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      faust @ashes00
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      @ashes00 said in Zabbix agent broken on 2.4.4? PHP error:

      @jimp I reinstalled the zabbix-agent 34, and still got the same problem. I guess all zabbix-agents were updated to 2.4.4! I guess I'll just wait until I update to 2.4.4

      @ashes00 See my precedent post, if you can get the old version of the pkg, you could reinstall it by CLI.

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by jimp

        OK, I was able to reproduce your original issue on a fresh 2.4.4 VM with some config editing. It had nothing to do with zabbix, but that was the first package you tried to install.

        The patch I posted a few replies up was the fix.

        https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/9067

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          jarlel @jimp
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          @jimp said in Zabbix agent broken on 2.4.4? PHP error:

          $config['installedpackages'] = array();
          write_config('Add installedpackages container');

          No other packages installed. Nothing has been done to remove packages to my knowledge.

          I tried to run the command, seemed to execute ok.
          Then tried installing Zabbix 3.2, but with an issue:

          Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Cannot use string offset as an array in /etc/inc/pkg-utils.inc:790
          Stack trace:
          #0 /etc/rc.packages(74): install_package_xml('zabbix-agent32')
          #1 {main}
          thrown in /etc/inc/pkg-utils.inc on line 790
          PHP ERROR: Type: 1, File: /etc/inc/pkg-utils.inc, Line: 790, Message: Uncaught Error: Cannot use string offset as an array in /etc/inc/pkg-utils.inc:790
          Stack trace:
          #0 /etc/rc.packages(74): install_package_xml('zabbix-agent32')
          #1 {main}
          thrownpkg-static: POST-INSTALL script failed

          Cleaning up cache... done.

          Might be an idea to try the patch instead?
          How should I install the patch?

          Thanks.

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          • jimpJ
            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
            last edited by

            Install the System Patches package and make a new entry for b77f0bf1311b617793dc40ea779512eb24805727 and then fetch/apply.

            After that you should be able to install packages.

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              jarlel
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              Thanks, but kind of biting my own tail here:

              Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Cannot use string offset as an array in /etc/inc/pkg-utils.inc:790
              Stack trace:
              #0 /etc/rc.packages(74): install_package_xml('System_Patches')
              #1 {main}
              thrown in /etc/inc/pkg-utils.inc on line 790
              PHP ERROR: Type: 1, File: /etc/inc/pkg-utils.inc, Line: 790, Message: Uncaught Error: Cannot use string offset as an array in /etc/inc/pkg-utils.inc:790
              Stack trace:
              #0 /etc/rc.packages(74): install_package_xml('System_Patches')
              #1 {main}
              thrownpkg-static: POST-INSTALL script failed

              Cleaning up cache... done.

              Any alternatives to get the patch installed?

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              • jimpJ
                jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                last edited by

                Ah, yeah, catch-22 there. Duh. Clearly my coffee hasn't kicked in yet.

                Try this from an ssh shell or the Diagnostics > Command page in the shell exec box:

                curl https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/b77f0bf1311b617793dc40ea779512eb24805727.diff | patch --directory=/ -p2 --ignore-whitespace
                

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                  jarlel
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                  @jimp said in Zabbix agent broken on 2.4.4? PHP error:

                  curl https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/b77f0bf1311b617793dc40ea779512eb24805727.diff | patch --directory=/ -p2 --ignore-whitespace

                  Yes, that worked :-) Zabbix 3.2 installed! Thanks!

                  Will this also work on 2.4.3?

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                  • jimpJ
                    jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                    last edited by

                    It's not necessary on 2.4.3, the bug that patch is fixing is only on 2.4.4.

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                      jarlel
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                      Hm, ok. I have an issue that is related to PHP major versions - I am not allowed to install Zabbix on 2.4.3 as it raises some kind of "PHP Major version" issue. Says I need to upgrade first?

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                      • jimpJ
                        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                        last edited by

                        Yes, that's not related to this. As the message says, you need to upgrade to 2.4.4 before you can install or upgrade packages.

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                          jarlel @jimp
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                          @jimp said in Zabbix agent broken on 2.4.4? PHP error:

                          Yes, that's not related to this. As the message says, you need to upgrade to 2.4.4 before you can install or upgrade packages.

                          Ok, so package install doesn't work on 2.4.3? Or is it just related to some specific packages?

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                          • jimpJ
                            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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                            As has been covered in numerous threads all over the forum, you can't install new packages on 2.4.3 because it will break the system as it's trying to pull things in from the 2.4.4 upgrade repo.

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                              jarlel @jimp
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                              @jimp said in Zabbix agent broken on 2.4.4? PHP error:

                              As has been covered in numerous threads all over the forum, you can't install new packages on 2.4.3 because it will break the system as it's trying to pull things in from the 2.4.4 upgrade repo.

                              Ok, noted. Thanks.

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