MagicLike Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 After testing Unraid for a while (still in trial), I restarted my server today normally and got the error messages "No such file or directory" on the monitor connected to the server. I can't access the WebUI, so I can't get any diagnostics. In safe mode, I can only see that about half of my plugins failed, but I can't understand why because they were running just fine. My server is a Dell Precision T3500 with only 2 GB of RAM (I know that's not enough, but it worked). And my flash is 1 GB. I was planning to replace my flash drive with a 16 GB drive once I got a licence. Quote Link to comment
S80_UK Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 My guess is that 2GB is the issue. It's very little even without plugins. Things might work, but it would not take much to cause some processes to be killed due to a lack of available memory. Quote Link to comment
MagicLike Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, S80_UK said: My guess is that 2GB is the issue. It's very little even without plugins. Things might work, but it would not take much to cause some processes to be killed due to a lack of available memory. But why did it work initially? I was also able to reboot cleanly without any problems, before this happenend. I mean it worked for like 20 days or so... Edited July 25, 2022 by MagicLike Quote Link to comment
S80_UK Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 Like I said, it was a guess based on very little information. If you cannot run diagnostics, you could still post your syslog file for example which might reveal something going wrong. Quote Link to comment
ChatNoir Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 23 minutes ago, MagicLike said: But why did it work initially? I was also able to reboot cleanly without any problems, before this happenend. I mean it worked for like 20 days or so... Can't say for sure why it worked and does not now. Might be more plugins, maybe it was working with barely any spare room and some little config change pushed it over the limit ? In any case, the specs are higher, from the product page : Quote The minimum hardware requirements to install Unraid OS 6 for data storage usage are: A 64-bit capable processor, 1.0 GHz or better At least 4GB of RAM Linux hardware driver support for storage, Ethernet, and USB controllers Two hard disk drives to ensure data protection with a parity disk Additional requirements apply when adding applications or virtual machines. Quote Link to comment
MagicLike Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 4 minutes ago, S80_UK said: If you cannot run diagnostics, you could still post your syslog file for example which might reveal something going wrong. Where can I find the syslog file 😳 Quote Link to comment
MagicLike Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 3 minutes ago, ChatNoir said: Can't say for sure why it worked and does not now. Might be more plugins, maybe it was working with barely any spare room and some little config change pushed it over the limit ? In any case, the specs are higher, from the product page : It might actually be the RAM, 'cause Fix Common Problems told me multiple times, that the rootfs is getting full... Quote Link to comment
ChatNoir Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 8 minutes ago, MagicLike said: Where can I find the syslog file 😳 Tools / System log, there is a download button at the bottom of the page. Quote Link to comment
MagicLike Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 Just now, ChatNoir said: Tools / System log, there is a download button at the bottom of the page. But how should I do this, if the web interface is inaccessable? Is there a way via ssh? Quote Link to comment
Squid Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 cp /var/log/syslog /boot/syslog and then upload the syslog from the flash Ideally, you would diagnostics and then upload the zip file that'll get stored within /logs on the flash drive Quote Link to comment
MagicLike Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 Just now, Squid said: cp /var/log/syslog /boot/syslog and then upload the syslog from the flash Ideally, you would diagnostics and then upload the zip file that'll get stored within /logs on the flash drive I just tried to connect via ssh, but the connection gets refused. I'll try manually via keyboard... Quote Link to comment
MagicLike Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 I tried diagnostics, but the output was only a pile of empty .txt files. So there is the copied syslog: syslog Quote Link to comment
Solution S80_UK Posted July 25, 2022 Solution Share Posted July 25, 2022 (edited) You're trying to run a load of plugins - they are reported as corrupt .tar files - perhaps due to lack of RAM when trying to unpack them. You are running and trying to install just about every option from the Nerdpack - that will be taking a chunk of space. They idea of Nerdpack is to only enable the features actually required. After that is installed just about everything else has problems. If you look through the text file yourself you can see this. I still think this is primarily a lack of RAM. Certainly I would not expect to run any plugins reliably when you have only half the recommended minimum RAM available. First thing I would try is to borrow a bit more RAM from somewhere just to see if that helps - and uninstall Nerdpack, or at least limit the modules that you are enabling. Edited July 25, 2022 by S80_UK 1 Quote Link to comment
MagicLike Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 Just now, S80_UK said: You're trying to run a load of plugins - they are reported as corrupt .tar files - perhaps due to lack of RAM when truing to unpack them. You are running and trying to install just about every option from the Nerdpack - that will be taking a chunk of space. They idea of Nerdpack is to only enable the features actually required. After that is installed just about everything else has problems. If you look through the text file yourself you can see this, so I still think this is primarily a lack of RAM. Certainly I would not expect to run any plugins reliably when you have only half the recommended minimum RAM available. First thing I would try is to borrow a bit more RAM from somewhere just to see if that helps. I am already looking for some. I know someone who might have lots of DDR3 ECC RAM... Thank you for the quick replies. I will report here what happens after I got new RAM. Quote Link to comment
S80_UK Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 17 minutes ago, MagicLike said: I am already looking for some. I know someone who might have lots of DDR3 ECC RAM... Thank you for the quick replies. I will report here what happens after I got new RAM. I edited my post after your reply - please also see the bit at the end about disabling unneeded Nerdpack modules. Quote Link to comment
MagicLike Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 3 minutes ago, S80_UK said: I edited my post after your reply - please also see the bit at the end about disabling unneeded Nerdpack modules. Just "uninstalled" nerdpack (Just deleted the plugin files manually on the flash drive)... I will try to boot now, so I can at least use my SMB shares. Quote Link to comment
MagicLike Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 @S80_UK You were right! I t is just not enough RAM / Nerd Pack overloaded it. Runs fine now with ~80 % RAM used. Thanks again! 1 Quote Link to comment
S80_UK Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 OK - that's good news. Thanks for the feedback. But I would still recommend an increase as and when you're able to. Linux uses any unused RAM for caching disk accesses, so you'll most likely find things will run more smoothly with 4GB or 8GB. Quote Link to comment
MagicLike Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 55 minutes ago, S80_UK said: OK - that's good news. Thanks for the feedback. But I would still recommend an increase as and when you're able to. Linux uses any unused RAM for caching disk accesses, so you'll most likely find things will run more smoothly with 4GB or 8GB. Defenetely! I read, that my Server can take 24 GB of RAM and I will put as much as I can find in it... Quote Link to comment
MagicLike Posted August 1, 2022 Author Share Posted August 1, 2022 @S80_UK I just wanted to inform you, that it works now, got 16 GB of RAM and it just works smoothly. Thank you again! 1 1 Quote Link to comment
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