pihole-FTL not running #123

jorguitart · 2026-01-18T14:27:07Z

jorguitart
Jan 18, 2026

Hello, i recently installed pideploy on a Motorola Moto G (2013, falcon) with custom LineageOS 14.1 (android 7.1.2) and Magisk 30.6. Everything is installed and updated to the last version.

The thing is... pihole-FTL is not starting, thus the DNS service is not working. Here I add screenshots and the debug log (I don't really know a lot about software developing and logs, but relevant information about FTL service appears to be deployed by the end of the file).

This process collects information from your Pi-hole, and optionally uploads it to a unique and random directory on tricorder.pi-hole.net.

The intent of this script is to allow users to self-diagnose their installations.  This is accomplished by running tests against our software and providing the user with links to FAQ articles when a problem is detected.  Since we are a small team and Pi-hole has been growing steadily, it is our hope that this will help us spend more time on development.

NOTE: All log files auto-delete after 48 hours and ONLY the Pi-hole developers can access your data via the given token. We have taken these extra steps to secure your data and will work to further reduce any personal information gathered.

�[95m*** [ INITIALIZING ]�[0m
[i] 2026-01-18:13:46:17 debug log has been initialized.
[i] System has been running for 0 days, 0 hours, 54 minutes

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m Core version
[�[32m✓�[0m] Version: v6.3
[i] Remotes: origin	https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole.git (fetch)
             origin	https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole.git (push)
[i] Branch: �[32mmaster�[0m
[i] Commit: v6.3-0-g5a23c9c

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m Web version
[�[32m✓�[0m] Version: v6.4
[i] Remotes: origin	https://github.com/pi-hole/web.git (fetch)
             origin	https://github.com/pi-hole/web.git (push)
[i] Branch: �[32mmaster�[0m
[i] Commit: v6.4-0-gcd0c392

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m FTL version
[�[32m✓�[0m] Version: v6.4.1
[i] Branch: �[32mmaster�[0m
[i] Commit: 8d1add8d

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m Operating system
[i] Distro: Raspbian
[i] Version: 12

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m SELinux
[i] �[32mSELinux not detected�[0m

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m FirewallD
[i] �[32mFirewalld service inactive�[0m

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m System hardware configuration
[i] lshw -short
H/W path  Device   Class       Description
==========================================
                   system      Motorola QC-MSM8226 Falcon
/0                 bus         Motherboard
/0/0               processor   cpu
/0/1               processor   cpu
/0/2               processor   cpu
/0/3               processor   cpu
/0/4               memory      884MiB System memory
/1        mmc0     bus         MMC Host
/1/0      mmcblk0  generic     008G92
/2        card0    multimedia  msm8226tapan930
/3        fb0      display     mdssfb_80000
/4        input0   input       compass
/5        input1   input       accelerometer
/6        input2   input       synaptics_dsx_i2c
/7        input3   input       light-prox
/8        input4   input       qpnp_pon
/9        input5   input       gpio-keys
/a        input6   input       msm8226-tapan9302-snd-card Button Jack
/b        input7   input       msm8226-tapan9302-snd-card Headset Jack
/c        wlan0    network     Wireless interface
/d        p2p0     network     Wireless interface

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m Processor details
[i] lscpu
Architecture:         armv7l
Byte Order:           Little Endian
CPU(s):               4
On-line CPU(s) list:  0-2
Off-line CPU(s) list: 3
Vendor ID:            ARM
Model name:           Cortex-A7
Model:                3
Thread(s) per core:   1
Core(s) per socket:   3
Socket(s):            1
Stepping:             r0p3
CPU(s) scaling MHz:   100%
CPU max MHz:          1190.4000
CPU min MHz:          0.0000
BogoMIPS:             38.00
Flags:                swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m Disk usage
   Filesystem                              Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
   /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/userdata  5.6G  2.6G  3.0G  46% /
   tmpfs                                   435M  636K  434M   1% /dev
   tmpfs                                   443M     0  443M   0% /dev/shm

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m Network interfaces and addresses
   1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default 
       link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
       inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
          valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
   2: dummy0: <BROADCAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default 
       link/ether aa:82:1c:da:a0:23 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
       inet6 fe80::a882:1cff:feda:a023/64 scope link 
          valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
   3: rmnet0: <> mtu 2000 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
       link/[530] 
   4: rmnet1: <> mtu 2000 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
       link/[530] 
   5: rmnet2: <> mtu 2000 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
       link/[530] 
   6: rmnet3: <> mtu 2000 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
       link/[530] 
   7: rmnet4: <> mtu 2000 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
       link/[530] 
   8: rmnet5: <> mtu 2000 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
       link/[530] 
   9: rmnet6: <> mtu 2000 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
       link/[530] 
   10: rmnet7: <> mtu 2000 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
       link/[530] 
   11: rmnet_usb0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 2000 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
       link/ether ba:fc:44:0d:f2:ba brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
   12: rev_rmnet0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 2000 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
       link/ether 92:04:f5:54:2b:2c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
   13: rev_rmnet1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 2000 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
       link/ether 92:6b:4b:31:56:14 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
   14: rev_rmnet2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 2000 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
       link/ether 9a:50:d8:1d:78:e9 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
   15: rev_rmnet3: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 2000 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
       link/ether fa:08:df:ea:29:8e brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
   16: rev_rmnet4: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 2000 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
       link/ether 52:46:ec:12:c2:4d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
   17: rev_rmnet5: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 2000 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
       link/ether ba:17:41:aa:16:4d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
   18: rev_rmnet6: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 2000 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
       link/ether 9a:6a:47:6f:a7:5e brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
   19: rev_rmnet7: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 2000 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
       link/ether 9a:75:d4:78:4e:5a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
   20: rev_rmnet8: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 2000 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
       link/ether da:a7:2a:ec:ce:fa brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
   21: usb0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
       link/ether 3e:e5:2b:05:bb:68 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
   22: sit0: <NOARP> mtu 1480 qdisc noop state DOWN group default 
       link/sit 0.0.0.0 brd 0.0.0.0
   23: ip6tnl0: <NOARP> mtu 1452 qdisc noop state DOWN group default 
       link/tunnel6 :: brd ::
   24: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
       link/ether cc:c3:ea:c6:f9:5b brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
       inet 192.168.18.102/24 brd 192.168.18.255 scope global wlan0
       inet6 fe80::cec3:eaff:fec6:f95b/64 scope link 
          valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
   25: p2p0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN group default qlen 1000
       link/ether cc:c3:ea:c6:f9:5c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m Network routing table
   192.168.18.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.18.102 

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m Networking
[i] Default IPv4 gateway(s):
     Unable to determine gateway address for IPv4
[i] Default IPv6 gateway(s):
     Unable to determine gateway address for IPv6

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m Ports in use
    udp:0.0.0.0:41788 is in use by avahi-daemon
    udp:127.0.0.1:5335 is in use by unbound
    udp:0.0.0.0:5353 is in use by avahi-daemon
    udp:*:60331 is in use by avahi-daemon
    udp:*:5353 is in use by avahi-daemon
    tcp:127.0.0.1:5335 is in use by unbound
    tcp:127.0.0.1:5910 is in use by Xvnc
    tcp:0.0.0.0:22 is in use by dropbear
    tcp:*:3389 is in use by xrdp
    tcp:[::1]:5910 is in use by Xvnc
    tcp:[::1]:3350 is in use by xrdp-sesman
    tcp:*:22 is in use by dropbear

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m Name resolution (IPv4) using a random blocked domain and a known ad-serving domain
[�[91m✗�[0m] �[91mFailed to resolve�[0m randkazukrainka.pl on �[91mlo�[0m (�[91m127.0.0.1�[0m)
[�[32m✓�[0m] No IPv4 address available on �[96mdummy0�[0m
[�[91m✗�[0m] �[91mFailed to resolve�[0m randkazukrainka.pl on �[91mwlan0�[0m (�[91m192.168.18.102�[0m)
[�[32m✓�[0m] No IPv4 address available on �[96mp2p0�[0m
[�[91m✗�[0m] �[91mFailed to resolve�[0m doubleclick.com via �[91ma remote, public DNS server�[0m (8.8.8.8)

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m Name resolution (IPv6) using a random blocked domain and a known ad-serving domain
[�[91m✗�[0m] �[91mFailed to resolve�[0m www.visionacceleratorpro.com on �[91mlo�[0m (�[91m::1�[0m)
[�[91m✗�[0m] �[91mFailed to resolve�[0m www.visionacceleratorpro.com on �[91mdummy0�[0m (�[91mfe80::a882:1cff:feda:a023%dummy0�[0m)
[�[91m✗�[0m] �[91mFailed to resolve�[0m www.visionacceleratorpro.com on �[91mwlan0�[0m (�[91mfe80::cec3:eaff:fec6:f95b%wlan0�[0m)
[�[32m✓�[0m] No IPv6 address available on �[96mp2p0�[0m
[�[91m✗�[0m] �[91mFailed to resolve�[0m doubleclick.com via �[91ma remote, public DNS server�[0m (2001:4860:4860::8888)

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m Discovering active DHCP servers (takes 6 seconds)
   Scanning all your interfaces for DHCP servers and IPv6 routers
   Timeout: 6 seconds
   
   * Received 548 bytes from 192.168.18.208 @ wlan0
     Offered IP address: 192.168.18.102
     Server IP address: N/A
     Relay-agent IP address: N/A
     BOOTP server: (empty)
     BOOTP file: (empty)
     DHCP options:
      Message type: DHCPOFFER (2)
      server-identifier: 192.168.18.208
      lease-time: 7200 ( 2h )
      dns-server: 8.8.8.8
      dns-server: 8.8.4.4
      netmask: 255.255.255.0
      router: 192.168.18.1
      --- end of options ---
   
   Received 1 DHCP (IPv4) and 0 RA (IPv6) answers on wlan0

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m Pi-hole processes
[�[91m✗�[0m] �[91mpihole-FTL�[0m daemon is �[91mfailed�[0m

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m Pi-hole-FTL full status
   pihole-FTL.service - Enable service provided by pihole-FTL daemon
    Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/pihole-FTL, disabled)
    Active: failed (dead)

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m Pi-hole FTL Query Database
�[32m-rw-r-----. 1 pihole pihole 0 Jan 18 13:06 /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db�[0m

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m Gravity Database
�[32m-rw-r-----. 1 pihole pihole 7.4M Jan 18 13:01 /etc/pihole/gravity.db�[0m

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m Info table
   property              value                                   
   --------------------  ----------------------------------------
   version               20                                      
   gravity_restored      false                                   
   updated               1740690089                              
   gravity_count         127472                                  
   Last gravity run finished at: �[96mThu Feb 27 21:01:29 GMT 2025�[0m

   �[96m----- First 10 Gravity Domains -----�[0m
   localhost.localdomain
   0.0.0.0
   ad-assets.futurecdn.net
   ck.getcookiestxt.com
   eu1.clevertap-prod.com
   wizhumpgyros.com
   coccyxwickimp.com
   webmail-who-int.000webhostapp.com
   010sec.com
   01mspmd5yalky8.com


�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m Groups
   id    enabled  name                                                date_added           date_modified        description                                       
   ----  -------  --------------------------------------------------  -------------------  -------------------  --------------------------------------------------
   0       yes    Default                                             2023-12-13 12:06:05  2023-12-13 12:06:05  The default group                                 

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m Domainlist

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m Clients

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m Adlists
   id     enabled  group_ids     type   address                                                                                               date_added           date_modified        comment                                           
   -----  -------  ------------  -----  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  -------------------  -------------------  --------------------------------------------------
   1        yes    0             Block  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts                                      2023-12-13 12:06:05  2023-12-13 12:06:05  Migrated from /etc/pihole/adlists.list            

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m contents of �[96m/etc/pihole�[0m

�[32m-rw-r-----. 1 pihole pihole 6.2K Jan 18 13:01 /etc/pihole/dnsmasq.conf�[0m
   hostsdir=/etc/pihole/hosts
   no-resolv
   port=53
   server=127.0.0.1#5335
   cache-size=10000
   localise-queries
   log-queries
   log-async
   log-facility=/var/log/pihole/pihole.log
   bogus-priv
   domain-needed
   expand-hosts
   use-stale-cache=3600
   except-interface=nonexisting
   local=//
   local=/home.arpa/
   local=/internal/
   domain=lan
   local=/lan/
   local=/pi.hole/
   host-record=pi.hole,0.0.0.0,::
   server=/test/
   server=/invalid/
   address=/localhost/127.0.0.1
   address=/localhost/::1
   server=/bind/
   server=/onion/
   cache-rr=ANY
   filter-rr=ANY

�[32m-rw-r-----. 1 root root 358 Feb 27  2025 /etc/pihole/logrotate�[0m
   /var/log/pihole/pihole.log {
   	su root root
   	daily
   	copytruncate
   	rotate 5
   	compress
   	delaycompress
   	notifempty
   	nomail
   }
   /var/log/pihole/FTL.log {
   	su root root
   	weekly
   	copytruncate
   	rotate 3
   	compress
   	delaycompress
   	notifempty
   	nomail
   }
   /var/log/pihole/webserver.log {
   su root root
   weekly
   copytruncate
   rotate 3
   compress
   delaycompress
   notifempty
   nomail
   }

�[32m-rw-r-----. 1 pihole pihole 66K Jan 18 13:16 /etc/pihole/pihole.toml�[0m
   [dns]
     upstreams = [
       "127.0.0.1#5335"
     ] �[91m### CHANGED�[0m, default = []
     CNAMEdeepInspect = true
     blockESNI = true
     EDNS0ECS = true
     ignoreLocalhost = false
     showDNSSEC = true
     analyzeOnlyAandAAAA = false
     piholePTR = "PI.HOLE"
     replyWhenBusy = "ALLOW"
     blockTTL = 2
     hosts = [
       "142.250.80.3 connectivitycheck.gstatic.com"
     ] �[91m### CHANGED�[0m, default = []
     domainNeeded = true �[91m### CHANGED�[0m, default = false
     expandHosts = true �[91m### CHANGED�[0m, default = false
     bogusPriv = true
     dnssec = false
     interface = "wlan0" �[91m### CHANGED�[0m, default = ""
     hostRecord = ""
     listeningMode = "ALL" �[91m### CHANGED�[0m, default = "LOCAL"
     queryLogging = true
     cnameRecords = []
     port = 53
     localise = true
     revServers = []
     [dns.domain]
       name = "lan"
       local = true
     [dns.cache]
       size = 10000
       optimizer = 3600
       upstreamBlockedTTL = 86400
     [dns.blocking]
       active = true
       mode = "NULL"
       edns = "TEXT"
     [dns.specialDomains]
       mozillaCanary = true
       iCloudPrivateRelay = true
       designatedResolver = true
       [dns.reply.host]
         force4 = false
         IPv4 = ""
         force6 = false
         IPv6 = ""
       [dns.reply.blocking]
         force4 = false
         IPv4 = ""
         force6 = false
         IPv6 = ""
     [dns.rateLimit]
       count = 1000
       interval = 60
   [dhcp]
     active = false
     start = ""
     end = ""
     router = ""
     netmask = ""
     leaseTime = ""
     ipv6 = false
     rapidCommit = false
     multiDNS = false
     logging = false
     ignoreUnknownClients = false
     hosts = []
     [ntp.ipv4]
       active = true
       address = ""
     [ntp.ipv6]
       active = true
       address = ""
     [ntp.sync]
       active = true
       server = "pool.ntp.org"
       interval = 3600
       count = 8
       [ntp.sync.rtc]
         set = false
         device = ""
         utc = true
   [resolver]
     resolveIPv4 = true
     resolveIPv6 = true
     networkNames = true
     refreshNames = "IPV4_ONLY"
   [database]
     DBimport = true
     maxDBdays = 91
     DBinterval = 60
     useWAL = true
     [database.network]
       parseARPcache = true
       expire = 91
   [webserver]
     domain = "pi.hole"
     acl = ""
     port = "80o,443os,[::]:80o,[::]:443os"
     threads = 50
     headers = [
       "X-DNS-Prefetch-Control: off",
       "Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; img-src 'self' data:;",
       "X-Frame-Options: DENY",
       "X-XSS-Protection: 0",
       "X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff",
       "Referrer-Policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin"
     ]
     serve_all = false
     advancedOpts = []
     [webserver.session]
       timeout = 1800
       restore = true
     [webserver.tls]
       cert = "/etc/pihole/tls.pem"
       validity = 47
     [webserver.paths]
       webroot = "/var/www/html"
       webhome = "/admin/"
       prefix = ""
     [webserver.interface]
       boxed = true
       theme = "default-dark" �[91m### CHANGED�[0m, default = "default-auto"
     [webserver.api]
       max_sessions = 16
       prettyJSON = false
       pwhash = "$BALLOON-SHA256$v=1$s=1024,t=32$iFy53lyhcksHlqgSAlGbzg==$5LdtQCIwXOR7RrWK6Wobzd8yIVoYk65/s0I3QeGvOdU=" �[91m### CHANGED�[0m, default = ""
       totp_secret = ""
       app_pwhash = ""
       app_sudo = false
       cli_pw = true
       excludeClients = []
       excludeDomains = []
       maxHistory = 86400
       maxClients = 10
       client_history_global_max = true
       allow_destructive = true
       [webserver.api.temp]
         limit = 60.000000
         unit = "C"
   [files]
     pid = "/run/pihole-FTL.pid"
     database = "/etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db"
     gravity = "/etc/pihole/gravity.db"
     gravity_tmp = "/tmp"
     macvendor = "/etc/pihole/macvendor.db"
     pcap = ""
     [files.log]
       ftl = "/var/log/pihole/FTL.log"
       dnsmasq = "/var/log/pihole/pihole.log"
       webserver = "/var/log/pihole/webserver.log"
   [misc]
     privacylevel = 0
     delay_startup = 0
     nice = -10
     addr2line = true
     etc_dnsmasq_d = false
     dnsmasq_lines = []
     extraLogging = false
     readOnly = false
     normalizeCPU = true
     hide_dnsmasq_warn = false
     [misc.check]
       load = true
       shmem = 90
       disk = 90
   [debug]
     database = false
     networking = false
     locks = false
     queries = false
     flags = false
     shmem = false
     gc = false
     arp = false
     regex = false
     api = false
     tls = false
     overtime = false
     status = false
     caps = false
     dnssec = false
     vectors = false
     resolver = false
     edns0 = false
     clients = false
     aliasclients = false
     events = false
     helper = false
     config = false
     inotify = false
     webserver = false
     extra = false
     reserved = false
     ntp = false
     netlink = false
     timing = false
     all = false

�[32m-rw-r-----. 1 pihole pihole 315 Jan 18 13:46 /etc/pihole/versions�[0m
   CORE_VERSION=v6.3
   CORE_BRANCH=master
   CORE_HASH=5a23c9c3
   GITHUB_CORE_VERSION=v6.3
   GITHUB_CORE_HASH=5a23c9c3
   WEB_VERSION=v6.4
   WEB_BRANCH=master
   WEB_HASH=cd0c392d
   GITHUB_WEB_VERSION=v6.4
   GITHUB_WEB_HASH=cd0c392d
   FTL_VERSION=v6.4.1
   FTL_BRANCH=master
   FTL_HASH=8d1add8d
   GITHUB_FTL_VERSION=v6.4.1
   GITHUB_FTL_HASH=8d1add8d

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m contents of �[96m/etc/dnsmasq.d�[0m

�[32m-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 211 Jan 13  2023 /etc/dnsmasq.d/README�[0m
   

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m contents of �[96m/etc/cron.d�[0m

�[32m-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1.7K Jan 18 13:43 /etc/cron.d/pihole�[0m
   24 3   * * 7   root    PATH="$PATH:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin/" pihole updateGravity >/var/log/pihole/pihole_updateGravity.log || cat /var/log/pihole/pihole_updateGravity.log
   00 00   * * *   root    PATH="$PATH:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin/" pihole flush once quiet
   @reboot root /usr/sbin/logrotate --state /var/lib/logrotate/pihole /etc/pihole/logrotate
   10 18  * * *   root    PATH="$PATH:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin/" pihole updatechecker
   @reboot root    PATH="$PATH:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin/" pihole updatechecker reboot

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m contents of �[96m/var/log/pihole�[0m

�[32m-rw-r-----. 1 pihole pihole 1.4K Jan 18 13:46 /var/log/pihole/FTL.log�[0m
   �[96m-----head of FTL.log------�[0m
    
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.044 GMT [20461M] INFO: ########## FTL started on falcon-umts! ##########
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.045 GMT [20461M] INFO: FTL branch: master
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.045 GMT [20461M] INFO: FTL version: v6.4.1
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.045 GMT [20461M] INFO: FTL commit: 8d1add8d
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.045 GMT [20461M] INFO: FTL date: 2025-11-27 18:02:19 +0000
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.045 GMT [20461M] INFO: FTL user: pihole
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.045 GMT [20461M] INFO: Compiled for linux/arm/v7 (compiled on CI) using cc (Alpine 14.2.0) 14.2.0
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.064 GMT [20461M] INFO: Wrote config file:
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.065 GMT [20461M] INFO:  - 162 total entries
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.065 GMT [20461M] INFO:  - 154 entries are default
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.065 GMT [20461M] INFO:  - 8 entries are modified
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.065 GMT [20461M] INFO:  - 0 entries are forced through environment
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.073 GMT [20461M] INFO: Parsed config file /etc/pihole/pihole.toml successfully
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.074 GMT [20461M] INFO: PID file does not exist or not readable
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.074 GMT [20461M] INFO: No other running FTL process found.
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.074 GMT [20461M] WARNING: Could not fallocate() in create_shm() (/app/src/shmem.c:710): Not supported
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.074 GMT [20461M] ERROR: create_shm(): Failed to resize "/FTL-20461-lock" (3) to 88: Not supported (95)

   �[96m-----tail of FTL.log------�[0m
    
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.044 GMT [20461M] INFO: ########## FTL started on falcon-umts! ##########
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.045 GMT [20461M] INFO: FTL branch: master
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.045 GMT [20461M] INFO: FTL version: v6.4.1
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.045 GMT [20461M] INFO: FTL commit: 8d1add8d
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.045 GMT [20461M] INFO: FTL date: 2025-11-27 18:02:19 +0000
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.045 GMT [20461M] INFO: FTL user: pihole
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.045 GMT [20461M] INFO: Compiled for linux/arm/v7 (compiled on CI) using cc (Alpine 14.2.0) 14.2.0
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.064 GMT [20461M] INFO: Wrote config file:
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.065 GMT [20461M] INFO:  - 162 total entries
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.065 GMT [20461M] INFO:  - 154 entries are default
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.065 GMT [20461M] INFO:  - 8 entries are modified
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.065 GMT [20461M] INFO:  - 0 entries are forced through environment
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.073 GMT [20461M] INFO: Parsed config file /etc/pihole/pihole.toml successfully
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.074 GMT [20461M] INFO: PID file does not exist or not readable
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.074 GMT [20461M] INFO: No other running FTL process found.
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.074 GMT [20461M] WARNING: Could not fallocate() in create_shm() (/app/src/shmem.c:710): Not supported
   2026-01-18 13:46:03.074 GMT [20461M] ERROR: create_shm(): Failed to resize "/FTL-20461-lock" (3) to 88: Not supported (95)

�[32m-rw-r-----. 1 pihole pihole 2 Jan 18 13:46 /var/log/pihole/webserver.log�[0m
   �[96m-----head of webserver.log------�[0m
    

   �[96m-----tail of webserver.log------�[0m
    

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m contents of �[96m/dev/shm�[0m
total 0

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m contents of �[96m/etc�[0m

�[32m-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 38 Jan 18 13:22 /etc/resolv.conf�[0m
   nameserver 8.8.8.8
   nameserver 8.8.4.4

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m Pi-hole diagnosis messages

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m Locale
    LANG=C.UTF-8

�[95m*** [ DIAGNOSING ]:�[0m Pi-hole log
�[32m-rw-r-----. 1 pihole pihole 2 Jan 18 13:46 /var/log/pihole/pihole.log�[0m
   �[96m-----head of pihole.log------�[0m
    

   �[96m-----tail of pihole.log------�[0m

Hope that something can be done about it.

Thanks in advance.

DesktopECHO · 2026-01-18T17:05:07Z

DesktopECHO
Jan 18, 2026
Maintainer

Looks like this is where the wheels fell off:

WARNING: Could not fallocate() in create_shm() (/app/src/shmem.c:710): Not supported
ERROR: create_shm(): Failed to resize "/FTL-20461-lock" (3) to 88: Not supported (95)

What is the result from this test?
cd /dev/shm && rm -f falloc.test ; touch falloc.test && fallocate -l 1M falloc.test && echo OK || echo FAIL

You can try installing to a disk image, not sure if this will help:
In deployment options, change your "Installation type" to File and "Image size" to 2040 then redeploy.

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jorguitart Jan 18, 2026
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Thanks for the fast response. That test results in:

fallocate: fallocate 'falloc.test': Operation not supported or transport endpoint
FAIL

Also, about the installation type, it's already in File and image size is locked at 2047. With all that, DNS server is still off.

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