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

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    • P
      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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        • P
          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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            • P
              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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                • P
                  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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                  • P
                    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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                      • P
                        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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