Dnsmasq fails on Pi-hole 3.3

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I seem to have the same issues as others in this thread. Though when I'm trying to revert using the instructions above I'm getting "error: bad signature" and "fatal: index file corrupt" when I'm in the /var/www/html/admin directory running the "sudo git checkout v3.2.1" command.
I tried removing the .git/index file to do a git reset but was given the message "rm: cannot remove '.git/index': Permission denied.
I've tried running pihole -r and went through that process but that hasn't worked either.
I just ran pihole -d and couldn't upload my debug log...

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What if you

cd /var/www/html/admin
sudo git reset --hard
cd /etc/.pihole
sudo git reset --hard

then try again.

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Thanks! I was DOA with pihole offline. Now back up after following these steps.
My Raspberry Pi:
Linux raspberrypi 4.4.50-v7+ #970 SMP Mon Feb 20 19:18:29 GMT 2017 armv7l GNU/Linux

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This fix also worked for me on my Rpi3 on retropie

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Any update on when we will have a permanent update/solution for this?
I miss my pi-hole terribly on my synology NAS

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I am afraid to update as well on my RasPi3 as well. Don't want to 'break things'
Currently on:
Pi-hole Version vDev (HEAD, v3.2.1-0-ge602008)
Web Interface Version vDev (HEAD, v3.2.1-0-g31dddd8)
FTL Version vDev (v2.13.2 , v2.13.2 )

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Any update on this anybody?

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Are we safe to update to a newer version on R-Pi3 ?

Since it limits replies:
I am still on the same version I posted above, PiHole won't see any new updates via GUI as I forced that build on my device. So I thought I would ask to see how others with R-Pi3 are making out with the current release or if it is stable or yet recommended

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I am facing similar issues on a fresh install using raspbian, don't think it's safe to update.

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We're working on the FTLDNS update which will fix these types of issues forever (we hope at least).

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I reverted back and still does not work. I have Dnsmasq version 2.76. Any help would be great.

debug token is: r57cdco2m8

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This worked for me too. I'm on a cubieboard1 Allwinner A10 with armbian (Debian 8.10 Jessie)
Many thanks!

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That worked for me too, but it's not a FIX rather than a ROLLBACK.
@DanSchaper: should we wait for the next version or for "go" from your side to know that the next update will not steal another 3 hours?

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Hi,
it´s the first time that i use pi-hole.
As the messages in the topic describes, with my raspi-pi and the installation with

curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash

the services dnsmasq doesnt came up.
First i used the possibility to rollback to the older version (3.2.1) as described above.
Thats workes too.
Than i´ve read the sticked topic about the FTLDNS branch and that you need some beta-tester to check if ftldns is working.
My debug-token for the installation with ftldns is: bxzcf44bwu
It works like charm.

If i run a

sudo service --status-all

i see, that dnsmasq isn´t running.

The current status-line in the web-interface is:

Pi-hole Version vDev (FTLDNS, v3.3-108-g310d33b) Web Interface Version v3.3 FTL Version vDev (FTLDNS, vDev-eb64f7b)

A

cat /etc/os-release | grep PRETTY_NAME

gives me

PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie)"

And yes, i have the nice donut-chart for the different query-types.
If you need, any other information contact me.

I will from now run the system with some more clients and observe that thing.

regards,
j.

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It's not supposed to run, FTLDNS took over the responsibility of dnsmasq (based on your installed version)

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Hi,
ok but after a fresh installation with the installation script no dns service was running.
That was my mistake i think, so i believe that dnsmasq must be running.
The syslog-message was (if i start manually dnsmasq):

Apr 13 16:17:44 dnsmasq systemd[1]: Stopping dnsmasq - A lightweight DHCP and caching DNS server...
Apr 13 16:17:44 dnsmasq dnsmasq[5472]: exiting on receipt of SIGTERM
Apr 13 16:17:44 dnsmasq systemd[1]: Starting dnsmasq - A lightweight DHCP and caching DNS server...
Apr 13 16:17:44 dnsmasq dnsmasq[7017]: dnsmasq: extraneous parameter at line 37 of 
/etc/dnsmasq.d/01- 
pihole.conf
Apr 13 16:17:44 dnsmasq dnsmasq[7017]: extraneous parameter at line 37 of /etc/dnsmasq.d/01- 
pihole.conf
Apr 13 16:17:44 dnsmasq dnsmasq[7017]: FAILED to start up

But than there was another problem with the fresh installation.
If i install pi-hole and setup some things (forwarder etc.), then comes the messages that no dns-server was running.

That´s the reason, why i try to manually start dnsmasq.

regards,
j

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Thank you for that hint.
I will try this on a spare-pi.
The current configuration on the other pi runs fine.

regards,
j