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      alexbd819 @KB8DOA
      last edited by alexbd819

      @kb8doa Thank you sir, that did solved my issue as well!

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        bavcon22
        last edited by

        I had the exact this problem when I decide to update my pfsense+ from version 23.01 to 23.05. On my appliance I had installed APCUPSD package and this for the reason for error on "Dashboard" page. On the "System Update" page I still receive error.

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          So you were able to upgrade by removing apcupsd?

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            bavcon22 @stephenw10
            last edited by

            @stephenw10 In web page I was not able to update, but with SSH yes.

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              azdeltawye @bavcon22
              last edited by

              Hello,
              Having same problem: "Unable to check for updates"

              $ pkg info pfSense-upgrade

              pfSense-upgrade-1.0_67
              Name           : pfSense-upgrade
              Version        : 1.0_67
              Installed on   : Wed Jun  7 14:59:23 2023 MST
              Origin         : sysutils/pfSense-upgrade
              Architecture   : FreeBSD:14:amd64
              Prefix         : /usr/local
              Categories     : sysutils
              Licenses       : APACHE20
              Maintainer     : coreteam@pfsense.org
              WWW            : https://www.pfsense.org/
              Comment        : pfSense upgrade script
              Annotations    :
              	FreeBSD_version: 1400085
              	build_timestamp: 2023-06-06T04:14:40+0000
              	built_by       : poudriere-git-3.3.99.20220831
              	port_checkout_unclean: no
              	port_git_hash  : 33c2f885cd36
              	ports_top_checkout_unclean: yes
              	ports_top_git_hash: 33c2f885cd36
              	repo_type      : binary
              	repository     : pfSense
              Flat size      : 71.0KiB
              Description    :
              pfSense upgrade script
              
              WWW: https://www.pfsense.org/
              

              Then I type in the following command:
              $ pkg-static -d update

              and nothing happens...

              any thoughts?

              Hardware: 4100-MAX running 23.05

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                azdeltawye @azdeltawye
                last edited by

                Additional info:

                Orange LED was flashing on device indicating update was available. I then rebooted from the UI (I usually reboot prior to update) then that's when when I got the 'Unable to check for updates' message.
                Subsequently, no more orange LED...

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  First thing to try is go to Sys > Update > Update Settings and resave the branch to the current stable version.

                  If it still fails try running pfSense-upgrade -d at the command line to see what the error is.

                  Steve

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                    bavcon22 @KB8DOA
                    last edited by

                    @KB8DOA When I had error like in your post I could not also get updates from github.io. I do not solve this problem yet, but in my case the suspicious program is snort. Definitely I mess up with snort's configuration to much.

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                      JonathanLee @Matt2
                      last edited by

                      @Matt2 Make sure you hide your serial and id. This is only for you infom

                      Make sure to upvote

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                        Farhan 0 @bushman666
                        last edited by

                        @bushman666
                        Thank you. This solution perfectly works for me. From 2.6.0 to 2.7.0 upgrade.

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