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    KB8DOA @bingo600
    last edited by KB8DOA Sep 23, 2022, 3:55 PM Sep 23, 2022, 3:53 PM

    @bingo600

    Can you clarify:
    I am running v22.01
    Should the pfSense.conf file have pfSense_plus-v22_05_amd-core ?

    And do I need to reboot after fixing this?

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      bingo600 @KB8DOA
      last edited by Sep 23, 2022, 3:58 PM

      @kb8doa

      OOpzz - I missed that you are running 22.01 , thought you were on 22.05

      According to Netgate , if you have switched to the Development "train" , and then back to "normal" , your file should contain the correct lines.

      @stephenw10
      Any wise words here ?

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        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by Sep 23, 2022, 4:03 PM

        Yeah, switch to dev(22.11) and then back to prev(22.01). The should restore the correct repos pkg.

        You shouldn't need to edit anything manually. But if you do then, yes, it should be 22_01 since that's what you're running.

        Steve

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          KB8DOA @bingo600
          last edited by Sep 23, 2022, 4:03 PM

          @bingo600

          Did you mean switch the Firmware Branch to "Latest development snapshots (Experimental 22.09 DEVEL)" then Save
          Then
          switch the Firmware Branch to "Previous stable version (22.01)" then Save
          ?

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            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by Sep 23, 2022, 4:05 PM

            Yes, that ^.

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              KB8DOA @stephenw10
              last edited by KB8DOA Sep 23, 2022, 4:11 PM Sep 23, 2022, 4:06 PM

              @stephenw10

              Reboot needed?
              Because that did not resolve it for me.

              Still getting "There are no packages currently installed."

              And if I go to System Update, getting "Unable to check for updates"

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                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by Sep 23, 2022, 4:12 PM

                Check the system log. Do you see the repo package being upgraded and then downgraded again?

                This could be a completely different problem of course.

                Try running at the command line: pkg -d update
                See what error it throws.

                Steve

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                  KB8DOA @stephenw10
                  last edited by KB8DOA Sep 23, 2022, 4:17 PM Sep 23, 2022, 4:17 PM

                  @stephenw10 @bingo600

                  It is now working and is seeing updates and packages correctly for v22.01

                  Thank you all, for your assistance.

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                    TheQuank @Matt2
                    last edited by Nov 19, 2022, 12:02 AM

                    @matt2 Worked on my Super Micro 1537 one too. Thanks so much!

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                      gothixkhan
                      last edited by Dec 18, 2022, 10:56 PM

                      @bingo600 said in Unable to check for updates (SOLVED):

                      https://forum.netgate.com/post/1062058

                      My sincerest apologies to revive a resolved thread.
                      currently experiencing this error.
                      switching the upgrade channel to DEVEL and back to upgrade+ did not work for me.

                      command pkg -d update keeps throwing certificate errors.

                      this is a fresh install of pfsense 2.6

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                        bingo600 @gothixkhan
                        last edited by Dec 19, 2022, 5:38 AM

                        @gothixkhan
                        The above solution, was due to an update error that Netgate made.
                        I doubt they would make the same mistake again.

                        I think there is something else : Than an incomplete update URL, causing your issue.

                        /Bingo

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                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by Dec 19, 2022, 12:38 PM

                          Yes, any error you're seeing now is not the same cause.
                          What's the actual error 'pkg -d update' shows?

                          I know there were some backend issues yesterday you could potentially have been hitting.

                          Steve

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                            gothixkhan @stephenw10
                            last edited by Dec 20, 2022, 4:38 PM

                            @stephenw10 it alternates between Certificate and authentication issues.

                            it flips on reboot.

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                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by Dec 20, 2022, 5:11 PM

                              Can we see the exact error text?

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                                gothixkhan @stephenw10
                                last edited by Dec 20, 2022, 6:00 PM

                                @stephenw10 not anymore, apparently.
                                it works now?

                                I'm sorry

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                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                  last edited by Dec 20, 2022, 6:01 PM

                                  Cool, good to hear. 👍

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                                    gothixkhan @stephenw10
                                    last edited by Dec 20, 2022, 6:03 PM

                                    @stephenw10 just to clarify what I did and why it worked.

                                    I had it set to the development branch.
                                    I think you guys had a release either yesterday or the day before.
                                    the updater + upgrade to pf+ only works because it picked up the new release, which is 20221220.1549

                                    up until yesterday it was erroring out.

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                                      briddle @Matt2
                                      last edited by Jan 5, 2023, 11:23 PM

                                      @matt2

                                      I had the same issue and this worked like a charm!

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                                        wifi-will @sgc
                                        last edited by Jan 10, 2023, 1:43 AM

                                        @sgc Fixed for me. THankyou!

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                                          Jare 0
                                          last edited by Jan 13, 2023, 1:44 PM

                                          Still having trouble with this.

                                          I'm on a 6100 - running 22.01.

                                          When running "pkg -d update" I get different errors depending on the selected firmware branch. I get an invalid link error on the release branches and the dev branch gives me much more... few examples below. I can post the entire result if needed.

                                          "pkg: Repository pfSense-core has a wrong packagesite, need to re-create database"

                                          "DBG(1)[79952]> PkgRepo: need forced update of pfSense-core"

                                          "pkg: wrong architecture: FreeBSD:14:amd64 instead of FreeBSD:12:amd64"

                                          "pkg: repository pfSense-core contains packages with wrong ABI: FreeBSD:14:amd64"

                                          "Processing entries... done"

                                          "Unable to update repository pfSense-core"

                                          "Error updating repositories!"

                                          I've searched around and found some info on forced update of the database but thought I'd check in here first.

                                          Thank you.

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