Netgate Discussion Forum
    • Categories
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Search
    • Register
    • Login

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

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved 2.4 Development Snapshots
    24 Posts 5 Posters 12.9k Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • D
      doktornotor Banned
      last edited by

      OK, thanks. ;)

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • H
        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
        ....
        
        
        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • 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.

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • H
            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
            
            
            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • 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..

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • H
                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.

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • 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
                  
                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • H
                    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:
                    
                    
                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • 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.?.

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • 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
                        
                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • H
                          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]/:
                          
                          
                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • 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..

                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • H
                              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 ***
                              ...
                              
                              

                              :) :) :)

                              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • A
                                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
                                
                                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • jimpJ
                                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                  last edited by

                                  Does this still happen on a current snapshot?

                                  Remember: Upvote with the 👍 button for any user/post you find to be helpful, informative, or deserving of recognition!

                                  Need help fast? Netgate Global Support!

                                  Do not Chat/PM for help!

                                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • A
                                    athurdent
                                    last edited by

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

                                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • Sergei_ShablovskyS Sergei_Shablovsky referenced this topic on
                                    • Sergei_ShablovskyS Sergei_Shablovsky referenced this topic on
                                    • Sergei_ShablovskyS Sergei_Shablovsky referenced this topic on
                                    • Sergei_ShablovskyS Sergei_Shablovsky referenced this topic on
                                    • Sergei_ShablovskyS Sergei_Shablovsky referenced this topic on
                                    • Sergei_ShablovskyS Sergei_Shablovsky referenced this topic on
                                    • Sergei_ShablovskyS Sergei_Shablovsky referenced this topic on
                                    • First post
                                      Last post
                                    Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC (Netgate). All rights reserved.