July 25, 201312 yr Hi there, It seems like my files for plugins are being re-downloaded every time i startup my Unraid server. This takes a while since my internet connection isn't that fast. I have attached a syslog file, if someone could please offer some advise on how to fix this problem. I had a quick look through it, I don't see where it is downloading the files again, but I can definitely observe it in terminal when it boots up. "Receiving objects: 100% 22485/22485), 8.92 MiB | 153KiB/s, done" for example Kind regards Nokoff syslog.txt
July 25, 201312 yr Your syslog indicates that your flash drive may be corrupted, "kernel: FAT-fs (sdb1): Volume was not properly unmounted. Some data may be corrupt. Please run fsck". Take your flash drive to a machine where you can run Check Disk or Scandisk on it. Make sure you use the appropriate 'Safe to remove' tool before pulling the flash drive. Your Seagate 1.5TB drive needs a firmware update. Jul 13 12:41:31 Tower kernel: ata4.00: ATA-8: ST31500341AS, 9VS0CX4Y, SD17, max UDMA/133 Jul 13 12:41:31 Tower kernel: ata4.00: 2930277168 sectors, multi 0: LBA48 NCQ (not used) Jul 13 12:41:31 Tower kernel: ata4.00: WARNING: device requires firmware update to be fully functional Jul 13 12:41:31 Tower kernel: ata4.00: contact the vendor or visit http://ata.wiki.kernel.org
July 26, 201312 yr Hi there, It seems like my files for plugins are being re-downloaded every time i startup my Unraid server. This takes a while since my internet connection isn't that fast. I have attached a syslog file, if someone could please offer some advise on how to fix this problem. I had a quick look through it, I don't see where it is downloading the files again, but I can definitely observe it in terminal when it boots up. "Receiving objects: 100% 22485/22485), 8.92 MiB | 153KiB/s, done" for example Kind regards Nokoff This is 'normal' when you install the pakage as a *.plg file and put the *.plg file in the /config/plugins dir on your flash drive. I also don't like this. If you use the *.tgz file and put this in the /extra directory on your flashdrive, then it won't download the file (because it already is on the flashdrive). ie look at http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=11449.0 You have a possibility for a .plg and a .tgz file. I also very much prefer not to download the packages each time I reboot the unRAID server. Reason for this is: - download speed is slow - I have a monthly limit to download - internet could be down while I would like to see some movies (and reboot the server) - site where the plugin is located could be down - package maintainer could make an (bad) update without version bump, and the server would crash (not intended by the package maintainer, but could happen)
August 1, 201312 yr Author Could there be an option included that does something similar to: "Do not download latest version on startup." or something similar? As a feature request, for all of the reasons that the poster above me so kindly pointed out. I agree with all of them! And I'm sure I'm not the only one.
August 1, 201312 yr Whether the plugins are re-downloaded at system startup is a function of how the designer wrote the plugin. Many plugins check to see if they have the files locally and if so do not redownload them. If you have a plugin that redownloads each time then the author of that plugin is the one who should fix it.
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