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    ERROR: It was not possible to identify which pfSense kernel is installed

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      doktornotor Banned
      last edited by

      So what's up with this pkg db corruption? Only happens with RAM disks?

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by

        Until a week or so ago there were some corner cases like ZFS where the difference in how/when the disk was mounted stopped the code from working as expected.

        On current snaps it should be OK all-around.

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          doktornotor Banned
          last edited by

          OK, thanks. ;)

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            hda
            last edited by

            @jimp:

            Actually you could reinstall the packages to get back to a good state:

            
            [2.4.0-BETA][root@apu2b2.localdomain]/root: pkg install pfSense pfSense-base pfSense-default-config pfSense-kernel-pfSense pfSense-rc pfSense-repo pfSense-upgrade
            Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
            Fetching meta.txz: 100%    940 B   0.9kB/s    00:01
            Fetching packagesite.txz: 100%    2 KiB   1.8kB/s    00:01
            Processing entries: 100%
            pfSense-core repository update completed. 7 packages processed.
            Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
            Fetching meta.txz: 100%    940 B   0.9kB/s    00:01
            Fetching packagesite.txz: 100%  120 KiB 122.6kB/s    00:01
            Processing entries: 100%
            pfSense repository update completed. 441 packages processed.
            The following 149 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
            
            New packages to be INSTALLED:
                    pfSense: 2.4.0.b.20170116.1330 [pfSense]
                    pfSense-base: 2.4.0.b.20170116.1536 [pfSense-core]
                    pfSense-default-config: 2.4.0.b.20170116.1536 [pfSense-core]
                    pfSense-kernel-pfSense: 2.4.0.b.20170116.1536 [pfSense-core]
                    pfSense-rc: 2.4.0.b.20170116.1536 [pfSense-core]
                    pfSense-repo: 2.4.0.b.20170116.1330 [pfSense]
                    pfSense-upgrade: 0.12 [pfSense]
                    libxml2: 2.9.4 [pfSense]
                    clog: 1.0.1 [pfSense]
                    dpinger: 2.0 [pfSense]
                    php56-pdo_sqlite: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
                    php56-pdo: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
                    php56: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
                    pcre: 8.39_1 [pfSense]
                    sqlite3: 3.15.1_1 [pfSense]
                    readline: 6.3.8 [pfSense]
                    indexinfo: 0.2.6 [pfSense]
                    expiretable: 0.6_1 [pfSense]
                    libltdl: 2.4.6 [pfSense]
                    smartmontools: 6.5_1 [pfSense]
                    php56-mbstring: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
                    oniguruma5: 5.9.6_1 [pfSense]
                    ipmitool: 1.8.17_1 [pfSense]
                    php56-json: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
                    php56-sysvshm: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
                    pecl-radius: 1.4.0.b1 [pfSense]
                    php56-bz2: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
                    isc-dhcp43-server: 4.3.5 [pfSense]
                    beep: 1.0_1 [pfSense]
                    pear-Net_Growl: 2.7.0 [pfSense]
                    pear: 1.10.1 [pfSense]
                    php56-zlib: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
                    php56-xml: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
                    bwi-firmware-kmod: 3.130.20 [pfSense]
                    ca_root_nss: 3.28.1 [pfSense]
                    mpd5: 5.8 [pfSense]
                    php56-hash: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
                    mobile-broadband-provider-info: 20151214 [pfSense]
                    bind-tools: 9.11.0P2 [pfSense]
                    idnkit: 1.0_6 [pfSense]
                    json-c: 0.12.1 [pfSense]
                    libedit: 3.1.20150325_2,1 [pfSense]
                    php56-mcrypt: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
                    libmcrypt: 2.5.8_3 [pfSense]
                    pear-XML_RPC2: 1.1.3 [pfSense]
                    php56-curl: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
                    curl: 7.52.1_1 [pfSense]
                    libnghttp2: 1.18.0 [pfSense]
                    pear-Cache_Lite: 1.7.16,1 [pfSense]
                    pear-HTTP_Request2: 2.3.0,1 [pfSense]
                    pear-Net_URL2: 2.2.1 [pfSense]
                    pear-Mail: 1.3.0,1 [pfSense]
                    pear-Net_SMTP: 1.7.2 [pfSense]
                    pear-Net_Socket: 1.0.14 [pfSense]
                    check_reload_status: 0.0.8 [pfSense]
                    libevent2: 2.0.22_1 [pfSense]
                    ataidle: 2.7.2 [pfSense]
                    php56-tokenizer: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
                    minicron: 0.0.2 [pfSense]
                    dhcp6: 20080615.1 [pfSense]
                    php56-ctype: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
                    openvpn: 2.4.0 [pfSense]
                    lzo2: 2.09 [pfSense]
                    liblz4: 131 [pfSense]
                    ntp: 4.2.8p9_1 [pfSense]
                    libwww: 5.4.0_6 [pfSense]
                    gettext-runtime: 0.19.8.1_1 [pfSense]
                    pecl-zmq: 1.1.3_2 [pfSense]
                    libzmq4: 4.1.5 [pfSense]
                    norm: 1.5r6 [pfSense]
                    libsodium: 1.0.11_1 [pfSense]
                    ssh_tunnel_shell: 0.1_1 [pfSense]
                    php56-simplexml: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
                    cpdup: 1.18 [pfSense]
                    pear-Net_IPv6: 1.3.0.b2_2 [pfSense]
                    miniupnpd: 1.9.20160113,1 [pfSense]
                    pecl-ssh2: 0.13 [pfSense]
                    libssh2: 1.8.0,2 [pfSense]
                    sshlockout_pf: 0.0.2 [pfSense]
                    pfSense-Status_Monitoring: 1.6.0_2 [pfSense]
                    pecl-rrd: 1.1.3_4 [pfSense]
                    rrdtool: 1.6.0_1 [pfSense]
                    perl5: 5.24.1.r4_1 [pfSense]
                    glib: 2.46.2_4 [pfSense]
                    python27: 2.7.13_1 [pfSense]
                    libffi: 3.2.1 [pfSense]
                    libiconv: 1.14_10 [pfSense]
                    pear-Auth_RADIUS: 1.1.0 [pfSense]
                    radvd: 1.9.1 [pfSense]
                    libdaemon: 0.14_1 [pfSense]
                    unbound: 1.6.0 [pfSense]
                    expat: 2.2.0_1 [pfSense]
                    ldns: 1.6.17_5 [pfSense]
                    isc-dhcp43-relay: 4.3.5 [pfSense]
                    dhcpleases: 0.3_1 [pfSense]
                    php56-opcache: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
                    php56-dom: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
                    gogoc: 1.2_1 [pfSense]
                    wol: 0.7.1_3 [pfSense]
                    php56-xmlwriter: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
                    choparp: 20150613 [pfSense]
                    nginx: 1.10.2_3,2 [pfSense]
                    luajit: 2.0.4_1 [pfSense]
                    dnsmasq: 2.76,1 [pfSense]
                    nettle: 3.3 [pfSense]
                    gmp: 5.1.3_3 [pfSense]
                    libidn: 1.33_1 [pfSense]
                    pftop: 0.7_7 [pfSense]
                    strongswan: 5.5.1 [pfSense]
                    vstr: 1.0.15_1 [pfSense]
                    php56-sockets: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
                    php56-filter: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
                    voucher: 0.1_2 [pfSense]
                    filterdns: 1.0_15 [pfSense]
                    isc-dhcp43-client: 4.3.5 [pfSense]
                    php56-pfSense-module: 0.32 [pfSense]
                    links: 2.13,1 [pfSense]
                    php56-sysvsem: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
                    php56-readline: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
                    filterlog: 0.1_5 [pfSense]
                    scponly: 4.8.20110526_2 [pfSense]
                    qstats: 0.2 [pfSense]
                    php56-posix: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
                    igmpproxy: 0.1_5,1 [pfSense]
                    php56-openssl: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
                    php56-gettext: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
                    php-xdebug: 2.4.1_1 [pfSense]
                    xinetd: 2.3.15_2 [pfSense]
                    bsnmp-regex: 0.6_1 [pfSense]
                    php56-ldap: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
                    openldap-client: 2.4.44 [pfSense]
                    uclcmd: 0.1_1 [pfSense]
                    libucl: 0.8.0 [pfSense]
                    wrapalixresetbutton: 0.0.7 [pfSense]
                    php56-pcntl: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
                    rate: 0.9_1 [pfSense]
                    php56-session: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
                    php56-sysvmsg: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
                    php56-shmop: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
                    php56-xmlreader: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
                    bsnmp-ucd: 0.4.2 [pfSense]
                    dhcpleases6: 0.1_2 [pfSense]
                    pear-Crypt_CHAP: 1.5.0 [pfSense]
                    dmidecode: 3.0 [pfSense]
                    php56-sqlite3: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
                    relayd: 5.5.20140810_2 [pfSense]
                    cpustats: 0.1_1 [pfSense]
                    php-suhosin: 0.9.38_3 [pfSense]
                    php56-bcmath: 5.6.29 [pfSense]
            
            Number of packages to be installed: 149
            
            The process will require 449 MiB more space.
            125 MiB to be downloaded.
            
            Proceed with this action? [y/N]: y
            
            

            No dice ?
            Already more than 15min in this state. No I/O. CPU 25%, Load ~ 1.4, Mem. normal 14%. What's going on ?

            ADD: I aborted after 30min. Ctrl-C =>  signal received, cleaning up. Back at prompt.

            ADD:

            
              PID USERNAME    THR PRI NICE   SIZE    RES STATE   C   TIME    WCPU COMMAND
            53727 root          1 103    0 47888K 14804K CPU1    1   2:39 100.00% pkg
            27942 root          1  23    0   264M 29224K piperd  2   0:00   1.76% php-fpm
            47711 root          1  52   20 13048K  2384K wait    2   0:42   0.20% sh
            ....
            
            
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              PiBa
              last edited by

              Might be that some pkg file is partially corrupted? Can you try (im assuming the name of the pool is zroot):

              zpool list
              zpool scrub zroot
              zpool status -v zroot
              

              Keep running the last command until its done scanning the disk.

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                hda
                last edited by

                
                [2.4.0-BETA][root@apu2b2.localdomain]/root: zpool list
                NAME    SIZE  ALLOC   FREE  EXPANDSZ   FRAG    CAP  DEDUP  HEALTH  ALTROOT
                zroot  12.9G   470M  12.4G         -     6%     3%  1.00x  ONLINE  -
                
                [2.4.0-BETA][root@apu2b2.localdomain]/root: zpool scrub zroot
                [2.4.0-BETA][root@apu2b2.localdomain]/root:
                
                [2.4.0-BETA][root@apu2b2.localdomain]/root: zpool status -v zroot
                  pool: zroot
                 state: ONLINE
                  scan: scrub repaired 0 in 0h0m with 0 errors on Tue Jan 17 20:55:02 2017
                config:
                
                        NAME        STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
                        zroot       ONLINE       0     0     0
                          ada0p3    ONLINE       0     0     0
                
                errors: No known data errors
                
                
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                  PiBa
                  last edited by

                  Try logging what its doing, might show that it fails to read (part of) some file? After a minute or two check the logfile possibly showing lots of commands repeating/hanging at the end of the log.. The try and find what if any file it was busy with at that time.?.

                  
                  truss -o /root/truss_pkg_upgrade.log pkg upgrade
                  
                  

                  Not sure if this is the best way, but it did help me find some problem files once..

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                    hda
                    last edited by

                    
                    [2.4.0-BETA][root@apu2b2.localdomain]/root: truss -o /root/truss_pkg_upgrade.log pkg upgrade
                    Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
                    Fetching meta.txz: 100%    940 B   0.9kB/s    00:01
                    Fetching packagesite.txz: 100%    2 KiB   1.8kB/s    00:01
                    Processing entries: 100%
                    pfSense-core repository update completed. 7 packages processed.
                    Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
                    Fetching meta.txz: 100%    940 B   0.9kB/s    00:01
                    Fetching packagesite.txz: 100%  120 KiB 122.6kB/s    00:01
                    Processing entries: 100%
                    pfSense repository update completed. 441 packages processed.
                    Checking for upgrades (0 candidates): 100%
                    Processing candidates (0 candidates): 100%
                    Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
                    Your packages are up to date.
                    [2.4.0-BETA][root@apu2b2.localdomain]/root:
                    
                    

                    A lot of "No such file or directory" in the log file i.e.

                    
                    [2.4.0-BETA][root@apu2b2.localdomain]/root: tail -40 truss_pkg_upgrade.log
                    access("/var/db/pkg/local.sqlite-journal",F_OK)  ERR#2 'No such file or directory'
                    fstat(12,{ mode=-rw-r--r-- ,inode=20540,size=109568,blksize=109568 }) = 0 (0x0)
                    pread(0xc,0x7fffffffd900,0x10,0x18)              = 16 (0x10)
                    fstat(12,{ mode=-rw-r--r-- ,inode=20540,size=109568,blksize=109568 }) = 0 (0x0)
                    access("/var/db/pkg/local.sqlite-wal",F_OK)      ERR#2 'No such file or directory'
                    fstat(12,{ mode=-rw-r--r-- ,inode=20540,size=109568,blksize=109568 }) = 0 (0x0)
                    fcntl(12,F_SETLK,0x7fffffffd8d0)                 = 0 (0x0)
                    stat("/var/db/pkg/local.sqlite",{ mode=-rw-r--r-- ,inode=20540,size=109568,blksize=109568 }) = 0 (0x0)
                    getpid()                                         = 86979 (0x153c3)
                    stat("/var/db/pkg/local.sqlite",{ mode=-rw-r--r-- ,inode=20540,size=109568,blksize=109568 }) = 0 (0x0)
                    openat(AT_FDCWD,"/var/db/pkg/local.sqlite-journal",O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_CLOEXEC,0644) = 17 (0x11)
                    fstat(17,{ mode=-rw-r--r-- ,inode=21580,size=0,blksize=131072 }) = 0 (0x0)
                    geteuid()                                        = 0 (0x0)
                    fchown(17,0,0)                                   = 0 (0x0)
                    fstat(17,{ mode=-rw-r--r-- ,inode=21580,size=0,blksize=131072 }) = 0 (0x0)
                    pwrite(0x11,0x8031d7908,0x200,0x0)               = 512 (0x200)
                    pwrite(0x11,0x7fffffffd914,0x4,0x200)            = 4 (0x4)
                    pwrite(0x11,0x803319b08,0x400,0x204)             = 1024 (0x400)
                    pwrite(0x11,0x7fffffffd914,0x4,0x604)            = 4 (0x4)
                    fcntl(12,F_SETLK,0x7fffffffd8c0)                 = 0 (0x0)
                    fcntl(12,F_SETLK,0x7fffffffd8c0)                 = 0 (0x0)
                    pwrite(0x11,0x7fffffffd8a4,0x4,0x608)            = 4 (0x4)
                    pwrite(0x11,0x803325d08,0x400,0x60c)             = 1024 (0x400)
                    pwrite(0x11,0x7fffffffd8a4,0x4,0xa0c)            = 4 (0x4)
                    pread(0x11,0x7fffffffd898,0x8,0xc00)             = 0 (0x0)
                    pwrite(0x11,0x7fffffffd888,0xc,0x0)              = 12 (0xc)
                    fsync(0x11)                                      = 0 (0x0)
                    openat(AT_FDCWD,"/var/db/pkg",O_CLOEXEC,00)      = 18 (0x12)
                    fsync(0x12)                                      = 0 (0x0)
                    close(18)                                        = 0 (0x0)
                    pwrite(0xc,0x803325d08,0x400,0x0)                = 1024 (0x400)
                    pwrite(0xc,0x803319b08,0x400,0x10400)            = 1024 (0x400)
                    fsync(0xc)                                       = 0 (0x0)
                    close(17)                                        = 0 (0x0)
                    unlink("/var/db/pkg/local.sqlite-journal")       = 0 (0x0)
                    fcntl(12,F_SETLK,0x7fffffffd840)                 = 0 (0x0)
                    fcntl(12,F_SETLK,0x7fffffffd840)                 = 0 (0x0)
                    fcntl(12,F_SETLK,0x7fffffffd860)                 = 0 (0x0)
                    exit(0x0)
                    process exit, rval = 0
                    [2.4.0-BETA][root@apu2b2.localdomain]/root:
                    
                    

                    Thanks again for pointing the methods. And I concluded that the database is missing.
                    So reinstall is mandatory I think.

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                      PiBa
                      last edited by

                      Hm but the command 'pkg upgrade' itself completed correctly right, what was the one that failed.? I dont have those -journal and -wal files myself either might be normal..

                      Was the failure with installing the pfsense package parts? Can you try?:

                      truss -o /root/truss_pkg_install.log pkg install pfSense pfSense-base pfSense-default-config pfSense-kernel-pfSense pfSense-rc pfSense-repo pfSense-upgrade
                      
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                        hda
                        last edited by

                        After 2min, aborted. 16MB file.

                        
                        [2.4.0-BETA][root@apu2b2.localdomain]/root: tail -40 truss_pkg_install.log
                        mkdir("/var/cache",0777)                         ERR#17 'File exists'
                        mkdir("/var/cache/pkg",0777)                     ERR#17 'File exists'
                        statfs("/var/cache/pkg",0x7fffffffd798)          ERR#2 'No such file or directory'
                        mkdir("/var",0777)                               ERR#17 'File exists'
                        mkdir("/var/cache",0777)                         ERR#17 'File exists'
                        mkdir("/var/cache/pkg",0777)                     ERR#17 'File exists'
                        statfs("/var/cache/pkg",0x7fffffffd798)          ERR#2 'No such file or directory'
                        mkdir("/var",0777)                               ERR#17 'File exists'
                        mkdir("/var/cache",0777)                         ERR#17 'File exists'
                        mkdir("/var/cache/pkg",0777)                     ERR#17 'File exists'
                        statfs("/var/cache/pkg",0x7fffffffd798)          ERR#2 'No such file or directory'
                        mkdir("/var",0777)                               ERR#17 'File exists'
                        mkdir("/var/cache",0777)                         ERR#17 'File exists'
                        mkdir("/var/cache/pkg",0777)                     ERR#17 'File exists'
                        statfs("/var/cache/pkg",0x7fffffffd798)          ERR#2 'No such file or directory'
                        mkdir("/var",0777)                               ERR#17 'File exists'
                        mkdir("/var/cache",0777)                         ERR#17 'File exists'
                        mkdir("/var/cache/pkg",0777)                     ERR#17 'File exists'
                        statfs("/var/cache/pkg",0x7fffffffd798)          ERR#2 'No such file or directory'
                        mkdir("/var",0777)                               ERR#17 'File exists'
                        mkdir("/var/cache",0777)                         ERR#17 'File exists'
                        SIGNAL 2 (SIGINT)
                        sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK,{ SIGINT },0x0)          = 0 (0x0)
                        write(2,"pkg: ",5)                               = 5 (0x5)
                        write(2,"\nsignal received, cleaning up",29)     = 29 (0x1d)
                        write(2,"\n",1)                                  = 1 (0x1)
                        unlink("pÙÿÿ")                          ERR#2 'No such file or directory'
                        rename("pÙÿÿ-pkgtemp","pÙÿÿ")          ERR#2 'No such file or directory'
                        unlink("pÙÿÿ-journal")                  ERR#2 'No such file or directory'
                        unlink("pÙÿÿ")                          ERR#2 'No such file or directory'
                        rename("pÙÿÿ-pkgtemp","pÙÿÿ")          ERR#2 'No such file or directory'
                        unlink("pÙÿÿ-journal")                  ERR#2 'No such file or directory'
                        unlink("pÙÿÿ")                          ERR#2 'No such file or directory'
                        rename("pÙÿÿ-pkgtemp","pÙÿÿ")          ERR#2 'No such file or directory'
                        unlink("pÙÿÿ-journal")                  ERR#2 'No such file or directory'
                        unlink("pÙÿÿ")                          ERR#2 'No such file or directory'
                        rename("pÙÿÿ-pkgtemp","pÙÿÿ")          ERR#2 'No such file or directory'
                        unlink("pÙÿÿ-journal")                  ERR#2 'No such file or directory'
                        exit(0x1)
                        process exit, rval = 1
                        [2.4.0-BETA][root@apu2b2.localdomain]/root:
                        
                        

                        Circular ?

                        
                        [2.4.0-BETA][root@apu2b2.localdomain]/var/cache: ls -l
                        total 1
                        lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  24 Jan 16 16:51 pkg -> ../../root/var/cache/pkg
                        [2.4.0-BETA][root@apu2b2.localdomain]/var/cache:
                        
                        
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                          PiBa
                          last edited by

                          So the "SIGNAL 2 (SIGINT)" is probably from you pressing Ctrl+C, and before that its looping over the same 4 commands..
                          What happens right before it enters that 'loop'?
                          Can you check if /var/cache/pkg/ exists, and all files seem 'valid' no 0 byte files or something? Or just throw the whole pkg folder in there away or rename it.?.

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                            PiBa
                            last edited by

                            Can you disable memory disks if you have those enabled? For me on a regular full install it isn't a 'linked' folder..

                            [2.4.0-BETA][root@pfSe.localdomain]/var/cache: ls -l
                            total 105
                            drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel   16 Jan 18 22:44 pkg
                            
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                              hda
                              last edited by

                              I do not have RAM-disk enabled.

                              
                              [2.4.0-BETA][root@apu2b2.localdomain]/: find / -name pkg
                              /var/cache/pkg
                              /var/db/pkg
                              /var/db/pkg/pkg
                              /etc/pkg
                              /usr/share/keys/pkg
                              /usr/local/pkg
                              /usr/local/sbin/pkg
                              /usr/local/etc/pkg
                              /usr/local/share/pfSense/pkg
                              /usr/local/share/pfSense/keys/pkg
                              /usr/sbin/pkg
                              
                              

                              And this is all that is there for "db pkg":

                              
                              [2.4.0-BETA][root@apu2b2.localdomain]/: ls -l /var/db/pkg/pkg
                              lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  21 Jan 16 16:51 /var/db/pkg/pkg -> ../../root/var/db/pkg
                              [2.4.0-BETA][root@apu2b2.localdomain]/: ls -l /var/db/pkg/
                              total 483
                              -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  109568 Jan 18 22:25 local.sqlite
                              -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel     246 Jan 18 21:59 pfSense-core.meta
                              -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel     246 Jan 18 16:55 pfSense.meta
                              lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel      21 Jan 16 16:51 pkg -> ../../root/var/db/pkg
                              -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   70656 Jan 18 22:26 repo-pfSense-core.sqlite
                              -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  832512 Jan 18 22:26 repo-pfSense.sqlite
                              [2.4.0-BETA][root@apu2b2.localdomain]/:
                              
                              
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                                PiBa
                                last edited by

                                My vote go's to getting rid of those linked pkg folders..
                                Mine:

                                [2.4.0-BETA][root@pfSe.localdomain]/var/cache: ls -l /var/db/pkg
                                total 3667
                                -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  6195200 Jan 18 22:44 local.sqlite
                                -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel      246 Jan 18 21:59 pfSense-core.meta
                                -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel      246 Jan 18 16:55 pfSense.meta
                                -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel    70656 Jan 18 22:42 repo-pfSense-core.sqlite
                                -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   832512 Jan 18 22:42 repo-pfSense.sqlite
                                
                                [2.4.0-BETA][root@pfSe.localdomain]/var/cache: ls -l
                                total 105
                                drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel   16 Jan 18 22:44 pkg
                                drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  474 Jan 18 19:43 pkg X
                                
                                [2.4.0-BETA][root@pfSe.localdomain]/var/cache:
                                
                                

                                The place that "pkg -> ../../root/var/db/pkg" points to doesnt seem to exist.. I would try and delete it. And also from /var/cache/
                                pkg should recreate the cache folder itself when it downloads new stuff..

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                                  hda
                                  last edited by

                                  Beautyfull !
                                  Yes, the removal of the link-files freed up the update & recreation processes.
                                  Thanks PiBa.

                                  
                                  ...
                                  pfSense 2.4.0-BETA amd64 Wed Jan 18 14:23:45 CST 2017
                                  Bootup complete
                                  
                                  FreeBSD/amd64 (apu2b2.localdomain) (ttyu0)
                                  
                                  *** Welcome to pfSense 2.4.0-BETA (amd64) on apu2b2 ***
                                  ...
                                  
                                  

                                  :) :) :)

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                                    athurdent
                                    last edited by

                                    Just freshly installed pfSense-CE-2.4.0-BETA-amd64-20170119-1521.iso on a KVM.

                                    Same error:

                                    pkg: No package(s) matching pfSense-kernel-*
                                    

                                    Issuing

                                    pkg install pfSense pfSense-base pfSense-default-config pfSense-kernel-pfSense pfSense-rc pfSense-repo pfSense-upgrade
                                    

                                    seems to have fixed it.

                                    Maybe related to changes introduced in Bug #7086?

                                    zfs list
                                    NAME                 USED  AVAIL  REFER  MOUNTPOINT
                                    zroot                592M  45.7G    96K  /zroot
                                    zroot/ROOT           455M  45.7G    96K  none
                                    zroot/ROOT/default   454M  45.7G   454M  /
                                    zroot/tmp            336K  45.7G   336K  /tmp
                                    zroot/var            137M  45.7G   137M  /var
                                    
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                                    • jimpJ
                                      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                      last edited by

                                      Does this still happen on a current snapshot?

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                                        athurdent
                                        last edited by

                                        Nope, Renato fixed it. I also reinstalled my primary system today, all fine.

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