I restarted my server (5.05pro) earlier today after adding a new drive, and now the sabnzbd plugin fails to download the latest copy, repeatedly timing out, stating;

 

"Connecting to downloads.sourceforget.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)|216.34.181.59|:80... failed: Connection timed out. Retrying"

 

I get 100% lost packets when pinging downloads.sourceforge.net, but downforeveryoneorjustme.com reports "it's just me"

 

Help??

 

 

more then likely just your isp is having a dns or routing issue because it fine my end.

Can you download a copy from Sourceforge?  I ask because I've just went to http://sourceforge.net/projects/sabnzbdplus/files/sabnzbdplus/0.7.17/SABnzbd-0.7.17-src.tar.gz/download?use_mirror=softlayer-dal and I've been unable to begin a download from any of the mirrors.....?

yes i can did you want me to upload that file to my sever for you

 

here it is for you

http://prphotography.net/unraid/SABnzbd-0.7.17-src.tar.gz

 

If you can't get it from there then i could dropbox or something, being a long time since i've complied from source lol wouldn't wanna have a small usb key for that hahah

Thanks for that.

 

What do I do with the file....?  When the plugin starts, it by-default tries to go back to sourceforge for a fresh copy.

no plugin i know of compiles a binary from source bud give me a like link to the plugin your using please, that is the source file for sabnzbd your plugin will be after a binary which mean prebuilt.

 

Get the latest from here http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=33341.0;topicseen

I use Influencer's sabnzbd plugin:  http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=21260.0

 

And yes, that is the file is downloads....and it does it each...and EVERY single time I restart my server.  I raised this as a potential problem long ago- the fact that you'd likely be unable to completely restart your server & services w/o an internet connection, but the assertion was dismissed.  Ironic....and annoying, now.

Those plugins are outdated and broken now use Phaze's as he continued hes work All Phaze's plugins are updated on nearly a weekly basis so to speak

Thanks.  I'm looking through his thread right now.  It looks as though his plugins also download (albeit a different file) during restarts.  Am I reading that correctly?  And if so- what happens if you restart without an internet connection?  (and before anyone says anything, I know sabnzbd isn't useful w/o network, but I don't believe that justifies tanking the existing install IF the network isn't available during that specific moment) 

Plugins are simply scripts which gather the need files for an app, a plg file isn't an app just a batch file so to speak. What it does is downloads the needed components, main app, and configures unraid to work with it. You can't install a plg without a internet connection unless you edit the plg to point at local sources. Plg's are made this way because they can keep the app updated and secure from hacks and exploits. I have did a part local with transmission before i came across Phazes plgs and its pretty simple to edit a plg, but by doing so your leaving your system open to problems. If you restart without a internet connection it just doesn't update the plg, when you start up your machine it will try and update, but will say failed connection to whatever while searching for updates. You only need an internet connection to install plg the first time and only ever again to update after that. Well thats for most plg's, other distro's have much better package management but we are built on a cut version of Slackware from my understanding. Redhat has being a long time fav of mine even after they opened up the fedora project, it just works and doesn't break. Unraid seem's pretty poor and i'am not a fan of slackware being a long time novice user of redhat, fedora and mandrake you can see i love the rpm's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_package_management_systems#Linux_distributions

Thanks again for the responses- and for cluing me in to Phaze's new plugins.  I've had a chat with him, and he informs me that (at least for the initial install) his plugin also functions similarly, but for later restarts, [is] capable of starting without downloads.  For whatever reason, pings to downloads.sourcforge.net do work today.  If you go to the page in a browser, it looks like one of those bleak DOMAIN-PARKED-AND-FOR-SALE type pages, but somehow it allowed my existing plugin to start correctly.  I'll definitely work towards a configuration less dependent on network access during startup.

 

Thank you 2stroke, Influencer and Phaze, for the replies. 

 

Phaze, you may not have heard the last from me.

Influencer, something Phaze said may have shown me that -I- created the crux of this problem.  I have my install directory set to "/usr/local/sabnzbd" which doesn't survive restarts. 

good to here johnny, if you want a local install without internet you can put the packages on you usb pen in a folder. After that edit the plg file with a text editor like edit pad lite http://www.editpadlite.com/  . It has to be a true editor which add new lines not like win notepad.

Open the plg file with edit pad and look for something like this example out of Sabnzbd

 

<FILE Name="/boot/packages/par2cmdline_tbb-0.4-i486-1kh.tgz" Run="upgradepkg --install-new">
<URL>http://unraid-greenleaf-repository.googlecode.com/files/par2cmdline_tbb-0.4-i486-1kh.tgz</URL>
<MD5>c5a5550888ae009531f133a33ed85be7</MD5>

 

Change the source to this if you had a folder called plgfiles on your usb stick ie E:\plgfiles in windows with your need files so par2cmdline_tbb-0.4-i486-1kh.tgz would be on E:\plgfiles\par2cmdline_tbb-0.4-i486-1kh.tgz

 

<FILE Name="/boot/packages/par2cmdline_tbb-0.4-i486-1kh.tgz" Run="upgradepkg --install-new">
<URL>/boot/plgfiles/par2cmdline_tbb-0.4-i486-1kh.tgz</URL>
<MD5>c5a5550888ae009531f133a33ed85be7</MD5>

 

You could probably strip away the checksum as well. Have a tinker on a spare usb key and a basic free copy of unraid on your noteboook or something.

pretty sure that would work, will test when i get a chance and as a bonus you can put the latest files for packages on your E:\plgfiles for easy updates.

I glanced at both Phaze's plugin AND Influencer's while in the midst of this.  (Granted, I was using notepad, but I was just looking; never saving.)  As I recall, Influencer's plugin was an absolute wall of non-ending text & commands, while Phaze's displayed as logical command lines- and was also much longer.  Both were enough to convince me I shouldn't be there.  But I [do] like the idea of being able to serve-up the update at MY choosing.  Phaze tells me migrating to his plugin should be painless, and I may do that- just on a day where I know I won't have any downloads scheduled, and when I'll have time to work through any kinks.  I [am] going to look into your idea, though.  I don't like the idea of a plugin that updates without asking first.  I always like to hang back a version- to see if there is any fallout before upgrading.....and your idea accomplishes just that!