Hello everybody,
the Diagnostic send me this message:
Command ‘[‘dpkg-query’, ‘–show’, ‘–showformat=${db:Status-Abbrev}’, ‘grub-pc’]’ returned non-zero exit status 1.
I use a USB stick for the backups. Do I have to do something, I see Grub in the message… Is this something serious?
Information
FreedomBox version 24.17
RaspberryPi 4
using a cloud image
I have exactly the same on two freedombox (both Olinuxino Lime 2, one with SSD). Then I suspect there is a bug affecting everyone.
This test was recently added to check if ‘grub-pc’, the boot loader for FreedomBox AMD/Intel machines, is in good installed state.
Looks like I made a mistake when modifying this patch done by @jvalleroy. We should have ignored this error on non-AMD/Intel machines. So, if you not using an AMD/Intel machine. Please ignore this issue. A fix will rollout in 2-3 weeks.
Hello,
I got this error today on a raspberrypi 3B+
What version of FreedomBox are you running? Fix for this was rolled out September last year.
Currently, there is no way to exclude a test.
Hi Sunil, I found the notification weird after reading your post from August24.
The OS was installed with the raspberry pi imager. the ssh login gives me
in Plinth>about section I read FreedomBox 24.18
regarding the fix, I was wandering - since it is free software, can I make some changes to prevent it running on my device? maybe remove it from a pipeline or something… maybe the question doesn’t make sense, I don’t know much about OS development…apologies in advance
You are running an older version of FreedomBox, due to installing the latest stable release. It will automatically upgrade to latest release at midnight. If you wish to perform this upgrade immediately, please run a manual update in ‘System → Software update’.
FreedomBox is free software and you can modify it on the system by editing files. However, when a new version of the software is automatically deployed (this is the default for security reasons), your changes will get overwritten (unless you disable security updates). This is why it is best to submit your changes to the project so that they can be merged into the project sources (in this case, the fix is already there).
