Bad Flash? Strange Behavior and Recurring Popup [solved]

[Crewe]

I noticed this several days ago and left well enough alone until I had time. To start, I would like to point out that

everything appears to be functional under the hood, at least with storage, accessing shares, and my dockers and apps.

Which I consider strange if my flash drive is dead/dying.

 

tldr; My flash potentially bit the dust, what do I do?

 

So when I log into the GUI I'm immediately shown a pop-up to 'Install Statistics Plugin'.

When I do this I get:

plugin: installing: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gfjardim/unRAID-plugins/master/plugins/statistics.sender.plg
plugin: downloading https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gfjardim/unRAID-plugins/master/plugins/statistics.sender.plg
plugin: downloading: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gfjardim/unRAID-plugins/master/plugins/statistics.sender.plg ... done

Warning: simplexml_load_file(): I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/boot/config/plugins/statistics.sender.plg" in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.plugin.manager/scripts/plugin on line 214
plugin: xml parse error

 

If I dismiss it, it goes away, but my screen is blank with the exception of the Lime Tech banner and the menu bar.

So I started an SSH session and tried to go to the problem directory /boot/config/plugins but I can't get any farther than /boot 

because it's empty...

root@Limebox:/boot# ls -lah
total 4.0K
drwxrwxrwx 10 root root 4.0K Dec 31  1969 ./
drwxr-xr-x 18 root root  440 Oct 28 18:03 ../
root@Limebox:/boot# 

Which leads me to believe that my flash may be corrupted? What are my next steps?

 

Here's an excerpt from my syslog:

Nov  8 21:38:01 Limebox root: 
Nov  8 21:38:01 Limebox root: Warning: file_put_contents(/boot/config/docker.cfg): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/scripts/dockerconfig.php on line 35
Nov  8 21:38:01 Limebox kernel: fat__get_entry: 14 callbacks suppressed
Nov  8 21:38:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8192) failed
Nov  8 21:38:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8193) failed
Nov  8 21:38:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8194) failed
Nov  8 21:38:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8195) failed
Nov  8 21:38:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8196) failed
Nov  8 21:38:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8197) failed
Nov  8 21:38:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8198) failed
Nov  8 21:38:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8199) failed
Nov  8 21:38:01 Limebox root: 
Nov  8 21:38:01 Limebox root: Warning: file_put_contents(/boot/config/domain.cfg): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/scripts/libvirtconfig.php on line 39
Nov  8 21:38:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8192) failed
Nov  8 21:38:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8193) failed
Nov  8 21:39:01 Limebox root: 
Nov  8 21:39:01 Limebox root: Warning: file_put_contents(/boot/config/docker.cfg): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/scripts/dockerconfig.php on line 35
Nov  8 21:39:01 Limebox kernel: fat__get_entry: 14 callbacks suppressed
Nov  8 21:39:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8192) failed
Nov  8 21:39:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8193) failed
Nov  8 21:39:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8194) failed
Nov  8 21:39:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8195) failed
Nov  8 21:39:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8196) failed
Nov  8 21:39:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8197) failed
Nov  8 21:39:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8198) failed
Nov  8 21:39:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8199) failed
Nov  8 21:39:01 Limebox root: 
Nov  8 21:39:01 Limebox root: Warning: file_put_contents(/boot/config/domain.cfg): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/scripts/libvirtconfig.php on line 39
Nov  8 21:39:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8192) failed
Nov  8 21:39:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8193) failed

 

syslog

Edited November 13, 2017 by Crewe
Updated title to 'solved'

[Squid]

I noticed this several days ago and left well enough alone until I had time. To start, I would like to point out that
everything appears to be functional under the hood, at least with storage, accessing shares, and my dockers and apps.
Which I consider strange if my flash drive is dead/dying.
 
tldr; My flash potentially bit the dust, what do I do?
 
So when I log into the GUI I'm immediately shown a pop-up to 'Install Statistics Plugin'.
When I do this I get:

plugin: installing: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gfjardim/unRAID-plugins/master/plugins/statistics.sender.plgplugin: downloading https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gfjardim/unRAID-plugins/master/plugins/statistics.sender.plgplugin: downloading: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gfjardim/unRAID-plugins/master/plugins/statistics.sender.plg ... doneWarning: simplexml_load_file(): I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/boot/config/plugins/statistics.sender.plg" in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.plugin.manager/scripts/plugin on line 214plugin: xml parse error

 
If I dismiss it, it goes away, but my screen is blank with the exception of the Lime Tech banner and the menu bar.
So I started an SSH session and tried to go to the problem directory /boot/config/plugins but I can't get any farther than /boot 
because it's empty...

root@Limebox:/boot# ls -lahtotal 4.0Kdrwxrwxrwx 10 root root 4.0K Dec 31  1969 ./drwxr-xr-x 18 root root  440 Oct 28 18:03 ../root@Limebox:/boot# 

Which leads me to believe that my flash may be corrupted? What are my next steps?
 
Here's an excerpt from my syslog:

Nov  8 21:38:01 Limebox root: Nov  8 21:38:01 Limebox root: Warning: file_put_contents(/boot/config/docker.cfg): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/scripts/dockerconfig.php on line 35Nov  8 21:38:01 Limebox kernel: fat__get_entry: 14 callbacks suppressedNov  8 21:38:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8192) failedNov  8 21:38:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8193) failedNov  8 21:38:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8194) failedNov  8 21:38:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8195) failedNov  8 21:38:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8196) failedNov  8 21:38:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8197) failedNov  8 21:38:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8198) failedNov  8 21:38:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8199) failedNov  8 21:38:01 Limebox root: Nov  8 21:38:01 Limebox root: Warning: file_put_contents(/boot/config/domain.cfg): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/scripts/libvirtconfig.php on line 39Nov  8 21:38:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8192) failedNov  8 21:38:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8193) failedNov  8 21:39:01 Limebox root: Nov  8 21:39:01 Limebox root: Warning: file_put_contents(/boot/config/docker.cfg): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/scripts/dockerconfig.php on line 35Nov  8 21:39:01 Limebox kernel: fat__get_entry: 14 callbacks suppressedNov  8 21:39:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8192) failedNov  8 21:39:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8193) failedNov  8 21:39:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8194) failedNov  8 21:39:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8195) failedNov  8 21:39:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8196) failedNov  8 21:39:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8197) failedNov  8 21:39:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8198) failedNov  8 21:39:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8199) failedNov  8 21:39:01 Limebox root: Nov  8 21:39:01 Limebox root: Warning: file_put_contents(/boot/config/domain.cfg): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/scripts/libvirtconfig.php on line 39Nov  8 21:39:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8192) failedNov  8 21:39:01 Limebox kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Directory bread(block 8193) failed

 
syslog

The drive dropped offline. Try using it in a usb2 port when you reboot.

One of the side effects of this beyond everything else is that if you have preclea plugin installed you will be bugged to death to install the stats plugin

[Crewe]

That seemed to solve the issue. Wasn't being detected in USB 3 port.

Got a bunch of kernel errors on boot, for the bad port. So it looks like

some sort of hardware failure.

 

Thanks.