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Boboki

@s0m3f00l And you made sure to go into the GUI, to the update settings and change it tp previous version 23.01 then save before you did that, correct?

s0m3f00l

@Boboki Yes sir

Update Settings

System Update

Boboki

@s0m3f00l Well, that is unfortunate. I guess try that with other suggestions and see if combo of this works. It worked for me on bare metal, so was worth posting. Good luck!

s0m3f00l

Okay this one appears to work.

The basic process appears to be:

In Gui Set System Update to previous version
Goto console and enter 'pkg-static update -f'
In console enter 'pkg-static clean -ay; pkg-static install -fy pkg pfSense-repo
pfSense-upgrade'
'exit' the console
Goto GUI and change System Update to Current Stable (23.05) version
Goto admin page and use option '13'
Update starts and completes as normal.

Thanks to @Boboki for starting my path to upgrading.

See output below:

[23.01-RELEASE][admin@pfSense]/root: pkg-static update -f
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...

Fetching meta.conf: 100%    163 B   0.2kB/s    00:01
Fetching packagesite.pkg: 100%    2 KiB   1.8kB/s    00:01
Processing entries: 100%
pfSense-core repository update completed. 7 packages processed.
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
Fetching meta.conf: 100%    163 B   0.2kB/s    00:01
Fetching packagesite.pkg: 100%  142 KiB 145.7kB/s    00:01
Processing entries: 100%
pfSense repository update completed. 501 packages processed.
All repositories are up to date.

[23.01-RELEASE][admin@pfSense]/root: pkg-static clean -ay; pkg-static install -fy pkg pfSense-repo pfSense-upgrade
Nothing to do.
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
pfSense-core repository is up to date.
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
pfSense repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
The following 3 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

Installed packages to be DOWNGRADED:
        pfSense-upgrade: 1.0_66 -> 1.0_61 [pfSense]
        pkg: 1.19.1_1 -> 1.18.4_4 [pfSense]

Installed packages to be REINSTALLED:
        pfSense-repo-23.01 [pfSense]

Number of packages to be reinstalled: 1
Number of packages to be downgraded: 2

9 MiB to be downloaded.
[1/3] Fetching pfSense-repo-23.01.pkg: 100%    6 KiB   6.0kB/s    00:01
[2/3] Fetching pfSense-upgrade-1.0_61.pkg: 100%   22 KiB  22.5kB/s    00:01
[3/3] Fetching pkg-1.18.4_4.pkg: 100%    9 MiB   1.8MB/s    00:05
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
[1/3] Reinstalling pfSense-repo-23.01...
[1/3] Extracting pfSense-repo-23.01: 100%
[2/3] Downgrading pfSense-upgrade from 1.0_66 to 1.0_61...
[2/3] Extracting pfSense-upgrade-1.0_61: 100%
[3/3] Downgrading pkg from 1.19.1_1 to 1.18.4_4...
[3/3] Extracting pkg-1.18.4_4: 100%
You may need to manually remove /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf if it is no longer needed.
[23.01-RELEASE][admin@pfSense]/root: exit
exit
Netgate 3100 -    (OUTPUT OMITTED)

*** Welcome to Netgate pfSense Plus 23.01-RELEASE (arm) on pfSense_Edge ***

(OUTPUT OMITTED)

 0) Logout (SSH only)                  9) pfTop
 1) Assign Interfaces                 10) Filter Logs
 2) Set interface(s) IP address       11) Restart webConfigurator
 3) Reset webConfigurator password    12) PHP shell + Netgate pfSense Plus tools
 4) Reset to factory defaults         13) Update from console
 5) Reboot system                     14) Disable Secure Shell (sshd)
 6) Halt system                       15) Restore recent configuration
 7) Ping host                         16) Restart PHP-FPM
 8) Shell

Enter an option: 13

Your Netgate device has pfSense+ as part of your device purchase.
>>> Setting vital flag on pfSense-upgrade... done.
ERROR: It was not possible to determine pfSense-u-boot-3100 remote version
ERROR: It was not possible to determine pkg remote version
>>> Updating repositories metadata...
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
Fetching meta.conf: . done
Fetching packagesite.pkg: . done
Processing entries: . done
pfSense-core repository update completed. 7 packages processed.
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
Fetching meta.conf: . done
Fetching packagesite.pkg: .......... done
Processing entries: .......... done
pfSense repository update completed. 501 packages processed.
All repositories are up to date.
>>> Setting vital flag on pkg... done.
Your packages are up to date
Netgate 3100 -    (OUTPUT OMITTED)

*** Welcome to Netgate pfSense Plus 23.01-RELEASE (arm) on pfSense_Edge ***

(OUTPUT OMITTED)

 
 0) Logout (SSH only)                  9) pfTop
 1) Assign Interfaces                 10) Filter Logs
 2) Set interface(s) IP address       11) Restart webConfigurator
 3) Reset webConfigurator password    12) PHP shell + Netgate pfSense Plus tools
 4) Reset to factory defaults         13) Update from console
 5) Reboot system                     14) Disable Secure Shell (sshd)
 6) Halt system                       15) Restore recent configuration
 7) Ping host                         16) Restart PHP-FPM
 8) Shell

Enter an option: 13

Your Netgate device has pfSense+ as part of your device purchase.
>>> Updating repositories metadata...
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
Fetching meta.conf: . done
Fetching packagesite.pkg: . done
Processing entries: . done
pfSense-core repository update completed. 7 packages processed.
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
Fetching meta.conf: . done
Fetching packagesite.pkg: .......... done
Processing entries: .......... done
pfSense repository update completed. 501 packages processed.
All repositories are up to date.

Netgate 3100 -    (OUTPUT OMITTED)

*** Welcome to Netgate pfSense Plus 23.01-RELEASE (arm) on pfSense_Edge ***

(OUTPUT OMITTED)

 0) Logout (SSH only)                  9) pfTop
 1) Assign Interfaces                 10) Filter Logs
 2) Set interface(s) IP address       11) Restart webConfigurator
 3) Reset webConfigurator password    12) PHP shell + Netgate pfSense Plus tools
 4) Reset to factory defaults         13) Update from console
 5) Reboot system                     14) Disable Secure Shell (sshd)
 6) Halt system                       15) Restore recent configuration
 7) Ping host                         16) Restart PHP-FPM
 8) Shell

Enter an option: 13

Your Netgate device has pfSense+ as part of your device purchase.
>>> Updating repositories metadata...
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
Fetching meta.conf: . done
Fetching packagesite.pkg: . done
Processing entries: . done
pfSense-core repository update completed. 7 packages processed.
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
Fetching meta.conf: . done
Fetching packagesite.pkg: .......... done
Processing entries:
Processing entries............. done
pfSense repository update completed. 515 packages processed.
All repositories are up to date.
>>> Upgrading pfSense-upgrade... done.
Messages:
Your Netgate device has pfSense+ as part of your device purchase.
>>> Setting vital flag on pfSense-upgrade... done.
>>> Updating repositories metadata...
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
Fetching meta.conf: . done
Fetching packagesite.pkg: . done
Processing entries: . done
pfSense-core repository update completed. 7 packages processed.
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
Fetching meta.conf: . done
Fetching packagesite.pkg: .......... done
Processing entries:
Processing entries............. done
pfSense repository update completed. 515 packages processed.
All repositories are up to date.
>>> Setting vital flag on pkg... done.

The following 115 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

New packages to be INSTALLED:
        lua54: 5.4.4 [pfSense]
        pfSense-Status_Monitoring-php82: 1.8_3 [pfSense]
        php82: 8.2.4 [pfSense]
        php82-bcmath: 8.2.4 [pfSense]
        php82-bz2: 8.2.4 [pfSense]
        php82-ctype: 8.2.4 [pfSense]
        php82-curl: 8.2.4 [pfSense]
        php82-dom: 8.2.4 [pfSense]
        php82-filter: 8.2.4 [pfSense]
        php82-gettext: 8.2.4 [pfSense]
        php82-intl: 8.2.4_1 [pfSense]
        php82-ldap: 8.2.4 [pfSense]
        php82-libbe: 0.1.4.1 [pfSense]
        php82-mbstring: 8.2.4 [pfSense]
        php82-opcache: 8.2.4 [pfSense]
        php82-openssl_x509_crl: 1.3_2 [pfSense]
        php82-pcntl: 8.2.4 [pfSense]
        php82-pdo: 8.2.4 [pfSense]
        php82-pdo_sqlite: 8.2.4 [pfSense]
        php82-pear: 1.10.13 [pfSense]
        php82-pear-Auth_RADIUS: 1.1.0_4 [pfSense]
        php82-pear-Cache_Lite: 1.8.3,1 [pfSense]
        php82-pear-Crypt_CHAP: 1.5.0_2 [pfSense]
        php82-pear-HTTP_Request2: 2.5.1,1 [pfSense]
        php82-pear-Mail: 1.4.1,1 [pfSense]
        php82-pear-Net_IPv6: 1.3.0.b4_2 [pfSense]
        php82-pear-Net_SMTP: 1.10.1 [pfSense]
        php82-pear-Net_Socket: 1.2.2 [pfSense]
        php82-pear-Net_URL2: 2.2.1 [pfSense]
        php82-pear-XML_RPC2: 1.1.5 [pfSense]
        php82-pecl-mcrypt: 1.0.6 [pfSense]
        php82-pecl-radius: 1.4.0b1_2 [pfSense]
        php82-pecl-rrd: 2.0.3 [pfSense]
        php82-pfSense-module: 0.95 [pfSense]
        php82-phpseclib: 2.0.17 [pfSense]
        php82-posix: 8.2.4 [pfSense]
        php82-readline: 8.2.4 [pfSense]
        php82-session: 8.2.4 [pfSense]
        php82-shmop: 8.2.4 [pfSense]
        php82-simplexml: 8.2.4 [pfSense]
        php82-sockets: 8.2.4 [pfSense]
        php82-sqlite3: 8.2.4 [pfSense]
        php82-sysvmsg: 8.2.4 [pfSense]
        php82-sysvsem: 8.2.4 [pfSense]
        php82-sysvshm: 8.2.4 [pfSense]
        php82-tokenizer: 8.2.4 [pfSense]
        php82-xml: 8.2.4 [pfSense]
        php82-xmlreader: 8.2.4 [pfSense]
        php82-xmlwriter: 8.2.4 [pfSense]
        php82-zlib: 8.2.4 [pfSense]
        pkcs11-helper: 1.29.0 [pfSense]

Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
        bind-tools: 9.18.8 -> 9.18.13 [pfSense]
        ca_root_nss: 3.83 -> 3.89 [pfSense]
        ccid: 1.5.0 -> 1.5.1 [pfSense]
        check_reload_status: 0.0.14 -> 0.0.15 [pfSense]
        curl: 7.85.0 -> 8.0.1 [pfSense]
        dbus: 1.14.4,1 -> 1.14.6,1 [pfSense]
        dnsmasq: 2.87,1 -> 2.89_1,1 [pfSense]
        dpinger: 3.2 -> 3.3 [pfSense]
        expat: 2.4.9 -> 2.5.0 [pfSense]
        gettext-runtime: 0.21 -> 0.21.1 [pfSense]
        glib: 2.74.0,2 -> 2.76.1,2 [pfSense]
        gnugrep: 3.8 -> 3.10 [pfSense]
        jpeg-turbo: 2.1.4 -> 2.1.5.1 [pfSense]
        libdeflate: 1.14 -> 1.18 [pfSense]
        libedit: 3.1.20210910,1 -> 3.1.20221030,1 [pfSense]
        libffi: 3.4.3 -> 3.4.4 [pfSense]
        libgd: 2.3.3_2,1 -> 2.3.3_5,1 [pfSense]
        libgpg-error: 1.45 -> 1.46 [pfSense]
        libidn2: 2.3.3_1 -> 2.3.4 [pfSense]
        libnghttp2: 1.48.0 -> 1.52.0 [pfSense]
        libpcap: 1.10.1_2 -> 1.10.3 [pfSense]
        libpsl: 0.21.1_6 -> 0.21.2_2 [pfSense]
        libssh2: 1.10.0,3 -> 1.10.0_1,3 [pfSense]
        lighttpd: 1.4.67 -> 1.4.69_1 [pfSense]
        lua-resty-core: 0.1.23 -> 0.1.24 [pfSense]
        luajit-openresty: 2.1.20220915 -> 2.1.20230119 [pfSense]
        mobile-broadband-provider-info: 20220725 -> 20221107 [pfSense]
        mpd5: 5.9_12 -> 5.9_14 [pfSense]
        nginx: 1.22.0_9,3 -> 1.22.1_5,3 [pfSense]
        nss: 3.84 -> 3.89 [pfSense]
        nut: 2.8.0_13 -> 2.8.0_22 [pfSense]
        openldap26-client: 2.6.3 -> 2.6.4 [pfSense]
        opensc: 0.22.0 -> 0.23.0_1 [pfSense]
        openvpn: 2.6.0_13 -> 2.6.2 [pfSense]
        pcre: 8.45_2 -> 8.45_3 [pfSense]
        pcre2: 10.40 -> 10.42 [pfSense]
        pcsc-lite: 1.9.5,2 -> 1.9.9,2 [pfSense]
        pfSense: 23.01 -> 23.05 [pfSense]
        pfSense-base: 23.01 -> 23.05 [pfSense-core]
        pfSense-boot: 23.01 -> 23.05 [pfSense-core]
        pfSense-default-config-serial: 23.01 -> 23.05 [pfSense-core]
        pfSense-kernel-pfSense-3100: 23.01 -> 23.05 [pfSense-core]
        pfSense-pkg-WireGuard: 0.1.6_5 -> 0.2.0_2 [pfSense]
        pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-devel: 3.2.0_4 -> 3.2.0_5 [pfSense]
        pfSense-pkg-suricata: 6.0.10_4 -> 6.0.12 [pfSense]
        pfSense-rc: 23.01 -> 23.05 [pfSense-core]
        pfSense-repo: 23.01 -> 23.05 [pfSense]
        pftop: 0.8 -> 0.8_2 [pfSense]
        png: 1.6.38 -> 1.6.39 [pfSense]
        py311-sqlite3: 3.11.1_8 -> 3.11.2_8 [pfSense]
        py39-libzfs: 1.1.2022081600 -> 1.1.2023020700 [pfSense]
        py39-yaml: 5.4.1 -> 6.0 [pfSense]
        python311: 3.11.1_1 -> 3.11.2_2 [pfSense]
        python39: 3.9.16 -> 3.9.16_2 [pfSense]
        readline: 8.1.2 -> 8.2.1 [pfSense]
        rrdtool: 1.8.0_1 -> 1.8.0_2 [pfSense]
        sqlite3: 3.39.3_1,1 -> 3.41.0_1,1 [pfSense]
        strongswan: 5.9.8 -> 5.9.10_2 [pfSense]
        sudo: 1.9.12 -> 1.9.13p3 [pfSense]
        suricata: 6.0.10_2 -> 6.0.12 [pfSense]
        tiff: 4.4.0 -> 4.4.0_1 [pfSense]
        unbound: 1.17.1_2 -> 1.17.1_3 [pfSense]
        webp: 1.2.4 -> 1.3.0 [pfSense]
        zstd: 1.5.2_1 -> 1.5.4_1 [pfSense]

Number of packages to be installed: 51
Number of packages to be upgraded: 64

The process will require 69 MiB more space.
229 MiB to be downloaded.

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

Boboki

@s0m3f00l Glad it worked out! Happy that it fixed at least ONE person, or I should say lead them to the fix for themsevles.

crgbt

@s0m3f00l @Boboki

Looks like your suggestions have worked for me on my SG-3100, thanks for your help.

xirus

@Boboki thanks, your method worked for me! With a slight variation: in the last step I just pressed 'upgrade' in the Gui, instead of going back to command prompt.

Boboki

@xirus Awesome, that is good to know as well!

macterminal

Reconecting the WAN Port solves the problem.
I verified this on a Netgate 6100 and a Netgate 2100.

ansva

For me it was the dashboard widget (System information) that needed to time out or get its response before I could check for a new update. Once that had fetched the version information it worked.

Mission-Ghost

This was biggest time vampire of the whole 25.07.1 update process for me on my 1100s. We'll see how it goes when I update my 4200.

Some of the above methods worked some of the time. None of them work all of the time. Some of them worked none of the time.

Why wasn't this issue patched previously? Is it fixed now in 25.07.1?

stephenw10

It's no different in 25.07.1. The 1100 can take a while to complete the check I agree. It's not really a bug though, it really is waiting for another instance to finish. Previous versions just hid that.