2.1-RELEASE upgrade issue

[LateNight]

I've recently performed a successful upgrade to 2.1 (thanks for the great work!) and all is well, except that my dashboard displays "Obtaining update status…" forever.

In "firmware / updater settings," the pull-down is visible, and I can choose "... stable updates (Current architecture)", but when I then click "Save", the pull-down reverts to the top-most (blank) choice, and I still have "Obtaining update status..." on the dashboard.

[val]

Did you follow jimp's steps?

in here:-
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,66457.0.html

After the upgrade happens and you are on 2.1-RELEASE, the default URL there will be the stable updates, so you can then uncheck "Use a URL server for firmware upgrades other than www.pfsense.org" at that point in time.

[LateNight]

@val:

Did you follow jimp's steps?

in here:-
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,66457.0.html

After the upgrade happens and you are on 2.1-RELEASE, the default URL there will be the stable updates, so you can then uncheck "Use a URL server for firmware upgrades other than www.pfsense.org" at that point in time.

Yes. I tried it with the box checked and with the box unchecked. In neither case did it retain my pull-down choice; it always reverted to the blank choice.

[kejianshi]

You can always download the correct update, put it in your computer files and then use that file to upgrade.

Perhaps much easier than all this.

[LateNight]

I tried again just now, and the behavior has changed.

If I choose "pfSense … stable updates (Current architecture)", and (contrary to jimp's instructions) leave "Use a URL server for firmware upgrades other than www.pfsense.org" checked with "Base URL" set to "http://updates.pfsense.org/_updaters", my dashboard now says "You are on the latest version."

Do I have it set properly now (even though I have the box checked that jimp said to leave unchecked)?

[kejianshi]

I'd say "good enuff"  ;D

[doktornotor]

@LateNight:

If I choose "pfSense … stable updates (Current architecture)", and (contrary to jimp's instructions) leave "Use a URL server for firmware upgrades other than www.pfsense.org" checked with "Base URL" set to "http://updates.pfsense.org/_updaters", my dashboard now says "You are on the latest version."

You need to leave the box checked ONCE to get the URL saved. After that, does not matter.

[LateNight]

@doktornotor:

You need to leave the box checked ONCE to get the URL saved. After that, does not matter.

OK, that explains what's happening; thanks!
That little bit of user interaction probably should be made a little more clear…