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    Unable to check for updates or Packages

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    • J
      justsomeguy6575
      last edited by

      yup I rebooted as well after removing them.

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        Are you still seeing the php errors you referenced in your first post? Or the more expected error you quoted in your second post?

        Steve

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          justsomeguy6575
          last edited by

          This is the error I was getting in my first topic http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,51619.0.html
          php: /index.php: XMLRPC communication error: Operation timed out
          At some point before starting this thread I stopped seeing this error.

          Since then these are the only two errors I'm seeing.
          php: /pkg_mgr_installed.php: XMLRPC communication error: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: hostname nor servname provided, or not known
          php: /index.php: XMLRPC communication error: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: hostname nor servname provided, or not known

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            These PHP errors are an indication that something is more seriously awry. You shouldn't be seeing those at all.

            Steve

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            • T
              tacfit
              last edited by

              I'm getting a 404 on http://updates.pfsense.org/_updaters

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                404 is the correct response from that URL.

                If you want to see something try http://updates.pfsense.org/_updaters/version which returns a small file with the current version number.

                Steve

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                  tacfit
                  last edited by

                  Thanks. Didn't intend to hijack… I thought it was related.

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                    luke240778
                    last edited by

                    Just to add here, i also have this problem..  for weeks now mine has been saying it cant get update info.  Changed nothing.. if i go in and change the update servers still the same.  I didnt care too much as i didnt really want to upgrade as mine is running smoothly

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                    • J
                      justsomeguy6575
                      last edited by

                      Is there any files or logs we can look at to help track this down?

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        Seeing those PHP errors often means some file is missing or corrupted. Have you installed/uninstalled any packages?
                        If there is nothing helpful in the system log then it would a matter of digging in the code to see what is being passed to the php code that it can't handle and why.

                        You may have found a legitimate bug of course.

                        At this point, unless you really have a need to know why this happened, I would probably reinstall and see if it is repeatable.

                        Steve

                        Edit: You could look in /tmp/PHP_errors.log

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