Cannot update software: "Error determining the latest version" [FIXED]

jpejpe
edited June 2022 in Configuration and Operation

Hi, I hope you can help me. One of my kiwis currently fails to update as it cannot "determine the latest version". Here are the specs.

The setup:

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Debian 8.5

BeagleBoard.org Debian Image 2016-05-13

Linux kiwisdr 4.4.9-ti-r25 #1 SMP Thu May 5 23:08:13 UTC 2016 armv7l GNU/Linux

-bash: lsb_release: command not found

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Under the Update tab, after clicking on the "Check now" button:

Installed version: v1.515, built Apr 30 2022 18:01:27

Error determining the latest version -- check log


The log says,

--- LOG ---

Wed Jun 22 13:09:12 00:00:00.425  L KiwiSDR v1.515 --------------------------------------------------------------------

Wed Jun 22 13:09:12 00:00:00.430  L compiled: Apr 30 2022 17:54:01 on kiwisdr

Wed Jun 22 13:09:12 00:00:00.433  L -debian 8

Wed Jun 22 13:09:12 00:00:00.435  L /etc/debian_version 8.5

...

Wed Jun 22 16:59:50 03:50:38.714 ........         L UPDATE: force update check by admin

Wed Jun 22 16:59:50 03:50:38.717 ........         L UPDATE: checking for updates

Wed Jun 22 16:59:56 03:50:43.847 ........           UPDATE: fetch origin status=0x00008000

Wed Jun 22 16:59:56 03:50:43.985 ........         L UPDATE: Makefile fetch error, no Internet access? status=0x00008000 WIFEXITED=1 WEXITSTATUS=128

Wed Jun 22 16:59:56 03:50:43.988 ........           task update_task:P3:T003((1000.000 msec) TaskSleep) exited by returning

--- LOG ---

The internet access is OK as it can be accessed and used normally.

I appreciate any help to get this fixed. My other kiwi still works fine with updates.

73 Jari

Comments

  • PowernumptyPowernumpty
    edited June 2022

    What is the output of the "route" command?

    It should look something like

    Destination    Gateway        Genmask        Flags Metric Ref   Use Iface

    default        192.168.100.1  0.0.0.0        UG   0     0       0 eth0

    192.168.6.0    0.0.0.0        255.255.255.0  U    0     0       0 usb1

    192.168.7.0    0.0.0.0        255.255.255.0  U    0     0       0 usb0

    192.168.100.0  0.0.0.0        255.255.255.0  U    0     0       0 eth0

    192.168.100.1  0.0.0.0        255.255.255.255 UH   0     0       0 eth0

    If the default is missing the address of your router, add it back in manually with (in this case)

    "route add default gw 192.168.100.1 eth0"

  • jpejpe

    Thanks for the reply! The route command returns,

    root@kiwisdr:~# route

    Kernel IP routing table

    Destination    Gateway        Genmask        Flags Metric Ref   Use Iface

    default        elisa.home     0.0.0.0        UG   0     0       0 eth0

    link-local     *              255.255.0.0    U    1000  0       0 eth0

    192.168.1.0    *              255.255.255.0  U    0     0       0 eth0

    192.168.7.0    *              255.255.255.252 U    0     0       0 usb0

    The default gw is 192.168.1.1, and the command

    route add default gw 192.168.1.1 eth0

    will return "SIOCADDRT: File exists".

  • PowernumptyPowernumpty
    edited June 2022

    OK the default gateway is there so can you do two ping tests, one to your gateway as it shows in the route table and one to the software repository

    1. "ping -c 3 elisa.home"
    2. "ping -c 3 github.com"


  • jpejpe

    TNX! I think the Internet connection is good as I can listen to this kiwi through the Internet. These pings return the following,

    root@kiwisdr:~# ping -c 3 elisa.home

    PING elisa.home (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.

    64 bytes from elisa.home (192.168.1.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=6.60 ms

    64 bytes from elisa.home (192.168.1.1): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=8.06 ms

    64 bytes from elisa.home (192.168.1.1): icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=6.59 ms


    --- elisa.home ping statistics ---

    3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2002ms

    rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 6.592/7.087/8.069/0.694 ms

    root@kiwisdr:~# ping -c 3 github.com

    PING github.com (140.82.121.3) 56(84) bytes of data.

    64 bytes from lb-140-82-121-3-fra.github.com (140.82.121.3): icmp_seq=1 ttl=52 time=51.6 ms

    64 bytes from lb-140-82-121-3-fra.github.com (140.82.121.3): icmp_seq=2 ttl=52 time=45.6 ms

    64 bytes from lb-140-82-121-3-fra.github.com (140.82.121.3): icmp_seq=3 ttl=52 time=44.5 ms


    --- github.com ping statistics ---

    3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2000ms

    rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 44.557/47.259/51.608/3.105 ms

  • PowernumptyPowernumpty

    OK see the thread - Post https://forum.kiwisdr.com/index.php?p=/discussion/comment/13248/#Comment_13248

    As it says "Stop if there are any errors with those commands and let us know what they are. We're looking for git or filesystem problems here."

  • jpejpe

    Thanks, that was a very good pointer! Updating the system...

  • PowernumptyPowernumpty
    edited June 2022

    OK good, there have been a couple of route or ISP network issues recently so that has to be tested/working before doing the actions in that post.

    Next time I might just link to that post, as long as the user is OK with entering the commands exactly, and reporting errors, it should cover it.

  • jpejpe
    edited June 2022

    I followed the instructions in the thread you shared. I received similar error messages as result from the 'gpu' command. So, I followed the sequence of commands that fetched the most recent version and compiled it. That process took quite a while but finally everything was fine!

    Thanks again for the valuable pointer! 😃

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