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      cremesk
      last edited by

      i works with the stable brance on 2 maschines.. here works every fine..  ???

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        cwagz
        last edited by

        Hitting save on the update settings page fixed it for me as well.

        Netgate 6100 MAX

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          dougf4nnie
          last edited by

          Same problem here. Some other workaround?

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            serialdie
            last edited by

            @dougf4nnie:

            Same problem here. Some other workaround?

            Is hitting save an issue?

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              Wolf666
              last edited by

              @serialdie:

              @dougf4nnie:

              Same problem here. Some other workaround?

              Is hitting save an issue?

              Yes

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                serialdie
                last edited by

                @Wolf666:

                @serialdie:

                @dougf4nnie:

                Same problem here. Some other workaround?

                Is hitting save an issue?

                Yes

                You can go to the gui and see you have the same issue but you cant navigate to your update settings and hit save.  :o
                …..
                lol  ::)
                .....

                To answer your question I dont know of another work around.

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                  bratell
                  last edited by

                  I simply rebooted and the error disappeared.  :o

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                    jits
                    last edited by

                    I am still unable to check for updates, but more importantly…how do you do a manual update??

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                      SpOuK3
                      last edited by

                      Have you guys check this sticky post: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=109337.0

                      EDIT: Nevermind, just had the issue after the update ;)

                      EDIT2: Go in System/Update… Choose the Update Settings tab... Select the default value which is "Follow 2.3 snapshots........" and hit "save" then go back in "System Update" and it will say you are at the current version and it also fix the dashboard...

                      Hope this help

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                        jits
                        last edited by

                        Nope! Still "unable to check for updates" error, and no way to update manually…nice!

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                          cmb
                          last edited by

                          @jits:

                          Nope! Still "unable to check for updates" error, and no way to update manually…nice!

                          If you're still getting that at this point, you likely have connectivity issues. First guess, the system thinks it has IPv6 connectivity and it doesn't, but could be any number of things. SSH in, option 8, run:

                          pfSense-upgrade -4

                          what's that get you?

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                            jits
                            last edited by

                            wait-a-minute….I have pfblocker running and blocking all countries with only 4 exceptions. I think this could be it...be right back...

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                              jits
                              last edited by

                              Ok..

                              PFblocker uninstalled. System rebooted. Still unable to update.

                              SSH into system, and as instructed, pfSense-upgrade -4  … This works!! System was updated. Nice!

                              However, I am still getting "unable to check for updates" in the Dashboard.

                              Again, system restarted and same thing. I am able to ping no problem to Yahoo.com, and others...

                              To recap, updating works via SSH Option 8. Does not work via dashboard, on my system anyway...

                              Jits..

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                                cmb
                                last edited by

                                Do you have IPv6 connectivity? Doesn't appear you have functional IPv6 but are preferring IPv6.

                                System>Advanced, Networking, check "Prefer IPv4 over IPv6". Reboot. Work then?

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                                  dougf4nnie
                                  last edited by

                                  My steps:

                                  1. System>Advanced, Networking, check "Prefer IPv4 over IPv6" - checked and reboted (Does not work)
                                  2. I try update via ssh pfSense-upgrade -4 - Ok, system updated… But after refreshing my gui, crash reported:

                                  Crash report begins.  Anonymous machine information:

                                  amd64
                                  10.3-RELEASE
                                  FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE #13 eac8329(RELENG_2_3): Wed Apr  6 06:20:01 CDT 2016    root@ce23-amd64-builder:/builder/pfsense/tmp/obj/builder/pfsense/tmp/FreeBSD-src/sys/pfSense

                                  Crash report details:

                                  PHP Errors:
                                  [06-Apr-2016 23:27:32 America/Bahia] PHP Stack trace:
                                  [06-Apr-2016 23:27:32 America/Bahia] PHP  1. {main}() /usr/local/www/widgets/widgets/installed_packages.widget.php:0
                                  [06-Apr-2016 23:27:32 America/Bahia] PHP  2. require_once() /usr/local/www/widgets/widgets/installed_packages.widget.php:63
                                  [06-Apr-2016 23:27:32 America/Bahia] PHP  3. require_once() /usr/local/www/guiconfig.inc:79
                                  [06-Apr-2016 23:27:32 America/Bahia] PHP  4. include_once() /etc/inc/authgui.inc:56
                                  [06-Apr-2016 23:27:32 America/Bahia] PHP Stack trace:
                                  [06-Apr-2016 23:27:32 America/Bahia] PHP  1. {main}() /usr/local/www/widgets/widgets/installed_packages.widget.php:0
                                  [06-Apr-2016 23:27:32 America/Bahia] PHP  2. require_once() /usr/local/www/widgets/widgets/installed_packages.widget.php:63
                                  [06-Apr-2016 23:27:32 America/Bahia] PHP  3. require_once() /usr/local/www/guiconfig.inc:79
                                  [06-Apr-2016 23:27:32 America/Bahia] PHP  4. include_once() /etc/inc/authgui.inc:56
                                  [06-Apr-2016 23:27:32 America/Bahia] PHP Stack trace:
                                  [06-Apr-2016 23:27:32 America/Bahia] PHP  1. {main}() /usr/local/www/widgets/widgets/installed_packages.widget.php:0
                                  [06-Apr-2016 23:27:32 America/Bahia] PHP  2. require_once() /usr/local/www/widgets/widgets/installed_packages.widget.php:63
                                  [06-Apr-2016 23:27:32 America/Bahia] PHP  3. require_once() /usr/local/www/guiconfig.inc:79
                                  [06-Apr-2016 23:27:32 America/Bahia] PHP  4. session_auth() /etc/inc/authgui.inc:62
                                  [06-Apr-2016 23:27:32 America/Bahia] PHP  5. session_start() /etc/inc/auth.inc:1573

                                  Filename: /var/crash/minfree
                                  2048

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                                    jits
                                    last edited by

                                    ok..

                                    Checked Prefer IPv4, rebooted, and still no joy… "unable to check for updates"

                                    No crash report here...

                                    One more note... this system was upgraded from 2.2.6

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                                      cmb
                                      last edited by

                                      Doesn't matter whether it was upgraded. My next guess is the first server in resolv.conf isn't responding to DNS queries and the GUI doesn't wait long enough for it to get through the timeout and try enough subsequent options for it to work. What's in /etc/resolv.conf, and do all those IPs resolve beta.pfsense.org?

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                                        AspiringNSATroglodyte
                                        last edited by

                                        After I went to:

                                        System > Update > Update Settings

                                        and pressed save I was able to see update 2.3.r.20160406.1411_1

                                        Once I installed it I haven't had the issue happen again.

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                                          jits
                                          last edited by

                                          ok..

                                          after checking resolv.conf…

                                          I have changed DNS servers to 8.8.8.8, and 8.8.4.4. Also, 127.0.0.1 will no longer be used for DNS.

                                          Then, I am able to ping beta.pfsense.org and it does resolve to IP Address and ping replies.

                                          System restarted. Still no joy...

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                                            A Former User
                                            last edited by

                                            Just had this problem and hitting save on the update page worked for me. If you were to gitsync (with a dev approval) could that help get around this issue?

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