Unable to check for updates & package manager broken after reinstall and restore

paftdunk

Full backup of my 2.3.3p1 was restored to another disk on the same firewall hardware. Everything works except for System Update (error: Unable to check for updates ) and Package Manager (exclamation marks beside each package.)

It was working fine before the restore.
From console, pkg update works fine.
Toggling which branch I'm pointed at doesn't make any difference.

pfSense-upgrade
pkg: No package(s) matching pfSense-kernel-*
...
All repositories are up-to-date.
ERROR: Unable to compare version of pfSense-repo

curl updates.pfsense.org
files02.nyi.netgate.com

I can't find errors anywhere. None of the older similar threads seem to have anything that applies. I'd appreciate tips on where to look or what to poke.

paftdunk

Anyone?

jimp

What do you mean by "full backup"? Just a copy of config.xml? Or did you attempt some sort of full-disk image or archive?

From the little output you have shown, it is missing a kernel package somehow. You can reinstall one easily. If it is a normal installation (VGA console), run:

pkg install pfSense-kernel-pfSense

If that doesn't help, post the output of this command and we can see what else is missing:

pkg info