batfink

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  1. Same thing happened to me when I tried this, so keen on knowing what the answer is too ! Cheers
  2. Thanks for the reply. Sorry for posting in the wrong place. 1. I thought I had added a swap file set up at some stage, but perhaps this is a red-herring. 2. I know. As mentioned, I was only intending on using the USB to check it worked in principle before buying an SSD. 3. I did not remove the USB key while the server was on, although I see how my statement could be read that was. I removed the USB key before turning the server back on (because it often gets confused which drive to boot from and I didn't have a monitor attached to check), and in hindsight assumed doing so caused this issue. 4. Not sure I follow but I'll research before asking any more silly questions.... Thanks again
  3. OK, I confess, I've been fiddling and I should know better I've recently replaced my PSU and added an 8 port Supermicro controller, both to allow future expansion but in the short term to allow me to add an SSD to get mySQL & my XBMC database on unRAID (without having to spin up discs). Before buying the SSD I wanted to do a 'proof of concept' by setting this up on a mounted USB key (a few weeks ago now). I only got part of the way through before I ran out of time and so never finished off what I started. Roll on to yesterday....... I had to shut the server down because of scheduled work on the electricity grip in my neighbourhood. When I came to power back on last night I couldn't access any shares or the web interface but I could telnet in. The syslog (attached) shows various processes being killed (oom_kill_process) after oom-killer was invoked at 23:06:42 and I'm thinking it's because I (foolishly) removed the USB key on which the swap file was set. Replacing the key does nothing (presumably it doesn't auto remount). Am I right that the swap file is the issue, or is something else causing the problem? Since I cannot access the interface to either re-mount the USB, or disable swap I'm a bit lost. Is there a config file I can modify to prevent initiation of the swap file or am I barking up the wrong tree. Thanks in advance for any help! syslog.txt
  4. Over the years I'be built various HTPCs, I own a WDTV Live, (still) own an Popcorn Hour A100 & also a C200 but moved to XBMC running Aeon on a Revo R3610 a couple of months ago and haven't looked back. IMO it's the best there is if you have a family and want to keep things simple (for them). I use Ember Manager to make sure all the 'scraping' is as I want it. Yes, I'm still looking forward to the upcoming rich C200 firmware update and maybe I'll have a change of heart when it arrives, but I'm not holding my breath. The reason a bought a C200 (at release) was that I too wanted to retain full menu funcionality for my BD rips, but over time I realised that more often than not I just wanted to watch a movie (not the trailers & extras), and if anything, others find the flashy interface much more impressive than a BD menu! Fortunately for me I ripped my BDs to the folder structure as I had issues with several iso's with the early C200 firmware so moving to XBMC wasn't too painfull. In actual fact, I have deleted all but the main m2ts files (or created a single mkv file where the m2ts files were fragmented) to free about 2Tb of space on my server so can delay another HDD upgrade for a few months longer.... Just my 2 pence worth....
  5. You may want to check with Scan that the cards come with the necessary breakout cables to connect the SATA drives - not sure that they do Also, it looks like you have two 8-port cards there ? - does the MB support two and/or do you have sufficient HDDs to justify buying two cards now. You could save a few quid until you need another? Cheers
  6. Hi I had a write-error occur a couple of weeks back so pulled the drive and replaced with another. Just got round to looking at the drive and see the SMART report shows errors but I don't know what they mean. Should I be worried? I'm going to run a long SMART test on the drive and possibly the pre-clear script as well. Thanks SMART.txt
  7. DocBlock Are the cards still running without any errors? It would be good to know it's 'safe' to use when the time comes! Cheers
  8. You may not have physically moved the disks but have you checked that they are still assigned to the original location in the devices page? Eg if disc 1 was "sda" before the new disc was added is it still assigned that way now? What happens if you swap the assignment of disc 1 & 2? Be sure to not start the array or parity check before someone more knowledgable has replied!!!
  9. Try starting the airvideo server (bash air-video-server.sh test.properties) from the consol so you can see the error messages. Assume there must be a way of capuring what's happening some other way but not sure how. I think I reallllllllly missed the 'libmp3lame'. Here's the error from log. Hopefully, prostuff1's package will resolve my issue once he is done with it. No pressure, prostuff1. :-) When you built the ffmpeg package did it complain that it couldn't find the lame package? Are you able to see the package details from the console to check it is properly installed like you can when typing "ffmpeg" (note sure what the actual command is for lame, but I can check later). You may want to try removing & reinstall lame using the file I linked too and try to rebuild ffmpeg again using the build option in my op.
  10. Yes, I'm certain it's the drive making the noise. It does it regardless of which machine it is in. It's currently in my 'test' unraid box, which i also use for preclearing etc. Not sure what you mean by tty12 but I'll search the forum. Thanks
  11. Preclear failed at some point again. Box was locked up so couldn't see how far it had got. Ran another long SMART test, results below. No change I think. SMART status Info for /dev/sdb smartctl version 5.38 [i486-slackware-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 Serial Number: JK1131YAHP6T2V Firmware Version: JKAOA28A User Capacity: 2,000,398,934,016 bytes Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 4 Local Time is: Fri Apr 30 08:19:21 2010 GMT SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x80) Offline data collection activity was never started. Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled. Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed without error or no self-test has ever been run. Total time to complete Offline data collection: (22771) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. No Conveyance Self-test supported. Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. General Purpose Logging supported. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 1) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 255) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x003d) SCT Status supported. SCT Feature Control supported. SCT Data Table supported. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 016 Pre-fail Always - 0 2 Throughput_Performance 0x0005 132 132 054 Pre-fail Offline - 104 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0007 143 143 024 Pre-fail Always - 519 (Average 491) 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 28 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 005 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 067 Pre-fail Always - 0 8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0005 112 112 020 Pre-fail Offline - 39 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 127 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 060 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 21 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 28 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 28 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0002 206 206 000 Old_age Always - 29 (Lifetime Min/Max 14/49) 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0008 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x000a 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 SMART Error Log Version: 0 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 125 - # 2 Short offline Completed without error 00% 111 - # 3 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 105 - # 4 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 96 - # 5 Short offline Completed without error 00% 90 - # 6 Short offline Completed without error 00% 28 - # 7 Short offline Completed without error 00% 27 - # 8 Short offline Completed without error 00% 13 - SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS 1 0 0 Not_testing 2 0 0 Not_testing 3 0 0 Not_testing 4 0 0 Not_testing 5 0 0 Not_testing Selective self-test flags (0x0): After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
  12. Results are: Statistics for /dev/sdb Hitachi_HDS72202_JK1131YAHP6T2V smartctl -a -d ata /dev/sdb smartctl version 5.38 [i486-slackware-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 Serial Number: JK1131YAHP6T2V Firmware Version: JKAOA28A User Capacity: 2,000,398,934,016 bytes Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 4 Local Time is: Thu Apr 29 14:21:12 2010 GMT SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x80) Offline data collection activity was never started. Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled. Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed without error or no self-test has ever been run. Total time to complete Offline data collection: (22771) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. No Conveyance Self-test supported. Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. General Purpose Logging supported. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 1) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 255) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x003d) SCT Status supported. SCT Feature Control supported. SCT Data Table supported. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000b 086 086 016 Pre-fail Always - 120 2 Throughput_Performance 0x0005 132 132 054 Pre-fail Offline - 104 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0007 143 143 024 Pre-fail Always - 519 (Average 491) 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 27 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 005 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 067 Pre-fail Always - 0 8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0005 112 112 020 Pre-fail Offline - 39 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 111 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 060 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 20 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 27 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 27 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0002 230 230 000 Old_age Always - 26 (Lifetime Min/Max 14/49) 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0008 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x000a 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 SMART Error Log Version: 0 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Short offline Completed without error 00% 111 - # 2 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 105 - # 3 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 96 - # 4 Short offline Completed without error 00% 90 - # 5 Short offline Completed without error 00% 28 - # 6 Short offline Completed without error 00% 27 - # 7 Short offline Completed without error 00% 13 - SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS 1 0 0 Not_testing 2 0 0 Not_testing 3 0 0 Not_testing 4 0 0 Not_testing 5 0 0 Not_testing Selective self-test flags (0x0): After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay. .........but the scraping/grinding sound continues. Of all my other drives (20 in total i guess), none have this 'characteristic'. It's actually loud enough to hear in another room at night and the walls in my house are solid! I'll start another preclear tonight to see if it completes........third time lucky....
  13. Bugger. Thanks Joe L. I'll report back..... Yours sincerely, A Muppet
  14. What symptoms do you get? when you attempt to run the long test what happens? It will fail if you do not disable any spin-down timers. (The test will abort when unRAID spins the disk down) Spin down is disasbled. I've tried running from unmenu and also directly from the console. When I run form the console and add the argument to create the log on my flash drive it creates the text file (contents below). I am assuming the contents would update if and when the SMART test completes. I have tried a couple of times overnight, so was probably left to run for over 8 hours. ? smartctl version 5.38 [i486-slackware-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF OFFLINE IMMEDIATE AND SELF-TEST SECTION === Sending command: "Execute SMART Extended self-test routine immediately in off-line mode". Drive command "Execute SMART Extended self-test routine immediately in off-line mode" successful. Testing has begun. Please wait 255 minutes for test to complete. Test will complete after Tue Apr 27 03:57:04 2010 Use smartctl -X to abort test.
  15. Seems I'm unable to run a long SMART test. I'm going to try to RMA the disc
  16. Hi I presume your libx264 error differs to the one I mentioned in my first post (using the 'fixed' config file)? Regarding the direct links, I spent several days trying to get this working and experimented with various different files from different source (like you now by the sound of it!) so I can't be certain where the files came from. I'll try to narrow it down when I get home from work.
  17. I've been trying to pre-clear the above disk for over a week now. Not every day, just on and off as I'm in no immediate hurry for more space. I'm using my "test" unraid server which behaves perfectly normally (and performed fine as my old, main unraid setup) so I've not reason to suspect anything odd with the hardware. I'm pretty sure I used it for my last pre-clear also (a 1.5TB disc) and I am already using one of these 2TB drives in my main server. The preclear does not complete and the machine locks-up so I've been unable to grab a log. The furthest the pre-clear cycle got (that I saw) was 82% of stage 2. The disc also makes some strange sounds when not being written to during the pre-clear (just sounds 'normal' when being cleared). The sound is like a rapid (7-ish per second) 'scrape' every second or two. It's plenty loud enough to hear over the sound of my main unRAID box (12 discs and planty of fans!!!). The same sound occurs if I add to my Windows 7 machine. unRAID SMART report does not show "FAILURE" and a disc scan through Windows shows nothing. I can format the drive for access in both Windows and unRAID and can write to it..... BUT THAT SOUND JUST ISN'T RIGHT !! Any ideas what I can do to test the drive further? Having never returned a HDD which did not show a SMART failure, it is reasonable for me to expect a RMA from Scan? Thanks all
  18. Try starting the airvideo server (bash air-video-server.sh test.properties) from the consol so you can see the error messages. Assume there must be a way of capuring what's happening some other way but not sure how.
  19. How slow is slow? Takes about an hour or so for a 2 hr movie for me
  20. Weird. I think it's an mp3 encoder. I presume you're sound is working? If so, I assume it's not a dependancy for airvideo. Anyway, glad you have it working. Enjoy! Edit: wow! nearly at 100 posts now!
  21. looks like you've dropped "--enable-libmp3lame" from your ./configure.orig.fixed build command? It should be ./configure.orig.fixed --enable-gpl --enable-nonfree --enable-postproc --enable-pthreads --enable-libfaac --enable-libfaad --enable-ibmp3lame --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --enable-x11grab --disable-shared --enable-static --disable-decoder=aac