Adblock not working properly

Software SW help
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Hi, it may be something very basic, but I dont know how to solve this (yes, I tried google with no result :slight_smile:

Adblock suddenly stopped loading lists from sources saying in lo there is no online timestamp - source skipped

LOG:
2016-12-15T19:05:10+01:00 notice adblock[2256]: info : adblock service started due to ‘ifup’ of ‘wan’ interface
2016-12-15T19:05:10+01:00 notice adblock[2452]: info : domain adblock processing started (1.3.3, r47055, 15.12.2016 20:05:10)
2016-12-15T19:05:10+01:00 notice adblock[2452]: info : backup/restore will be disabled
2016-12-15T19:05:10+01:00 notice adblock[2452]: info : created volatile firewall rulesets
2016-12-15T19:05:10+01:00 notice adblock[2452]: info : created volatile uhttpd instances
2016-12-15T19:05:10+01:00 notice adblock[2452]: info : => processing source ‘adaway’
2016-12-15T19:05:10+01:00 notice adblock[2452]: info : no online timestamp
2016-12-15T19:05:10+01:00 notice adblock[2452]: info : source download failed, skipped
2016-12-15T19:05:10+01:00 notice adblock[2452]: info : => processing source ‘blacklist’
2016-12-15T19:05:10+01:00 notice adblock[2452]: info : empty source download, skipped
2016-12-15T19:05:10+01:00 notice adblock[2452]: info : => processing source ‘disconnect’
2016-12-15T19:05:10+01:00 notice adblock[2452]: info : no online timestamp

Could sb tell me what I did wrong? I followed this howto

Thank for help,
SK

2

I just quoted that line but to me it looks like a connection problem. Might be DNS but I can’t be sure based on the given information.

3

Hi, after factory resed I tried to reinstall adblock and edned up with exactly same result. Adding complete syslog, if it helps. Thanks for advice.

SK

syslog

4

It most likely has to do with DNS. TO doesn’t use dnsmasq for DNS resolving but it uses Knot DNS. I am not sure how up to date the guide you used is + we got an update which might updated dnsmasq/knot version and/or configuration files. So probably a configuration/autoupdate problem somewhere. Unfortunately, I can’t help you there since I don’t use the adblock package.
Syslog doesn’t reveal that much however this line leads me to the conclusion above:

2016-12-16T10:51:32+01:00 err ntpdate[1798]: name server cannot be used: Try again (-3)

Groeten vanuit Amsterdam :wink:

5

Thank you anyway. There can be always hope, that somebody will update the guide to the current state.

SK - CZ

6

Hello S_K,
this was my solution for the adblock-problem.

  1. I renamed the file /usr/bin/wget to wget_old (with “mv wget wget_old”)
  2. I created a link with “ln -s /usr/bin/wget-ssl /usr/bin/wget” to wget_ssl

Now adblock updates with “/etc/init.d/adblock start” the lists.

But unfortunately my adblock.blacklist don’t work. I don’t know why…

Greetings
Letus

7

Anyone can give me a lil’ kicking, still not getting the problem…

# adblock-update.sh
adblock[26452] info : domain adblock processing started (1.3.3, r47055, 19.01.2017 12:15:27)
adblock[26452] info : backup/restore will be disabled
iptables: No chain/target/match by that name.
adblock[26452] error: failed to initialize volatile IPv4 firewall chain 'adb-dns'
adblock[26452] error: domain adblock processing failed (1.3.3, r47055, 19.01.2017 12:15:27)