Pakage mgr and system updater widget no longer updating
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This afternoon I went to I went to the package manager to install a package, and saw that package pfblockerNG was outdated (yellow arrows), so I updated the package. It went well, but immediately after I returned to the package manager I quickly saw
Please wait while the list of packages is retrieved and formatted.
Then it immediately turned into a red ribbon saying
Unable to retrieve package information.
This happens for the "Installed Packages" as well as "Available Packages" tabs. Basically, I no longer can see what packages are installed on my system nor can I see the packages available in the repo.
Also I noticed on the main page, the updater widget saying
Obtaining update status
then after a few seconds, turning into
Unable to check for updates
Thinking pfblocker was blocking some connections to important pfsense servers, I tried disabling pfblockerNG completely to no avail. Snort is disabled and the blocked hosts list is empty.
Now I cannot update, install or uninstall packages…. How do I remedy to this?
Tried rebooting, doesnt help. running "pkg update -f" from SSH yields to:
[2.3.1-RELEASE][root@pfsense.localdomain]/root: pkg update -f Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue... Fetching meta.txz: 100% 944 B 0.9kB/s 00:01 Fetching packagesite.txz: 100% 2 KiB 1.9kB/s 00:01 Processing entries: 100% pfSense-core repository update completed. 9 packages processed. Updating pfSense repository catalogue... Fetching meta.txz: 100% 944 B 0.9kB/s 00:01 Fetching packagesite.txz: 100% 109 KiB 112.1kB/s 00:01 Processing entries: 100% pfSense repository update completed. 405 packages processed.
Also running pkg upgrade -f yierlds:
[2.3.1-RELEASE][root@pfsense.localdomain]/root: pkg upgrade -f Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue... pfSense-core repository is up-to-date. Updating pfSense repository catalogue... pfSense repository is up-to-date. All repositories are up-to-date. Checking for upgrades (147 candidates): 44% pfSense-kernel-pfSense-2.3.1_5 is locked and may not be modified Checking for upgrades (147 candidates): 100% Processing candidates (147 candidates): 100% The following 146 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked): New packages to be INSTALLED: dnsmasq: 2.76,1 [pfSense] Installed packages to be UPGRADED: xinetd: 2.3.15_1 -> 2.3.15_2 [pfSense] unbound: 1.5.8 -> 1.5.9 [pfSense] strongswan: 5.4.0 -> 5.5.0 [pfSense] sqlite3: 3.11.1 -> 3.13.0 [pfSense] smartmontools: 6.4_2 -> 6.5_1 [pfSense] rrdtool: 1.5.5_1 -> 1.6.0_1 [pfSense] relayd: 5.5.20140810_1 -> 5.5.20140810_2 [pfSense] python27: 2.7.11_2 -> 2.7.12 [pfSense] php56-zlib: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23 [pfSense] php56-xmlwriter: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23 [pfSense] php56-xmlreader: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23 [pfSense] php56-xml: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23 [pfSense] php56-tokenizer: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23 [pfSense] php56-sysvshm: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23 [pfSense] php56-sysvsem: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23 [pfSense] php56-sysvmsg: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23 [pfSense] php56-sqlite3: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23 [pfSense] php56-sockets: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23 [pfSense] php56-simplexml: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23 [pfSense] php56-shmop: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23 [pfSense] php56-session: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23 [pfSense] php56-readline: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23 [pfSense] php56-posix: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23 [pfSense] php56-pdo_sqlite: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23 [pfSense] php56-pdo: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23 [pfSense] php56-pcntl: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23 [pfSense] php56-openssl: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23 [pfSense] php56-opcache: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23_1 [pfSense] php56-mcrypt: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23 [pfSense] php56-mbstring: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23 [pfSense] php56-ldap: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23 [pfSense] php56-json: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23 [pfSense] php56-hash: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23 [pfSense] php56-gettext: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23 [pfSense] php56-filter: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23 [pfSense] php56-dom: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23 [pfSense] php56-curl: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23 [pfSense] php56-ctype: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23 [pfSense] php56-bz2: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23 [pfSense] php56-bcmath: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23 [pfSense] php56: 5.6.22 -> 5.6.23 [pfSense] php-xdebug: 2.2.5 -> 2.4.0 [pfSense] pfSense-rc: 2.3.1_5 -> 2.3.2 [pfSense-core] pfSense-default-config: 2.3.1_5 -> 2.3.2 [pfSense-core] pfSense-base: 2.3.1_5 -> 2.3.2 [pfSense-core] pfSense-Status_Monitoring: 1.4.2_1 -> 1.4.4_2 [pfSense] pfSense: 2.3.1_5 -> 2.3.2 [pfSense] perl5: 5.20.3_12 -> 5.20.3_13 [pfSense] pecl-rrd: 1.1.3_2 -> 1.1.3_3 [pfSense] pecl-radius: 1.2.7 -> 1.3.0 [pfSense] pcre: 8.38_1 -> 8.39 [pfSense] nginx: 1.8.1,2 -> 1.10.1,2 [pfSense] luajit: 2.0.4 -> 2.0.4_1 [pfSense] libssh2: 1.6.0_1,2 -> 1.7.0,2 [pfSense] libedit: 3.1.20150325_2 -> 3.1.20150325_2,1 [pfSense] isc-dhcp43-server: 4.3.3P1_1 -> 4.3.4 [pfSense] isc-dhcp43-relay: 4.3.3P1_1 -> 4.3.4_1 [pfSense] isc-dhcp43-client: 4.3.3P1_1 -> 4.3.4 [pfSense] ipmitool: 1.8.15_1 -> 1.8.17_1 [pfSense] gettext-runtime: 0.19.7 -> 0.19.8.1 [pfSense] filterlog: 0.1_2 -> 0.1_4 [pfSense] expat: 2.1.1_1 -> 2.1.1_2 [pfSense] curl: 7.48.0_1 -> 7.49.1 [pfSense] ca_root_nss: 3.22.2 -> 3.25 [pfSense] bind-tools: 9.10.3P4 -> 9.10.4P2 [pfSense] Installed packages to be REINSTALLED: pkg-1.8.7 [pfSense] wrapalixresetbutton-0.0.7 [pfSense] wol-0.7.1_2 [pfSense] whois-5.1.5 [pfSense] vstr-1.0.15_1 [pfSense] voucher-0.1_2 [pfSense] uclcmd-0.1 [pfSense] sshlockout_pf-0.0.2 [pfSense] ssh_tunnel_shell-0.1 [pfSense] snort-2.9.8.3 [pfSense] scponly-4.8.20110526_2 [pfSense] rate-0.9_1 [pfSense] radvd-1.9.1 [pfSense] qstats-0.1_1 [pfSense] php56-pfSense-module-0.12 [pfSense] php-suhosin-0.9.38 [pfSense] pftop-0.7_6 [pfSense] pfSense-repo-2.3.2 [pfSense-core] pfSense-pkg-snort-3.2.9.1_14 [pfSense] pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-2.1.1_2 [pfSense] pfSense-pkg-RRD_Summary-1.3.1_2 [pfSense] pfSense-pkg-Cron-0.3.6_2 [pfSense] pecl-zmq-1.1.3_1 [pfSense] pecl-ssh2-0.12 [pfSense] openvpn-2.3.11 [pfSense] openldap-client-2.4.44 [pfSense] oniguruma5-5.9.6_1 [pfSense] ntp-4.2.8p8 [pfSense] nettle-3.2 [pfSense] mysql56-client-5.6.30 [pfSense] mpd5-5.8 [pfSense] mpd4-4.4.1_1 [pfSense] miniupnpd-1.9.20160113,1 [pfSense] minicron-0.0.2 [pfSense] lzo2-2.09 [pfSense] links-2.9,1 [pfSense] lighttpd-1.4.39_1 [pfSense] libzmq4-4.1.4_1 [pfSense] libxml2-2.9.3 [pfSense] libucl-0.8.0 [pfSense] libsodium-1.0.8 [pfSense] libpdel-0.5.3_6 [pfSense] libmcrypt-2.5.8_3 [pfSense] libltdl-2.4.6 [pfSense] libidn-1.31 [pfSense] libiconv-1.14_9 [pfSense] libffi-3.2.1 [pfSense] libevent2-2.0.22_1 [pfSense] libdnet-1.12_1 [pfSense] libdaemon-0.14_1 [pfSense] ldns-1.6.17_5 [pfSense] indexinfo-0.2.4 [pfSense] igmpproxy-0.1_3,1 [pfSense] idnkit-1.0_5 [pfSense] grepcidr-2.0 [pfSense] gogoc-1.2_1 [pfSense] gmp-5.1.3_3 [pfSense] glib-2.46.2 [pfSense] filterdns-1.0_9 [pfSense] expiretable-0.6_1 [pfSense] dpinger-2.0 [pfSense] dmidecode-3.0 [pfSense] dhcpleases6-0.1_2 [pfSense] dhcpleases-0.3_1 [pfSense] dhcp6-20080615_7 [pfSense] daq-2.0.6 [pfSense] cpustats-0.1_1 [pfSense] cpdup-1.18 [pfSense] clog-1.0.1 [pfSense] choparp-20150613 [pfSense] check_reload_status-0.0.7 [pfSense] bwi-firmware-kmod-3.130.20 [pfSense] bsnmp-ucd-0.4.2 [pfSense] bsnmp-regex-0.6_1 [pfSense] broccoli-1.97,1 [pfSense] beep-1.0_1 [pfSense] barnyard2-1.13 [pfSense] ataidle-2.7.2 [pfSense] aggregate-1.6_1 [pfSense] GeoIP-1.6.9 [pfSense] Number of packages to be installed: 1 Number of packages to be upgraded: 65 Number of packages to be reinstalled: 80 The process will require 2 MiB more space. 78 MiB to be downloaded.
What do I do now? Can I brick the system by upgrading from console?? Should I even try ?
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Although there's the small possibility that both our systems have a problem…since my pfSense Netgear box just started doing the same thing as you described I wouldn't take any drastic action yet since hopefully its a problem on the pfSense side.
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Well looking at the console output of the pgk update & upgrade commands, I believe the pfsense servers (repos and all) are working fine, its the webUI thats unstable and crapped out. I may be wrong but I hope a pfsense dev sees this thread sooner than later…
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Fixed. Upgraded from console
https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=116019.0
pfsense really needs a better way of notifying users for widespread problems like this, like a stickie system or something. I was not the only one apparently. Upgrading past 2.3.1 seems to cause issues that needs manual intervention.
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I have gained a lot of business ventures.