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    • emammadovE
      emammadov
      last edited by

      Hello,
      Today, I see Available Packages is empty in Package Manager. Yesterday, it was full of packages. It is the same for everyone today?

      Elvin

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      • asv345hA
        asv345h
        last edited by

        Same here.

        I had the same issue yesterday ~11:00 UTC. As I was troubleshooting I checked again and the available packaged reappeared along with some updated installed packaged. I figured the package repo is taken offline while adding updates. Is that how it works? It's around 11 now.

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          sotirone @emammadov
          last edited by

          @emammadov Do you happen to have high CPU usage?

          I have one instance of pkg-static using one core at 100% for the last 45 minutes after a reboot, load average at 1.3.

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          • asv345hA
            asv345h @sotirone
            last edited by

            @sotirone
            Yes

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              sotirone @asv345h
              last edited by

              @asv345h Just checked after my first comment, I now have two instances of pkg-static occupying two out of four cores at 100%. Total CPU usage around 55%, temps in the 70s (HP T620 thin client) and one-minute load average of 2.59.

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              • RicoR
                Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
                last edited by Rico

                I've had the same problem with pkg-static eating one core, after ~1 hour the process disappeared without reboot or anything, so just be patient.
                But I disabled the dashboard update check in the Update Settings.

                -Rico

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                • emammadovE
                  emammadov
                  last edited by

                  Do you know when it is going to be fixed?

                  Elvin

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                  • michaeleinoM
                    michaeleino
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                    • michaeleinoM
                      michaeleino
                      last edited by

                      the same here !!
                      I have failed to perform an upgrade from 2.4.4_1 to 2.4.4_2... the box keeps stuck at initializing system update :/

                      Any time estimation ?

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                      • ?
                        A Former User
                        last edited by A Former User

                        DNS Serveur seem to be broken

                        set type=ANY
                        pkg.pfsense.org
                        Serveur : rooter.myrezo.priv
                        Address: 192.168.190.254

                        pfsense.org
                        primary name server = ns1.netgate.com
                        responsible mail addr = admin.netgate.com
                        serial = 201608344
                        refresh = 3600 (1 hour)
                        retry = 7200 (2 hours)
                        expire = 1209600 (14 days)
                        default TTL = 3600 (1 hour)

                        No SRV record avaible

                        ns1.netgate.com IS OUT no response

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                        • emammadovE
                          emammadov
                          last edited by

                          We are running pfsense 2.4.4-RELEASE-p2, everything was okay until now, this problem occurred today.

                          Elvin

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                            kweetwel
                            last edited by

                            With my Qotom i5 firewall also a 100% CPU usage from pkg-static. I can't update the box.
                            I did a reinstall and then found this thread... :(

                            PowerD is running the Minimum setting. On adaptive the CPU reached 90c. Now the temperature is around 50c

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                              sotirone @kweetwel
                              last edited by

                              @kweetwel To avoid high CPU utilization and temperature first go to System -> Update -> Update settings and check "Disable the Dashboard auto-update check". Then reboot the firewall and pkg-static is not going to start. Remember to re-enable it when the repo problem is fixed.

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                                kweetwel @sotirone
                                last edited by

                                @sotirone Thanks for the tip. Already did it. The only thing is, that the process still was restarting after I killed it. The temps are under control at the moment, so I'm a little less stressed. :)

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                                  geovaneg
                                  last edited by

                                  We are running pfsense 2.4.4-RELEASE-p2, the same problem occurred today.

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                                    tomstephens89
                                    last edited by

                                    Same problem here on 2 boxes, since 1PM London time. Unacceptable if pfSense is being offered a commercial product under the Netgate brand.

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                                    • emammadovE
                                      emammadov
                                      last edited by

                                      It would be nice to hear a reply from pfsense about this problem.

                                      Elvin

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                                      • RicoR
                                        Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
                                        last edited by

                                        Disable the dashboard automatic update check, the process will disappear after some time (max ~1 hour). No reboot or anything is required.
                                        I'm sure the Devs will fix this issue in future.
                                        Shit happens sometimes...months ago I had some 30.000 € HP BTO Server dead on arrival. 🙃

                                        -Rico

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                                        • RicoR
                                          Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @emammadov
                                          last edited by

                                          @emammadov said in Available Packages is empty in Package Manager:

                                          It would be nice to hear a reply from pfsense about this problem.

                                          https://twitter.com/NetgateUSA/status/1088455647807455232

                                          -Rico

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                                          • emammadovE
                                            emammadov
                                            last edited by

                                            Thank you for your reply. But it would be also nice to see this kind of messages in the section of "Message from the pfSense team"".

                                            Elvin

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