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[MichaIng]

Nothing is compressed, hmm. What does the following say?

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grep 'GzipIndexes' /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/*
apt-config dump | grep 'GzipIndexes'

And does it change something if you refresh the cache:

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/boot/dietpi/func/dietpi-set_software apt-cache clean
apt update

I'm a bid puzzled since those should all be xz-compressed and they are on my VMs, a notebook, RPi and NEO3 .

[Joulinar]

hmm that dosn't looks good, getting an error on apt update now

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root@DietPi3:~# grep 'GzipIndexes' /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/*
/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/97dietpi:Acquire::GzipIndexes "true";

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root@DietPi3:~# apt-config dump | grep 'GzipIndexes'
Acquire::GzipIndexes "true";

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root@DietPi3:~# /boot/dietpi/func/dietpi-set_software apt-cache clean

 DietPi-Set_software
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 Mode: apt-cache (clean)

[  OK  ] apt-cache clean | Completed

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root@DietPi3:~# apt update
Get:1 https://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian buster InRelease [32.6 kB]
Ign:2 https://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge InRelease
Get:3 https://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge Release [16.9 kB]
Get:4 https://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian buster/main armhf Packages [331 kB]
Get:5 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian buster InRelease [15.0 kB]
Get:6 https://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge Release.gpg [173 B]
Get:7 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian buster/non-free armhf Packages [104 kB]
Get:8 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian buster/main armhf Packages [13.0 MB]
Get:9 https://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge/contrib armhf Packages [1393 B]
Get:10 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian buster/contrib armhf Packages [58.7 kB]
Fetched 13.6 MB in 13s (1030 kB/s)
Error: No information about packages! (Maybe no deb entries?)
Reading package lists... Done
E: Problem executing scripts APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success 'test -x /usr/bin/apt-show-versions || exit 0 ; apt-show-versions -i'
E: Sub-process returned an error code

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root@DietPi3:~# ls -Al /var/lib/apt/lists
total 13204
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    32598 Sep 21 14:46 archive.raspberrypi.org_debian_dists_buster_InRelease
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   256212 Sep 21 14:46 archive.raspberrypi.org_debian_dists_buster_main_binary-armhf_Packages.xz
drwxr-xr-x 2 _apt root     4096 Sep 21 23:06 auxfiles
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    16850 Aug 22 22:26 download.webmin.com_download_repository_dists_sarge_Release
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      173 Aug 22 22:26 download.webmin.com_download_repository_dists_sarge_Release.gpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     1428 Aug 20 01:00 download.webmin.com_download_repository_dists_sarge_contrib_binary-armhf_Packages.xz
-rw-r----- 1 root root        0 Sep 21 23:06 lock
drwx------ 2 _apt root     4096 Sep 21 23:06 partial
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    14974 Sep 21 18:49 raspbian.raspberrypi.org_raspbian_dists_buster_InRelease
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    58740 Aug  1 18:49 raspbian.raspberrypi.org_raspbian_dists_buster_contrib_binary-armhf_Packages.xz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13005496 Sep 21 18:46 raspbian.raspberrypi.org_raspbian_dists_buster_main_binary-armhf_Packages.xz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   103532 Jun  7 02:07 raspbian.raspberrypi.org_raspbian_dists_buster_non-free_binary-armhf_Packages.xz
root@DietPi3:~#

[MichaIng]

Ah that is now what I was expecting in the first place. Not sure why your list files were not compressed until now, however that issue is exactly what apt-show-version causes as it manually wants to parse the lists (uncompressed) to build its own cache instead of using the existing native apt cache and methods.

It wants to update its cache on every apt update, hence the error there as well.

Now the workaround above with 98dietpi-webmin disables apt list compression. But I hope the next release that does not use apt-show-versions anymore is done before DietPi v6.33 release, so no workaround world be required anymore.

[Joulinar]

ok using the latest image, will lead the installation to fail. Strange that my older image version did not have this issue.

Anyway, still we would need to know what the issues if for the guys reporting the problem

[MichaIng]

Ah yes that makes sense then since the change was with DietPi v6.32 and an update does not refresh the lists as long as nothing changed, means after update to v6.32 some time has to pass before the first lists get updated and stay compressed then.

Yes while it is a good reason for a Webmin failure after update, so far it's only an assumption that it's the reason in OP case as well.

[boogey]

Sorry for not logging in for awhile. I kind of felt intimidated initially because as I stated, I am a novice user. I'm glad I did log in today though, as it seems that I brought about a lot of consideration regarding the issue. It sounds as though the other poster with the same issue is experiencing what I am. I will wait for an updated release to come out and cross my fingers that the issue is worked out. Thank you for the time and effort looking into this!

[Joulinar]

well you could have it installed already today, just run the following before opening dietpi-software

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echo 'Acquire::GzipIndexes "false";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/98dietpi-webmin
/boot/dietpi/func/dietpi-set_software apt-cache clean
apt update
dietpi-software

[boogey]

I used the code you supplied and nothing has changed.

I checked the webmin logs this morning and found that it was unable to start with the log containing this info:

│ ● webmin.service - Webmin (DietPi)
│ Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/webmin.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
│ Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2020-10-20 15:22:24 CDT; 2min 13s ago
│ Process: 1055 ExecStart=/etc/webmin/start (code=exited, status=2)
│
│ Oct 20 15:22:24 DietPi systemd[1]: Starting Webmin (DietPi)...
│ Oct 20 15:22:24 DietPi start[1055]: Starting Webmin server in /usr/share/webmin
│ Oct 20 15:22:24 DietPi start[1055]: Failed to open config file /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf : No such file
│ or directory at /usr/share/webmin/miniserv.pl line 4615.
│ Oct 20 15:22:24 DietPi systemd[1]: webmin.service: Control process exited, code=exited,
│ status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT
│ Oct 20 15:22:24 DietPi systemd[1]: webmin.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
│ Oct 20 15:22:24 DietPi systemd[1]: Failed to start Webmin (DietPi).

I hope it helps to find the issue here. If there is anything else I can supply, please let me know.

[Joulinar]

Hi,

your issue is a completely different one and has nothing to do with the topic above. Therefore, applying the code has no effect.

On your system, it seems, you are missing a main configuration file

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Oct 20 15:22:24 DietPi start[1055]: Failed to open config file /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf : No such file

probably it's needed to reinstall Webmin on your system

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dietpi-software uninstall 115
rm -r /etc/webmin/
dietpi-software install 115

[boogey]

IT'S WORKING!!! So glad to have it back; thank you! I appreciate the patience also!!!