Attempted to install Nvidia plugin but got a pop-up warning about background process running; after a long while I clicked on option to stop the background process with another warning that would cause instability.  I proceeded anyway and system became unstable (as in app store not showing apps, CA plugin not loading) and so I successfully stopped the array and shutdown.  Now, when I restart tower.local not recognized in web browser.   If I look at screen I get to login prompt, put in name and password but get the following:

 

Linux 5.19.17-Unraid.

root@Tower: ``# _

 

Then nothing. 

 

I booted into safe mode with no plugins with GUI option and got a gui and logged in (didn't show my account name) and managed to click on reboot but it didn't reboot.   So I just powered down and restarted and got to prompt as above.

 

Can't get to syslog file which is stored on system share and appears to be intact from when I got to the gui from process above.  I have attached a previous diagnostic file that shows my hardware configuration.

 

What else can I do?

 

 

tower-diagnostics-20230214-1357.zip

Edited February 19, 20233 yr by hendrst1

In addition to the NVIDIA plugin, I also installed the Unraid file manager plugin and that network fine tuning plugin.  Both of those installed correctly.  Things got unstable only when I attempted to install the Nvidia plugin.

I removed the Nvidia plugin from the flash boot drive and was able to reboot into webgui and all is intact with no recheck of the parity drive required.  

 

Only problem now is I am unable to access the gui from my local browser (local access).  The My Servers app shows server online now but the local access button shows a red lock symbol. I get the login screen but it doesn't take my login credentials.  Only way I can access the gui is through the monitor directly attached to the server.    Must be an easy fix for this involving password reset, right?

 

Oh, and I have recovered the syslog file (attached).

syslog-192.168.254.124.log

I can now get to the tower.local login screen from MyServer but still can't login.  

 

I have edited the flash boot drive to remove the password files and rebooted.   Get to the tower.local login screen via My Server and reset the root password but still doesn't let me login.   

 

So what's next?  

I have rebooted into server gui directly from server no problem.  But login from local machine on lan not successful.   There is no error message given at login screen; it just keeps looping back to blank name and password field.

 

Must be a simple solution?

 

I must say a lot of trouble for what looks like an incompatible Nvidia plugin; but except for having to revalidate the parity drive and no local  gui access it is still running.

 

 

Edited February 19, 20233 yr by hendrst1

Solved.    I have access through webgui now.  Instead of accessing tower.local I used ip address instead and also used http  instead of https.   Apparently Firefox didn't remember the self-cert but had no problem with less secure http.