Trunkton

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  1. The pricing change has long been overdue. I support this measure to sustain and grow the company because I selfishly want this product to be improved, I want it to be around in several years time. Buying a license and expecting support/updates for life was/is not sustainable. 1Password you used to be able to buy major version upgrades but now they're all in on the monthly/annual payments model. Sublime Text and RoyalTS still do version upgrades which I prefer. You can't earmark or advertise a salary to a 'what if they hold off on upgrading' like you can to an annual subscription so I get it. If you're still looking for feedback I would suggest to consider giving users the option to early upgrade or swap out their existing keys? Came here after listening to the podcast. Looking forward to a newer kernel so that QNAP-EC plugin will work with Intel Arc GPU. SIDENOTE: Tom's a trekkie everybody! Hopefully next time he does a podcast we'll learn his favourite series.
  2. Hoping to see QNAP-EC support for 6.7.0 please. I see the latest txz posted was 3 weeks ago for 6.6.9. Added an Intel Arc GPU to my QNAP TS-873A and having full sensor/fan support restored under 6.7.0 would help a lot.
  3. Tried latest unRAID USB Flash Creator on Windows 11 and when attaching a SanDisk Cruzer Glide 3.0 64GB I see the 'incompatible' error. I then moved that USB drive to macOS and it sees the GUID allowing me to create the unRAID USB Flash drive without issue. Just sharing my experience with SanDisk. UPDATE: I re-installed with W10 with all latest updates and same issue, just macOS seems to be able to work.
  4. Tried latest unRAID USB Flash Creator on Windows 11 and when attaching a SanDisk Cruzer Glide 3.0 64GB I see the 'incompatible' error. I then moved that USB drive to macOS and it sees the GUID allowing me to create the unRAID USB Flash drive without issue. Just sharing my experience with SanDisk. UPDATE: I re-installed with W10 with all latest updates and same issue, just macOS seems to be able to work.
  5. Dynamix System Autofan doesn't work, but that's on that plugin not the driver. To know if the drivers loaded properly you can check under Settings > System Temp. My settings are as follows: Available drivers: k10temp Processor Temp: k10temp - CPU Temp - (Value) Mainboard Temp: qnap_ec - MB Temp - (Value) Array fan speed: qnap_ec - Array Fan - (Value), (I have two checkmarked) To control the fans you would utilize the user scripts plugin then add a script for fan control from something like this. https://github.com/kmwoley/unRAID-Tools/blob/master/unraid_array_fan.sh Attached is my fan control script. The cron job is set to scan every 5 minutes for changes then apply according to my settings. 5 mins schedule is 'custom': */5 * * * * I have 5 HDD's so the file is crafted around that. You'd of course edit the parameters according to your needs. unraid_array_fan.sh
  6. I picked up a QNAP to run unRAID on last month, within days @ich777 gave me a test plugin to try based off a github project that fell behind due to unRAID compilation issues and just like that I had fan control (through scripts) and mobo temperatures reporting. Now, there's a regularly compiled plugin that I can expect to use thanks to his work on making it available. The service @ich777 provides to the community is substantial and valued. Thanks for all you do!
  7. Found this guidance from 10-11 years ago that had success. https://forums.unraid.net/topic/14719-solved-installed-to-ssd-license-file-on-a-usb-drive/ The ideas there should apply towards the same outcome but I don't know if they still work today without someone testing and confirming it. You'd still keep a USB attached but only for retrieving the license file. Current slackware cpio package (matches latest RC7 slackware) https://slackware.pkgs.org/15.0/slackware-x86_64/cpio-2.13-x86_64-3.txz.html
  8. hey @HarryMuscle just tried to load this driver into my unRAID QNAP TS-873A by doing the following: Place qnap-ec-1.0.0-x86_64-1.txz into /boot/extra/ installpkg qnap-ec-1.0.0-x86_64-1.txz depmod --quick modprobe qnap-ec Getting the following after manually moving qnap-ec.ko.xz from the hard-coded directory /lib/modules/5.10.28-Unraid/extra/ to the only other directory under /lib/modules: /lib/modules/5.15.37-Unraid/extra/ Output from 'modprobe qnap-ec' command: modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'qnap_ec': Exec format error Casual searches about this kind of error say that the binary must be compiled against the current kernel in order to get past that error. I'm sorry to bother you @ich777, is there any chance to compile this for latest RC7 version of unRAID? Additional information shown during pkgremove which is where I got the idea to move that binary. --> Deleting /lib/modules/5.10.28-Unraid/extra/qnap-ec.ko.xz --> Deleting /usr/lib/libuLinux_hal.so --> Deleting /usr/sbin/qnap-ec --> Deleting empty directory /lib/modules/5.10.28-Unraid/extra/ --> Deleting empty directory /lib/modules/5.10.28-Unraid/
  9. Yes, if you're wanting to use plex then other distros will bring faster support than unRAID due to how they perform base OS updates. I've also been monitoring this unRAID thread to see if/when iGPU will have support. Keeping an eye on plex forums is going to be the way to go. https://forums.plex.tv/t/anyone-have-been-able-to-hw-transcode-on-an-intel-nuc-11-iris-xe/695381/464 https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-media-server-on-ubuntu-21-10-with-intel-12th-gen-alder-lake/768123/8
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  11. How to run iGPU on Windows 10 VM thanks to the posters here that shared their knowledge. I am rehashing this to be more understandable if you're not used to doing this some of the things people are talking about are hard to understand and presume you know more than you may. Unraid Settings: - Host boots in UEFI (no legacy mode no CSM) - Have to recreate my USB Boot media because that option is not the default and you have to hit Customize on the unRAID Boot Media tool - Adjust BIOS to default boot UEFI USB media - Set a password for User > root (or SSH won't work). SSH into your unRAID and cd /boot/syslinux/ - nano syslinux.cfg - Go to Main > Flash > Replace everything in Unraid OS with this, afterward select Apply: kernel /bzimage append pcie_acs_override=downstream vfio-pci.ids=8086:a3f0 video=efifb:off,vesafb:off modprobe.blacklist=i2c_i801,i2c_smbus,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,i915,drm,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit initrd=/bzroot As of this time of writing, VFIO-PCI Config is not on Community Apps but you can find the package to install on unRAID forums here: - After the package installs, reboot and login to unRAID web GUI. Now, go to Settings > VFIO-PCI Config > checkmark only "VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Iris Pro Graphics 580 (rev 09)" and hit Build VFIO-PCI.cfg then hit save. Reboot again. VM Settings: - Windows 10 OS, BIOS: OMVF, i440fx-5.1, Hyper-V: Yes. Virtual IO drivers to get them current you go to Settings > VM Manager > Download. Select the current Virtual IO drivers on VM Settings. - Graphics Card: START WITH VNC NOT THE GPU, I tried the GPU first and Windows 10 install won't show on the hardware when you plug in to HDMI if you attempt to skip this step like I did. Install Windows 10, add all virt.io drivers from the attached virtual CD drive. There is a larger executable in the root folder that will do them all for you. Here's where my steps may differ because this unit is headless for the time being, if you use a screen then RDP probably isn't necessary. - Set a user password by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL in the VNC session, enable RDP, note the VM's IP address then shut it down. Go back into the VM Settings then change over to "Intel Corporation Iris Pro Graphics 580 (00:02.0)", no Graphics ROM BIOS. - Turn on the VM, RDP in and install Intel Driver & Support Assistant, check for updates and install the DCH driver. You'll get kicked off RDP during driver install, reconnect. - Reboot Works on my Skull Canyon NUC i7-6770HQ
  12. Also a former FreeNAS user. Now would be a decent time to take a killawatt or something to look at your servers power consumption figures before you make the change just to have something to reference back to at a later time. I set my disks to sleep after 15m inactivity. Opening a movie on Plex still takes less time than it would me going to select a BD, eject the drive, insert then wait for it to load up, skip commercials then hit 'start'. In that metric you'll have to decide if the 4-10 seconds of delay to wake a drive up makes sense for you. The way unRAID works is you'd have Dockers/Plex cache on an SSD (probably an NVMe), so nothing really spins up until you open a file. With regards to the P2000, that's a 75 TDP card, it wouldn't hurt to compare it against a P400 and see if there might be any capabilities one has over the other, read some accounts of how people are getting on with that maybe and determine if the extra power draw is worthwhile. Also have a big 24 bay server. I thought the future was going to mean I'd keep getting comparatively low capacity HDD's but apparently the more disks you add, the more your power bill is. So, instead I wait for sales on high capacity externals and shuck them. Might also be downsizing my 24 bay chassis to get better thermals which should translate to improved drive longevity.
  13. Thank you for sharing doesntaffect! With regards to the Power Consumption stats, do you also have figures to compare against while its running at 65W? Power efficiency has become a driving impetus for how I choose to improve upon current build as well, currently using a 35W TDP Athlon 200GE.
  14. Its reading stuff like this that adds fuel to my itch to burn money up on a Quattro to play with the new NVIDIA UNRAID support even though there is just 3 users max running plex. [emoji28] So plex, now jellyfin, possibly a minecraft docker and who knows what else.
  15. Another vote for the new CA! It is quite a luxury to have. Thank you. Running 6.7 rc3
  16. Thanks for this very excellent template! Under Settings > Dashboard > Server > Transcoding the ffmpeg path is blank, should I be concerned about that or is it not a big deal anyway?
  17. Thanks for the detailed walkthrough! I see that you're using the SSH Config tool, I noticed I can disable root login and use my same user setup for accessing shares with this plugin. It activates and adds the user to sudo (not so without the plugin) so I can escalate into root as necessary. I forget if I had to manually edit the sudoers file or create one but needless to say I prefer not having a root user to even be able to login on the system.
  18. I was pretty excited to give this a try depending how the thread was going. Owning a Synology the file manager and app UI is a first-class experience. Good news is this project is on github, and anyone can fork that and make modifications to improve upon it. I see one user has out of the few forks there.
  19. Squid! Thanks for an amazing app, I'm using it on all my new docker containers which sit outside of the array (but mounts encrypted with the array) and absolutely appreciate all the service and support you are doing.
  20. Thanks for this plugin! I shut down my array, identified things and realized my soon to be parity drives are occupying bay 1 and 4 instead of 1 and 2 lol. Just a suggestion, if you were to put this repo on github I wonder if others would collaborate or fork to make their own improvements on this great app then merge them back in for a better experience?
  21. THANKS!! I will look at switching out details in my /boot/config/go file to that right now, I didn't know it was out there very useful. UPDATE: That plugin does not do things pre-mount just after the array mounts or on a schedule from what I can see.
  22. Squid, you're everywhere! Thanks for the info appreciate it. I installed the SSH Plugin by docgyver and now my normal user can SSH in. It is not part of the sudoers list so I'm working on changing that then I'm thinking Dockers will get run with sudo command (effectively as root anyway) and I'll lock out root from SSH via GUI and take a backup first.
  23. Hi Henning, Check this out, it sounds like the same issue that you're having: Am not poster here but I found it informative and ended up doing the same. To mitigate this issue on my end what I ended up doing was building the array with cache drive SSD then going new config and removing the SSD setting all options on all shares beforehand to use cache=no and run mover before going new config. Now, Docker and VM's run completely independent of the array to preserve performance. If/when I elect to use a cache drive it will be spinning rust not an SSD to only be used as a cache. Hope that helps!
  24. Good day! I was wondering if anyone's had any success with SSH enabling then granting sudo to their secondary users on unraid? I'd like to run my docker compose script which fires up a bunch of things to run without having the entire system running under roots credentials. unraid is so exciting! Why I'd like to do this is because I'd really prefer if the directories inside of /config didn't end up getting owned and grouped to root who shouldn't have to be running that side of the show at least thats my thoughts. Just today, I got a UPS dashboard notification that power went out, UPS was running on batts and then it came back 2-3m later (I found out 2h after the fact). Now, that is something I don't get rolling my own solution in Ubuntu Server (in addition to many other things).