Admin Password Rejected

When I have time I will try to work on this issue more. I know where the problem is but do not find a fix yet. If you find anything new please let me know.

@tekkebe

I wanted to follow your instructions from this thread to install webmin on my OMV , but failed.

What I did :

1. I missed to change to /home and download the install package to tthe root directory
2. I noticed my fault and deleted the file in root dir
2. changed directory to home : cd /home
3. downloaded the webmin package from sourceforge.net
4. wanted to execute : dpkg --install webmin_1.620_all.deb in the home directory
5. Installation failed bcs:

- some xyz-perl packages are not installed
- package apt-show-versions is not installed
- package python is not installed

What went wrong ? Must I use a different directory ? I tried in the root directory as mentioned,
but also failed.

THX in advance

you need to do this after the dpkg command and it will complete dependencies:

apt-get -f install

Zitat von "KoppieKoffie"

Hi,

I got a couple of little kids who know their way around the plex clients so I think you're in the right direction. Only thing for now is give you some more info
- debian kernel is standard (2.36...)
- vm disk is a SSD
- vmware 5.1 ESXi

Is it helpfull for you if I deploy a new vm with new backports kernel or is that lost effort?

Why do you want to run Plex on the same VM? Just create a second VM for your services like Plex... That's what I did.

I think it's best people learn how to install packages themself, so they can understand what is going on, rather than be dependent on someone else's script. They blindly install it without knowing the possible consequences. We saw some things we didn't like about it. I can't remember all right now but one was it changed root mysql pass and I know there are other things in omv that require there to be no root mysql pass for mysql. There is a file that holds the encrypted passes for pam authentication and I have a feeling something is happening to that file because of the script. If you want the packages in the script I suggest you find a How To and do it independently. I would work on some of them but I have a lot of other things ahead in importance (e.g. bridged vpn, virtual machines, some firewall issues for Volker, etc...).

I looked more into plex vms. It seems people that are successfully running it are giving it 3 or 4 processors for the transcoding. In a bare metal install the gpu takes a lot of pressure off the cpu, which is not the case in the vm. I however cannot test this as I'm using a sempron 145 unlocked to a dual core. If you have a lot of cores available on your ESXi server you might want to apply more cores and let me know the results. If you do please test with swap on and off.

just spotted this can someone give a list of things that dont appear to be correct with jhmillers script so it can be fed back to him, as i myself use the script coz am a linux noob am learning but that made life easier so if theres faults its not somthing am going to be aware of as i dont know what am looking for as its linux and its new to me.

cheers chris

Try passthru.

@ Chris, I'm glad he is trying to help people that are new to linux. I just wish he would discuss things a bit more and setup his scripts so they do not break things.

Maybe its worth bringing up with jhmiller as he seams like a nice enough guy and would be willing to adapt things with some input from others to make it better so it doesn't cause issues. that's one thing i love about OMV the community here is pretty good and everyone seams friendly enough to help each other out lets make things better so any new people to omv have a better experience.