Solved pkg issue on fresh installed aarch64 system

[none]

Hi,

This is a fresh install from Sunday (11/01/2026), using 15.0 mini memstick. Its a pkgbase install.

root@R4SE:~ # pkg upgrade
Updating FreeBSD-ports repository catalogue...
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:aarch64/quarterly/meta.conf: No error
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:aarch64/quarterly/meta.txz: No error
repository FreeBSD-ports has no meta file, using default settings
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:aarch64/quarterly/data.pkg: No error
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:aarch64/quarterly/data.tzst: No error
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:aarch64/quarterly/packagesite.pkg: No error
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:aarch64/quarterly/packagesite.tzst: No error
Unable to update repository FreeBSD-ports
Updating FreeBSD-ports-kmods repository catalogue...
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:aarch64/kmods_quarterly_0/meta.conf: No error
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:aarch64/kmods_quarterly_0/meta.txz: No error
repository FreeBSD-ports-kmods has no meta file, using default settings
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:aarch64/kmods_quarterly_0/data.pkg: No error
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:aarch64/kmods_quarterly_0/data.tzst: No error
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:aarch64/kmods_quarterly_0/packagesite.pkg: No error
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:aarch64/kmods_quarterly_0/packagesite.tzst: No error
Unable to update repository FreeBSD-ports-kmods
Updating FreeBSD-base repository catalogue...
pkg: Repository FreeBSD-base has a wrong packagesite, need to re-create database
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:aarch64/base_release_0/meta.conf: No error
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:aarch64/base_release_0/meta.txz: No error
repository FreeBSD-base has no meta file, using default settings
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:aarch64/base_release_0/data.pkg: No error
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:aarch64/base_release_0/data.tzst: No error
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:aarch64/base_release_0/packagesite.pkg: No error
pkg: Failed to fetch https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:aarch64/base_release_0/packagesite.tzst: No error
Unable to update repository FreeBSD-base
Error updating repositories!

FreeBSD R4SE 15.0-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE-p1 releng/15.0-n280999-7bceec30b351 GENERIC arm64

After searches on web, got not much information

thanks,

none

 

[covacat]

is your system time correct ?

 

[SirDice]

Yeah, that "no error" typically happens if there's something wrong with the SSL/TLS verification.

 

[none]

Sorry for the noise guys, Google searches before never told about this, and I didn't notice. Usually AMD64 systems have battery so date usually don't drift that much, arm system do not

thanks,

none

 

[SirDice]

Usually AMD64 systems have battery so date usually don't drift that much, arm system do not

It's not so much the battery that's missing. Typical ARM boards don't have an RTC (Real-time clock) chip, a Raspberry Pi for example. But sure, an RTC without a battery certainly won't keep the time if the board is powered off.

 

[covacat]

many have like current allwinners and rockchips but still no battery

 

[SirDice]

At least they're not using those awful Dallas chips with builtin batteries