pfsense – Image upgrade issues

Psense troubleshooting – Image upgrade problems

Symptom: Unable to check for updates

Fix:

  1. Set the update repo to 2.3.X Security/Errata only in update settings.
  2. Run this command from Diag > Command prompt
    pkg-static clean -ya; pkg-static install -yf pkg pfSense-repo pfSense-upgradeThis forces it to downgrade those packages to the correct version for 2.3.4
  3. Update to 2.3.5
  4. Switch back to Latest stable version in System Update Systems. Skip step 5 if update for 2.4.2 is detected.
  5. If the gui will not switch back to latest stable version update selection then just select option 13 in ssh. It will find 2.4.2 for sure. Warning: The update to 2.4.2 will take a couple minutes so don´t freak out. Let me know if you need more help.

Attempted update from 2.3.4 to 2.4.2 – Upgrade failed and now "Unable to check for updates" —– Log Linked
byu/UltiFix inPFSENSE