lockrob2000

OK, my instance has been running for 18.5 hours with no disconnects. I can surmise that the issue was the C-states settings. I went into BIOS and disabled C-states and that seems to have been the golden ticket. Thanks you for all the help. I was thrashing around blindly until you helped steer me in the right direction. Thank you so much!

Just in case you want to see this. It starts in February for some reason, but does include up until tonight. syslog-127.0.0.1.zip

It seems to have worked. now I just have to do the tweak the C-state, remove the added PCIE additions, I've added the AMD vendor reset already. Fingers crossed. I really appreciate your help and patience. Thanks-

What's a good size to set the maximum file size to?

Just took this.

Sorry, what I mean by disconnects is that when used to work with media, the server will works for a period of time (generally around an hour)_ and lose connection to my network. I can't tell what it actually does, but I can no longer connect in any way, even though the power light still shows "running" while the network router, shows the server as off. To get it to reconnect, I have to power the server off using the power button, and after a few seconds power it back on. It will then reconnect for another indeterminate period of time. Sometimes as short as fifteen minutes, sometimes hours.

I know you probably know this but 1. What does it mean? Successful Hardware Setup: The system has successfully loaded the hardware acceleration capabilities for AMD graphics cards, specifically for video decoding (playing) and encoding (recording/transcoding). AMDGPU Driver: This is a normal log entry for AMD Radeon GPUs (especially Polaris/RX 400/500 series and newer) during boot or when a Virtual Machine/Docker container loads. VCE Initialized: It is frequently followed by "[drm] VCE initialized successfully," which refers to the Video Coding Engine. Unraid +3 2. Is this an error? Generally, No: In most cases, this is an informative message indicating that the hardware is ready to work. If it spams the logs: If this message appears every 10–30 seconds in your syslog, it indicates a "log spam" issue, often related to a known AMD reset bug where the card is not correctly resetting, but it is not necessarily crashing your server. 3. Contextual Usage in Unraid Docker/Transcoding: If you use Plex, Jellyfin, or Frigate with an AMD GPU for hardware transcoding, this message confirms the driver is loaded and ready to process video. VM Passthrough: If you pass through an AMD GPU to a Windows VM, this means Unraid has initialized the card, though it may still suffer from the "AMD Reset Bug" (failing to reset on VM shutdown). Unraid +3 4. What to do if it's spamming logs If this message is filling up your log file (causing the log to reach 100%), it usually means the AMD GPU is being initialized repeatedly. Install the vendor-reset plugin: For AMD GPU passthrough users, this plugin can help address the reset bug that causes these logs. Check for Idle Issues: If the GPU is unused, it may be going into a low-power state and re-initializing. Unraid I have been grasping at straws trying to find out what is causing these issues.

Sorry, I don't know what any of that means. Not even sure where to start looking. Besides my GPU, I have a PCIE SATA expander and a PCIE network card. I could remove both of those if it would help. The SATA card is for moving some of the hard drives out of the case because i was worried heat issues might be causing the disconnects, and the network card was just installed because I was worried about the network card perhaps being an issue. What do you think?

Yes, it was after starting the rebuild. I will do another diagnostic now. This rebuild has about an hour and a half. Thanks- tower-diagnostics-20260329-2126.zip

the parity rebuild completed, but the array still showed the drive as invalid so I'm trying it one more time. tower-diagnostics-20260329-1116.zip

it is now rebuilding. Thanks, you saved me a TON of $. Now, if the server disconnects when rebuilding, will a restart pick up where it was interrupted? On the disconnect side...Do you think that disabling the C-states in BIOS will help? (I read about that in the "FAQ for unRaid v.6". What do you think happened to the data? and why on some restarts was the Docker tab no longer enabled? Sorry for so many questions.

wow, OK will try that.

crap tower-diagnostics-20260328-1757.zip

trying again tower-diagnostics-20260328-1751.zip

I went to Tools and Diagnostics and downloaded from there. Where are the ones you want? I have not started in Maintenance mode, however since I no longer have a Parity drive, could that be the issue?

syslog-127.0.0.1.log I did have it mirrored to flash. I just pulled the diagnostics and attached.

Hopefully this is what you want syslog syslog-previous

here - I hope you see something in here. At this point I have replaced the CPU cooler, the power supply, all the old 10TB drives, and added a network card. Now, with the parity 12TB drive failure, I am at the end of the road. tower-diagnostics-20260328-1657.zip

Sorry - and my parity drive just failed. I've attached 2, one very recent and one from a failure ago. I'm on unraid 6.12.6 with MSI B4590 Tomahawk motherboard American Megatrends ver. 1.20 and an AMD Ryzen 7 1700X 8core 3400MHz tower-diagnostics-20260328-1543.zip tower-diagnostics-20260327-1145.zip

What could be going on? I'm kind of flying blind here. I have also had several instances where I get disconnected and when I reconnect, the dockers are no longer enabled? Do I need to wipe my installation and reinstall? or is there a more nuanced approach? Thanks-

I think you solved it for me. Though I did not think of it as an adblocker, I have Aura installed and it blocks insecure websites. I unchecked that part and it seems to have worked. I will not count my chickens, but I will now look into making Plex "secure". Not sure what is involved in that, but that is my next quest (if my good fortune continues with this issue). Thanks so much- Rob

I was able to enter the addresses manually and connected. How would I search for an adblocker, I have not added one myself, but this is a new computer for MicroCenter and I don'e know what was initially installed. I haven't seen evidence of one though. Come to think of it, when I visit a certain website, it always says, "I notice that you are not seeing the ads". Odd

Now after I open unRaid (which I can do) and I try to open Plex and Sonarr, The address line shows this about:blank#blocked What gives?

Thanks for the help. I do not have a USB based TV tuner, and no plex is not functioning correctly. Yesterday the connection was lost maybe three times all day. Today it is disconnecting every 15 minutes or so. A LOT. I am at my wits end. I had gotten to the point where I assumed it was a Win11 issue. But I am no longer sure and don't know how to proceed. I have followed as mnay of the suggestions I could find and none of the have helped. But it so intermittant.

Critical: libusb_init failed Got this in the Plex docker log. Does anyone have clarification or what needs to be done or how to fix? 2026-03-02 18:18:36,009 INFO success: claim-script entered RUNNING state, process has stayed up for > than 0 seconds (startsecs) 2026-03-02 18:18:36,009 DEBG fd 9 closed, stopped monitoring <POutputDispatcher at 22541253449712 for <Subprocess at 22541254639104 with name claim-script in state RUNNING> (stdout)> 2026-03-02 18:18:36,010 DEBG fd 11 closed, stopped monitoring <POutputDispatcher at 22541253352720 for <Subprocess at 22541254639104 with name claim-script in state RUNNING> (stderr)> 2026-03-02 18:18:36,010 INFO exited: claim-script (exit status 0; expected) 2026-03-02 18:18:36,010 DEBG received SIGCHLD indicating a child quit 2026-03-02 18:18:36,057 DEBG 'start-script' stdout output: [info] Env var 'PLEX_CLAIM' value not set and/or 'CLAIM_SERVER' not set to 'yes', skipping edit of Preferences.xml for claim process. 2026-03-02 18:18:37,058 INFO success: start-script entered RUNNING state, process has stayed up for > than 1 seconds (startsecs) 2026-03-02 18:19:12,954 DEBG 'start-script' stdout output: Critical: libusb_init failed Thanks