no network ?