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    Update from 2.3 to 2.3.1

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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    • K Offline
      kpa
      last edited by

      The upgrade fails to switch to the correct repository for some reason. On the second try when my upgrade succeeded  I witnessed a message that said "Repository x has a wrong packagesite, need to re-create database" or something like that and it then proceeded to re-download all the repository catalogues using the correct addresses.

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        cmb
        last edited by

        Oh, that should work now. Thanks

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        • V Offline
          vectr0n
          last edited by

          I seem to have found a fix:

          Login to SSH # 8

          Run: pfSense-upgrade -u

          You should be able to run the upgrade like normal with option # 13 or via the GUI. Not sure on cause, but this fixes it.

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          • P Offline
            padenom
            last edited by

            Tried another time and it worked OK.

            This was from the GUI and not from command line.

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            • C Offline
              cmb
              last edited by

              @vectr0n:

              I seem to have found a fix:

              either that updated the repo URL, or you just happened to catch it after I fixed the source of the issue. No need to do that at this point.

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              • B Offline
                blankphoto
                last edited by

                Had the same issue, I just kept trying. Eventually the servers will get through everyone. A staggered release may be in order for the next one, assuming more update  servers are added by then.

                pfSense WE LOVE GUYS. Keep up the great work.

                Brian Blankenship
                Proofpoint Technical Support Engineer

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                • J Offline
                  joelserrano
                  last edited by

                  Hi,

                  I have run into this problem (updating from 2.3_1 to 2.3.1):

                  Updating repositories metadata…
                  Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
                  pfSense-core repository is up-to-date.
                  Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
                  pkg: http://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_3_0_amd64-pfSense_v2_3_0/meta.txz: Forbidden
                  repository pfSense has no meta file, using default settings
                  pkg: http://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_3_0_amd64-pfSense_v2_3_0/packagesite.txz: Forbidden
                  Unable to update repository pfSense
                  Failed

                  After a while, now I'm getting this:

                  Updating repositories metadata...
                  Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
                  pfSense-core repository is up-to-date.
                  Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
                  pkg: http://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_3_0_amd64-pfSense_v2_3_0/meta.txz: Not Found
                  repository pfSense has no meta file, using default settings
                  pkg: http://pkg.pfsense.org/pfSense_v2_3_0_amd64-pfSense_v2_3_0/packagesite.txz: Not Found
                  Unable to update repository pfSense
                  Failed

                  Any suggestions?

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                    cmb
                    last edited by

                    @blankphoto:

                    Had the same issue, I just kept trying. Eventually the servers will get through everyone. A staggered release may be in order for the next one, assuming more update  servers are added by then.

                    No relation to the update server. I screwed up a symlink initially so those on a version that didn't already have the latest version of pkg couldn't fetch it. We were already planning automating that part of the process away for next time around.

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                      cmb
                      last edited by

                      @joelserrano:

                      Hi,

                      I have run into this problem (updating from 2.3_1 to 2.3.1):

                      Any suggestions?

                      looks like you haven't tried since it was fixed.

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                      • J Offline
                        joelserrano
                        last edited by

                        Update: after retrying several times, now the update is running as expected:

                        Updating repositories metadata…
                        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.
                        Upgrading pfSense-repo... done.
                        Updating repositories metadata...
                        Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
                        Repository pfSense-core has a wrong packagesite, need to re-create database
                        Fetching meta.txz: . done
                        Fetching packagesite.txz: . done
                        Processing entries: . done
                        […]

                        Thanks!

                        Awesome work with pfSense!! You guys rock!

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                        • S Offline
                          SlackerDude
                          last edited by

                          running "pfSense-upgrade -u", followed by "pfSense-upgrade -d" appears to be working for me.  I'll be able to confirm once it completes & reboots.

                          UPDATE:  I can confirm a successful upgrade.

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                            churchi
                            last edited by

                            @vectr0n:

                            I seem to have found a fix:

                            Login to SSH # 8

                            Run: pfSense-upgrade -u

                            You should be able to run the upgrade like normal with option # 13 or via the GUI. Not sure on cause, but this fixes it.

                            Thanks mate, the -u
                            switch is what i needed to run first, then the upgrade worked without issues.

                            Up until I ran this (even after the update by cmb) i was still not able to upgrade to 2.3.1. This was the fix for me.

                            cheers.

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                              telerocker22
                              last edited by

                              I was having the same problem, but instead of rebooting the machine, I went to the "Update Settings" tab, changed it to "Development Snapshots", saved, then put it back to "Stable", and saved again.  After I did that, the update worked fine.  I also saw the "need to re-create database" message.

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                                Jailer
                                last edited by

                                @Jason:

                                I was having the same problem, but instead of rebooting the machine, I went to the "Update Settings" tab, changed it to "Development Snapshots", saved, then put it back to "Stable", and saved again.  After I did that, the update worked fine.  I also saw the "need to re-create database" message.

                                This worked for me as well. Thanks for the tip.

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                                • N Offline
                                  nolaquen
                                  last edited by

                                  I'm getting a different error after the update. Any ideas?

                                  Crash report details:

                                  PHP Errors:
                                  [18-May-2016 19:56:23 America/New_York] PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/local/lib/php/20131226/suhosin.so' - /usr/local/lib/php/20131226/suhosin.so: Undefined symbol "ps_globals" in Unknown on line 0

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                                    cmb
                                    last edited by

                                    @nolaquen:

                                    I'm getting a different error after the update. Any ideas?

                                    Crash report details:

                                    PHP Errors:
                                    [18-May-2016 19:56:23 America/New_York] PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/local/lib/php/20131226/suhosin.so' - /usr/local/lib/php/20131226/suhosin.so: Undefined symbol "ps_globals" in Unknown on line 0

                                    just log spam, the crash reporter suppresses it in 2.3.1+.

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                                      nolaquen
                                      last edited by

                                      @cmb:

                                      @nolaquen:

                                      I'm getting a different error after the update. Any ideas?

                                      Crash report details:

                                      PHP Errors:
                                      [18-May-2016 19:56:23 America/New_York] PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/local/lib/php/20131226/suhosin.so' - /usr/local/lib/php/20131226/suhosin.so: Undefined symbol "ps_globals" in Unknown on line 0

                                      just log spam, the crash reporter suppresses it in 2.3.1+.

                                      I appreciate the reply. Just to confirm though, I shouldn't be seeing this? It's popping up on my dashboard via the crash reporter (after updating from 2.3_1 to 2.3.1).

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                                        cmb
                                        last edited by

                                        Since it happened before you were on 2.3.1, you can see it. You shouldn't see it again.

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                                          nolaquen
                                          last edited by

                                          @cmb:

                                          Since it happened before you were on 2.3.1, you can see it. You shouldn't see it again.

                                          Ahh, I see. So the actual "error" is in the first part of the crash report, which is a fixed timestamp. Whereas the PHP warning that I posted, which gets a new timestamp every time I clear it and reboot, is essentially just a display artifact of that initial "error"?

                                          Edit: Tried my best to fully clear it out - keeps coming back.

                                          Edit2: I think I cleared it out successfully. I ended up moving to the development version, then back to 2.3.1. I realize per cmb that is was probably nothing, but it bothered me :)

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                                            phils
                                            last edited by

                                            Not sure whether to start a new thread or not.

                                            However after upgrading from 2.3_1 to 2.3.1 my WAN wouldn't come up.  Both onboard intel NICs.  LAN was fine but no WAN IP.

                                            Tried to edit/save interface in the GUI as per the 2.3 upgrade issues sticky (though I was already on 2.3), that didn't help.

                                            System log filled every second line with this from boot:

                                            syslogd sendto: Network is unreachable

                                            Ended up fixing it somehow by ssh'ing to the box, and reassigning interfaces to what they were already set to.

                                            DHCP seems to be throwing a fair few errors now though:

                                            May 19 12:07:53 php-fpm 48160 /rc.newwanip: pfSense package system has detected an IP change or dynamic WAN reconnection - 0.0.0.0 -> 192.168.0.32 - Restarting packages.

                                            That's a bit of a worry.

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