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This intrigues me. My WIN10 VM lives on an SSD cache pool. However, I have a 2TB USB3 hard drive (2.5") connected to a controller that is stubbed. The WIN10 VM has exclusive access to that controller (and drive). I use this drive as the game library for that VM. While this works *well*, would a better option be to create a 500GB vdisk (G: drive) and use that for the game library? Also, what are the thoughts about putting said vdisk on the array? Is that even a viable consideration? john

Docker v1.10 has the ability to assign static IPs to containers, however, you can only do so for a custom, user-defined network. See here: https://blog.jessfraz.com/post/ips-for-all-the-things/ I haven't had the balls to run the first command to create the network. If someone is more adventurous that me, have at it and report back. John

This VM will be used for gaming (GTX 950) for my boys. John

I want to get a ~500GB SSD to pass through to a WIN10 gaming VM. I'll admit that my knowledge of the SSD technology is sparse. I see terms like 'trim', 'TLC', 'MLC', etc. but never bothered much to research. For my use case, are there any specific requirements? I am eyeballing this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820173154&ignorebbr=1 TIA! John

Specs of my current rig are in my signature. I am currently passing through a GTX 950 to a WIN10 VM for my boys to use as a gaming machine. So far it is working wonderfully, however, I am obviously not taking full advantage of the GPU due to the age of the PCI bus on my current MB. Also, it seems that quite a few PC games do not have 'couch co-op' where then console counterpart does (i.e. Star Wars Battlefront), which is a shame. That being said, I want to buy another GTX 950 to passthrough to a 2nd WIN10 VM so my boys can game head-to-head on local LAN (or WLAN...whatever the case). So, without breaking the bank (under $500 for the MB/CPU), I am in the market for a MB/CPU combo that will support both cards and have enough juice to drive them nicely. FYI...this will be the ONLY purpose of this box (no NAS). Suggestions? John

LT...you will want to add the part about including diagnostics when requesting support to the OP. EDIT...preferably near the top. John

I'm just going to say... THIS IS F'ING AWESOME! scpserver is working Beautifully! 2x PS3 dualshock controllers paired. I have about 12 games loaded up on the server. A GTX 950 is passed through to a WIN10 VM running Kodi. I am using Advanced Launcher as a frontend and it has not had a single hiccup. The boys are playing Gauntlet Slayer Edition right now and LOVING it. I return the PS4 tomorrow! BTW...LEGO games rule! lol Batman, Star Wars, Avengers, Harry Potter, POTC, LOTR, Hobbit, Jurassic World, Indiana Jones, etc. It's all good!

UPDATE: I guess 4 is a charm. I'm not sure if stubbing the USB controller was the key (I think it was for syncing the controllers to the BT adapter as it took twice to disconnect/connect) but everything seems to be behaving. Time to load up Steam BPM with games and let the boys have at it. If all goes well, I will be returning a $350 PS4 this weekend. Not to mention..cough cough...no more buying games...cough cough. John

Will it be used simply as a file sharing repository or do you require file locking for live editing (something like Sharepoint)?

NP. I only know because I did the same exact thing yesterday.

Thanks. I have tried both (and also the latest version of the second one from github). For 3 days now they are driving me nuts! Either it doesn't see the BT adapter (the most common v4.0 that everyone buys) or the controllers just won't connect to it. I had this working on my T430 at one point so I was wondering if my issues were more VM related (i.e. not enough power for the adapter). I just stubbed a PCI-E USB card for use with the WIN10 VM to see if that helps. John

UPDATE: Disregard...stupid user error! I somehow managed to seat the USB card next to the PCI-e slot which I am sure was causing some kind of short (dark and tight quarters in my server). I just hope that I didn't do perm damage. My wife will kill me. Server is coming back up now. UPDATE #2: All is right with the world. No more errors and hardware is behaving. Lesson learned: don't thy this crap @ 6am before coffee. 6.2 RC5 I just added a PCI-E USB card to the server and brought it back online. However, I neglected to connect the power to it (I'm hoping this is the issue as I don't see it in system devices). Anyway, I was hoping that was part of the root cause of the below... After I powered back on, I am seeing these messages over and over again in the syslog: Sep 10 06:49:19 unRAID kernel: igb 0000:01:00.1 eth1: Link Speed was downgraded by SmartSpeed Sep 10 06:49:19 unRAID kernel: bond0: link status definitely up for interface eth1, 100 Mbps full duplex Sep 10 06:49:20 unRAID kernel: igb 0000:01:00.1 eth1: igb: eth1 NIC Link is Down Sep 10 06:49:20 unRAID kernel: bond0: link status definitely down for interface eth1, disabling it Sep 10 06:49:28 unRAID kernel: igb 0000:01:00.1 eth1: igb: eth1 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX Sep 10 06:49:28 unRAID kernel: igb 0000:01:00.1 eth1: Link Speed was downgraded by SmartSpeed Sep 10 06:49:28 unRAID kernel: bond0: link status definitely up for interface eth1, 100 Mbps full duplex Sep 10 06:49:29 unRAID kernel: igb 0000:01:00.1 eth1: igb: eth1 NIC Link is Down Sep 10 06:49:29 unRAID kernel: bond0: link status definitely down for interface eth1, disabling it Sep 10 06:49:37 unRAID kernel: igb 0000:01:00.1 eth1: igb: eth1 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX Sep 10 06:49:37 unRAID kernel: igb 0000:01:00.1 eth1: Link Speed was downgraded by SmartSpeed Sep 10 06:49:37 unRAID kernel: bond0: link status definitely up for interface eth1, 100 Mbps full duplex Sep 10 06:49:38 unRAID kernel: igb 0000:01:00.1 eth1: igb: eth1 NIC Link is Down Sep 10 06:49:38 unRAID kernel: bond0: link status definitely down for interface eth1, disabling it Sep 10 06:49:47 unRAID kernel: igb 0000:01:00.1 eth1: igb: eth1 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX Sep 10 06:49:47 unRAID kernel: igb 0000:01:00.1 eth1: Link Speed was downgraded by SmartSpeed Sep 10 06:49:47 unRAID kernel: bond0: link status definitely up for interface eth1, 100 Mbps full duplex Sep 10 06:49:47 unRAID kernel: igb 0000:01:00.1 eth1: igb: eth1 NIC Link is Down Sep 10 06:49:47 unRAID kernel: bond0: link status definitely down for interface eth1, disabling it Did I accidentally bump something when putting the USB card in? Maybe is shares resources with the onboard NICs and I need to give it power? My boys are watching cartoons right now so I am kinda stuck unless I let them start playing video games @ 7am so I can shut down the server. Thoughts? John

This happens when you did not indicate the size of the disk correctly in the VM settings (Primary vDisk size). For example, you put 16 instead of 16G. John

Pairing the XBOX360 controller to a Microsoft Wireless Gaming Receiver in WIN10 is pretty straight forward. However, I'm having trouble doing the same with a PS3 Sixaxis controller. Is there anyone out there who has had success? TIA! John

Awesome reply dani! I really appreciate it. I think I may need to lean more toward Gamestream/Moonlight rather than Steam only because I don't want to lose OpenELEC/LibreELEC. I think there *may* be a way to integrate BPM into OE/LE but I thought it was kinda 'hackish'. Also, do you use wireless 360 controllers? If so, have you had any issues if/when they disconnect while you are in-game? i.e. if I am playing LEGO Jurassic World and using the 360 controller and it loses connection (or battery dies), the controls automatically revert to KB and I am stuck as I do not have a KB/mouse connected. What's worse is if it happens when I am not there (...wife/kids have no idea what to do). Again, teh ultimate purpose is to replace a console. In the situation described above, on a console a quick press of the power button would resolve. John John

Steam / SteamOS has a full screen sort of console/kiosk mode which can be driven by a controller. Importantly you can use the Xbox360 controllers with Steam meaning you would be giving the boys a familiar controller and a console interface. http://steamunpowered.eu/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Steam-Big-Picture-Mode.jpg You can even have Steam running on your main computer / unRAID machine (with GPU pass through) and just stick a dumb NUC (running SteamOS of Windows - with obvious pros and cons) or similar connected to the TV in the room the boys use the most (connected to a wired network) and the games will play (stream) across the network. Easy Peasy. In addition, doing it this way means you can add titles to your Steam Acc on the PC/VM and configure / tune them etc before the boys play it and when you're ready they will see it in the library to play. From the little bit that I played with BPM, it seems that you can still get into some settings. Is there a 'true' kiosk mode that you can turn on? John

Long story short... Bought an XBOX ONE (since we already had a bunch of games which a few were BC). Played it for 3 days without issue and then it went goofy. Both controllers would randomly move (i.e. I would go all the way to the right in the menus and it would come back all the way to the left). I would like to say this was a controller issue but BOTH did the same thing. I played with it for about 3 hours, got frustrated, returned it and got a PS4. Honestly, I wasn't really impressed with the XO. Account management/usage just seemed 'off'. In parallel, I bought a GTX 950 and currently testing in a VM. If all goes well (i.e. the 950 drives Star Wars Battlefront well enough), I'll use Launchbox as a frontend for PC games and return the PS4. That being said, is there a PC game frontend that mimics consoles (look and feel)? I want to put something in front of my boys that is at least somewhat familiar. John

As far as i know, it's still a problem. I'm seeing them in my syslog... Sep 6 15:20:17 unRAID kernel: kodi.bin[28741]: segfault at 7a8 ip 0000559813729277 sp 00002af6d5fe6750 error 4 in kodi.bin[559812fad000+201c000] Sep 6 15:20:37 unRAID kernel: kodi.bin[28934]: segfault at 7a8 ip 000055a329bf9277 sp 00002b4328f1a750 error 4 in kodi.bin[55a32947d000+201c000] Sep 6 15:20:56 unRAID kernel: kodi.bin[29126]: segfault at 7a8 ip 0000562c97a31277 sp 00002b538675e750 error 4 in kodi.bin[562c972b5000+201c000] Sep 6 15:21:16 unRAID kernel: kodi.bin[29365]: segfault at 7a8 ip 000055e625682277 sp 00002b0d26c43750 error 4 in kodi.bin[55e624f06000+201c000] Sep 6 15:21:35 unRAID kernel: kodi.bin[29580]: segfault at 7a8 ip 0000562499c55277 sp 00002b61cb2d8750 error 4 in kodi.bin[5624994d9000+201c000]

I just stumbled across that! Thx

CRUD...meant to to post this in the parent forum. Oh well... Been a while since I had a need to build a Windows VM and never had an issue in the past. I just tried to build 3 different ones (tried 2 different GPUs passed through...GT 720 and GT 730) over the last 2 days and they all have awful, distorted audio. Is there an issue (and a fix) that I am not aware of? Any/all Linux VMs I build with the same HW do not have audio issues. 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I'm using Flircs via long USB runs. I'm using long HDMI runs (50ft) without issue. John

how did you get it to boot?? OE requires a GPU that supports HW acceleration. If you want to get something like this to work, you may need to install Kodi in a Windows or Linux VM. I know for a fact that Windows will work but never tried a Linux one. John

Thanks Rob. I rebooted and will keep an eye on the syslog for new occurrences. Unfortunately, that is the latest BIOS available and has not been updated for some time. My two OE VMs are pinned to 12/13 and 14/15 respectively (which I assume is CPU2). John

I have absolutely no idea if this is related to RC4 or not but figured I would post it here since I did not see it in previous RCs. Diagnostics are attached. Aug 29 01:47:16 unRAID kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------ Aug 29 01:47:16 unRAID kernel: WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 24059 at ./arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:236 SyS_rt_sigsuspend+0x8f/0x9e() Aug 29 01:47:16 unRAID kernel: Modules linked in: xt_CHECKSUM iptable_mangle ipt_REJECT nf_reject_ipv4 ebtable_filter ebtables vhost_net tun vhost macvtap macvlan xt_nat veth ipt_MASQUERADE nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4 iptable_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_nat_ipv4 iptable_filter ip_tables nf_nat md_mod bonding igb ptp pps_core i2c_algo_bit coretemp kvm_intel kvm ahci i2c_i801 libahci mvsas libsas scsi_transport_sas ipmi_si acpi_cpufreq [last unloaded: pps_core] Aug 29 01:47:16 unRAID kernel: CPU: 2 PID: 24059 Comm: Threadpool work Not tainted 4.4.18-unRAID #1 Aug 29 01:47:16 unRAID kernel: Hardware name: Supermicro X8DTH-i/6/iF/6F/X8DTH, BIOS 2.1b 05/04/12 Aug 29 01:47:16 unRAID kernel: 0000000000000000 ffff880c0591fee0 ffffffff8136a2c7 0000000000000000 Aug 29 01:47:16 unRAID kernel: 00000000000000ec ffff880c0591ff18 ffffffff8104a39a ffffffff81055502 Aug 29 01:47:16 unRAID kernel: fffffffffffffdfe 00000000000000be 00002b8e2600a240 0000000000000001 Aug 29 01:47:16 unRAID kernel: Call Trace: Aug 29 01:47:16 unRAID kernel: [<ffffffff8136a2c7>] dump_stack+0x61/0x7e Aug 29 01:47:16 unRAID kernel: [<ffffffff8104a39a>] warn_slowpath_common+0x8f/0xa8 Aug 29 01:47:16 unRAID kernel: [<ffffffff81055502>] ? SyS_rt_sigsuspend+0x8f/0x9e Aug 29 01:47:16 unRAID kernel: [<ffffffff8104a457>] warn_slowpath_null+0x15/0x17 Aug 29 01:47:16 unRAID kernel: [<ffffffff81055502>] SyS_rt_sigsuspend+0x8f/0x9e Aug 29 01:47:16 unRAID kernel: [<ffffffff816237ae>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x12/0x6d Aug 29 01:47:16 unRAID kernel: ---[ end trace ea2867ef7be5c954 ]--- unraid-diagnostics-20160829-1920.zip

Single player only. And to be clear...my boys are 5 and 6 years old. Consoles make daddy's job very easy! That being said, I am already in the process of providing my 6 year old with his own computer station (desk, Lenovo T420 that I had laying around, 22" monitor, etc.). He is totally hooked on Day of the Tentacle (a boy after my own heart!). FYI for anyone who is not aware...a remastered version of DOTT was released. John