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    • QinnQ
      Qinn
      last edited by Qinn

      Upgrade hangs anyone any good idea's ?

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      Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
      Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
      Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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      • chpalmerC
        chpalmer
        last edited by

        try again later.. usually late at night is best. The servers are probably busy.

        Triggering snowflakes one by one..
        Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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        • QinnQ
          Qinn @chpalmer
          last edited by

          @chpalmer Thanks for your reply, I think there is more wrong I can't deinstall any packages either, what I choose install or remove it says

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          Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
          Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
          Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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          • GertjanG
            Gertjan
            last edited by

            See other threads : the package sub system is 'not happy'.

            Use the 'real' admin mode (SSH) access, option 8) and look :
            top
            ps ax | grep 'pkg'

            Take the manual, and use the commands to do pkg 'refresh' the local installed package datebase, have it synced, updated, upgraded.
            Check memory used during all this (run top or install htop (pkg install htop) in a separate admin SSH windows).
            Disk space while your at it.
            Do some fdsk runs while your looking at the latest video about how to do this fsck thing.

            No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
            Edit : and where are the logs ??

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            • QinnQ
              Qinn @Gertjan
              last edited by

              @Gertjan I wanne try to refresh pkg any links or how to?

              Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
              Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
              Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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              • QinnQ
                Qinn @Qinn
                last edited by

                When it hangs....

                78285  0  S+      0:00.00 grep pkg
                [2.4.5-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root: ps ax | grep 'pkg'
                53675  -  IN      0:00.00 /bin/sh /etc/rc.update_pkg_metadata
                56258  -  IC      0:00.01 tee -a /cf/conf/pkg_log_pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-devel
                56497  -  I       0:00.00 pkg-static -o EVENT_PIPE=/tmp/pfSense-upgrade.sock up
                56729  -  I       0:01.74 pkg-static -o EVENT_PIPE=/tmp/pfSense-upgrade.sock up
                85699  0  S+      0:00.00 grep pkg
                
                

                Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
                Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
                Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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                • GertjanG
                  Gertjan @Qinn
                  last edited by Gertjan

                  @Qinn said in Upgrade hangs:

                  any links or how to?

                  It's quoted several times per day now : the pfSense Manual ...
                  Just use a web browser of your choice, a serach enign of your choice, and type in some words like
                  pfsense fix what seems to be is a broken package manager

                  The most pertinent solution, as always, will be on the first link proposed.

                  edit :
                  About : /etc/rc.update_pkg_metadata

                  53675  -  IN      0:00.00 /bin/sh /etc/rc.update_pkg_metadata
                  ......
                  56497  -  I       0:00.00 pkg-static -o EVENT_PIPE=/tmp/pfSense-upgrade.sock up
                  56729  -  I       0:01.74 pkg-static -o EVENT_PIPE=/tmp/pfSense-upgrade.sock up
                  

                  These tend to stay in memory 'some' time.
                  Read the file /etc/rc.update_pkg_metadata

                  At start, a random value is created with "/etc/rc.update_pkg_metadata
                  Like

                  [2.4.5-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.brit-hotel-fumel.net]/root: jot -r 1 1 86399
                  22812
                  [2.4.5-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.brit-hotel-fumel.net]/root: jot -r 1 1 86399
                  53126
                  [2.4.5-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.brit-hotel-fumel.net]/root: jot -r 1 1 86399
                  24569
                  [2.4.5-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.brit-hotel-fumel.net]/root: jot -r 1 1 86399
                  12048
                  [2.4.5-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.brit-hotel-fumel.net]/root: jot -r 1 1 86399
                  5903
                  [2.4.5-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.brit-hotel-fumel.net]/root: jot -r 1 1 86399
                  78851
                  [2.4.5-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.brit-hotel-fumel.net]/root: jot -r 1 1 86399
                  17255
                  

                  Saw the "78851", that's a little bit more as 21 hours before it continues.

                  When I executed manually a second

                  /etc/rc.update_pkg_metadata now
                  

                  the instances were running in parallel.
                  The "now" version should run to the end right away.

                  I guess this is some part of the pfSense system that does like the automatic "WindowsUpdate" .

                  No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                  Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                  • R
                    Ramosel
                    last edited by

                    Working on another problem with Anthony, I sent almost the same identical screenshot as your first one to him this morning. I too had what I thought was a lockup (on a Netgate SG-4860). I walked away waiting for a response and did a couple of chores. It did finally finish completely with a success noted. The removal/reinstall has not resolved the issue I’m having, we’re still working on that.

                    Question: Did you recently update to pfSense 2.4.5_P1?

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                    • QinnQ
                      Qinn @Ramosel
                      last edited by

                      @Ramosel The sequence was, I tried to upgrade pfBlockerNG, which got “stuck”, then I upgraded to pfS tot 2.4.5-p1, which did not change anything. Finally I tried to use the Install script to install pfBolckerNG beta. As that didn’t solve it, I decided to re-install pfS.

                      Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
                      Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
                      Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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                      • R
                        Ramosel @Qinn
                        last edited by Ramosel

                        @Qinn
                        I pretty much did the same thing. My issues started after the pfSense 2.4.5_p1 update. The new devel and beta script installed ok but the DNSBL "Unbound python mode" is returning "unknown" in the IF and Source fields of the report. I've uninstalled/reinstalled everything BUT pfSense 2.4.5_p1... still won't work. If I return DNSBLE to "Unbound mode", it works fine.... those 2 fields populate on the reports page correctly. I've sent what I can to Anthony... waiting for a response or request to try the pfSense reload.

                        My system appeared to get "stuck" doing the uninstall... but it did complete on it's own.

                        Did reinstalling pfSense fix your issue?

                        Is there a good whitepaper on doing the pfSense reload??

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                        • GertjanG
                          Gertjan @Qinn
                          last edited by

                          @Qinn said in Upgrade hangs:

                          The sequence was, I tried to upgrade pfBlockerNG, which got “stuck”, then I upgraded to pfS tot 2.4.5-p1

                          That's another known thing that should not be done. Read again the update procedure.
                          Like here : [pfSense 2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 Now Available](https://www.netgate.com/blog/pfsense-2-4-5-release-p1-now-available.html

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                          Or read the manual. The video .... Forum posts ....

                          No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                          Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                          • QinnQ
                            Qinn @Ramosel
                            last edited by Qinn

                            @Ramosel said in Upgrade hangs:

                            @Qinn

                            Did reinstalling pfSense fix your issue?

                            Yes, I installed 2.4.5-p1 and restored config and all is well.

                            Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
                            Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
                            Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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