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johno1234

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#315596 29-Jul-2024 08:55
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Hi all, at about 4am something happened and it started blocking almost everything:

 

Most queries are getting blocked with "Database is busy" status:

 

 

If I disable pi-hole blocking then DNS  is working OK and everything works.... but with ads.

 

As soon as I enable blocking then most queries are blocked again.

 

I turned off blocking and updated Gravity successfully, then turned blocking back on but almost everything still blocked.

 

Next I would run a self-repair "sudo pihole reconfigure" but that is failing on an apt-get update:

 

 

This seems to be the bigger issue? Something about lists? Couldn't find anything straightforward on Google to get past this.

 

Any advice, please?

 

 


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johno1234

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  #3265756 29-Jul-2024 09:27
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Typical. Right after posting that I found this advice:

 

dpkg --clear-avail

rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* --force

 

After which apt is working again.

 

Now pihole -r does stuff without error. 

 

Pi-hole blocking re-enabled and appears to be working normally. Thank goodness - I'd forgotten how many ads it blocks!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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