Update to 2.4.5 not reporting on Dashboard correctly?

alano

My dashboard shows:

Yet, System/Update/System Update/ shows:

Why the discrepancy?

jimp

Your upgrade may not have completed fully. Connect via ssh or the console, then go to a shell and run pfSense-upgrade -d and see what that reports.

alano

Here's the result:

>>> Updating repositories metadata...
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
Fetching meta.txz: . done
Fetching packagesite.txz: . done
Processing entries: . done
pfSense-core repository update completed. 7 packages processed.
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
Fetching meta.txz: . done
Fetching packagesite.txz: .......... done
Processing entries:
Processing entries............. done
pfSense repository update completed. 522 packages processed.
All repositories are up to date.

The following 2 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
	pfSense: 2.4.4_3 -> 2.4.5 [pfSense]
	p7zip: 16.02_1 -> 16.02_2 [pfSense]

Number of packages to be upgraded: 2

**** WARNING ****
Reboot will be required!!
Proceed with upgrade? (y/N) Aborting...

jimp

So somehow the meta package didn't update. Run that again and let it do whatever it wants, then it should be OK.

alano

My Dashboard is now showing:

However, System/Update/System Update shows:

Should the Dashboard version be showing 2.4.5?

jimp

Yes, it should.

What does this output from a command prompt: pkg info -x pfsense

alano

@jimp said in Update to 2.4.5 not reporting on Dashboard correctly?:

pkg info -x pfsense

I get...

pfSense-2.4.5
pfSense-Status_Monitoring-1.7.11_1
pfSense-base-2.4.5
pfSense-default-config-2.4.5
pfSense-kernel-pfSense-2.4.5
pfSense-pkg-Cron-0.3.7_3
pfSense-pkg-openvpn-client-export-1.4.20
pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-2.1.4_22
pfSense-pkg-snort-3.2.9.10_2
pfSense-rc-2.4.5
pfSense-repo-2.4.5
pfSense-upgrade-0.83
php72-pfSense-module-0.65

jimp

And what does this show?

cat /etc/version

It's starting to sound like maybe the base update was interrupted. Did you maybe pull the power or reset the box while it was in the middle of the upgrade?

alano

@jimp said in Update to 2.4.5 not reporting on Dashboard correctly?:

cat /etc/version

I get...

2.4.4-RELEASE

Should I just execute this command and force a reinstall:

pkg-static upgrade -f

jimp

You can, but there isn't any assurance that you'd end up with a proper system by the end of it. It will probably also take longer to do that than to reinstall+restore. But if you want to try, we can't stop you. :-)

alano

I'll take your lead, what would you do in my situation? I don't have much experience with pfsense and could use some guidance.

Thanks for your help!

jimp

I would download the 2.4.5 installer for your hardware, take a backup, and reinstall. Use the "recover config.xml" option in the installer. You'll be back up in just a few minutes.