FTL offline after pihole -up (FTL service not installed?)

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I was running pi-hole v 2.x (w/o FTL) on a Rasberry Pi 3 do I decided to update to the latest version with pihole -up and everything went fine, so I thought..

Actual Behaviour:

  • Dashboard page and query logs are empty (but ads are being blocked!)
  • WebUI -> FTL offline.
  • WebUI -> Pi-hole Version v3.1.4 Web Interface Version v3.1 FTL Version (Update available!)
  • http://pi.hole/admin/api.php -> {"FTLnotrunning":true}
  • http://pi.hole/admin/taillog.php -> Failed to open log file. Check permissions!

pihole -up : https://pastebin.com/FP6jTX56
pihole -r : https://pastebin.com/nAy5EJG6
apt-get update : https://pastebin.com/9p0RtsZ4
service pihole-FTL : https://pastebin.com/gtjNR8y6
service pihole-FTL start : https://pastebin.com/ef7saEqP

Seems like FTL service is not installed and pihole -r wont fix it?
Can this be fixed w/o having to reinstall pi-hole?

Btw, I've already rebooted the pi multiple times.

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Update:

  1. Tried to reinstall it anyway with curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash (reconfigure) but I got the same output as pihole -r
  2. pihole uninstall and rebooted the pi
  3. curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash (reconfigure) but still the same output as pihole -r
  4. Restored my rasberry pi backup

Now I'm back to zero with Pi-hole Version v2.13.2, Web Interface Version v2.5.2 :roll_eyes:

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I notice this in your pihole -r result:

E: Er zijn vereisten waaraan niet voldaan is. Probeer -f te gebruiken.

so I assume it is apt that is having problems here, killing also our updater...

Please try

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
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apt-get update: https://pastebin.com/z7eXScxv
apt-get upgrade: https://pastebin.com/ApjxfcF9
apt-get dist-upgrade : https://pastebin.com/cERP3G5y
apt-get -f install : https://pastebin.com/QPy72b5U

apt-get update is now error free but other commands still give the same error??

E: Er zijn vereisten waaraan niet voldaan is. Probeer -f te gebruiken.

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Dont run "apt-get dist-upgrade" or risk breaking lots of stuff!

dpkg-deb (subproces): kan het archiefelement van '/var/cache/apt/archives/raspberrypi-bootloader_1.20170703-1_armhf.deb' niet kopiëren naar de pijp van het decompressieprogramma: schrijven is mislukt (Gebroken pijp)

Could be as simple as disk full:

df -h

Or filesystem errors.
To try fix (keep eye on screen):

sudo touch /forcefsck
sudo reboot

Try below ones first before you do "sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade":

sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get -f install

What does below one show (versions) ?

apt-cache policy raspberrypi-bootloader

To try install specific version of the "raspberrypi-bootloader" package:

sudo apt-get install raspberrypi-bootloader=<VERSION>

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I've tried all the things you suggested butt still no luck.

I think there is something wrong with the SD card of the Raspberry Pi because the solution was to replace the card.

  1. I used a new SD card and restored my backup image on it (the same image I was using on the old card!)
  2. First executed sudo apt-get autoclean, autoremove, clean and -f install
  3. sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -> finished w/o the error like with the old SD card
  4. Executed pihole -up with succes and I could see FTL service being installed
  5. Pi-Hole WebUI says everything is up-to-date but query log is empty
  6. pihole -f -> still empty query log
  7. Cleared my browser cache and tte query log is back and it's super fast! :flushed: :grin:

Thank you guys!