Posts by minoo

  • Cannot install updates

    Hi everyone,


    It's since a week that I cannot install updates on my OMV system at home.

    I recently upgraded from 6 to 7, and I also run the fix6to7upgrade script (from here), due to some issues with omv-extras, which I solved with that script. I don't know if the problem I have now with the updates is also connected to the upgrade or not.

    Basically, I have the notification about 6 updates, but when I click on it to go to the updates panel and I launch the updates, nothing happens.

    I've attached a GIF, but don't know if it is clear...


    I've also tried with apt update but it doesn't show anything to upgrade.

  • Pending configuration changes... after applying configuration changes

    Hello everyone!


    It is since a couple of days that I cannot apply configuration changes, or I'm applying it but there is still something that keeps pushing the "pending configuration changes" yellow banner.


    Everything started when I plugged in an hard drive, mounted, the volume on it, did a couple of check via terminal and then unmounted. After mounting I did apply configuration changes, but since I unmounted the drive I cannot "apply" and remove this message.

    I unplugged the drive after I noticed that the process of applying changes was not involving the drive. It was connected through a HDD dock, and the lights on this were not blinking as normally does when R/W on the connected drive.


    Any suggestion? What can I check/do?


    Thank you in advance!




  • Let's encrypt doesn't work with MyFritz and Nextcloud

    Hi!!! Thank you very much for your reply!


    In the meantime I did some more experiments (read it as "mess"). I also tried the aio version but had no luck with that, again due to certificates and the fritz url. Eventually I went back to the official OMV installation guide, but removed the swag container. It was quite working, also without the certificate, but it was totally unstable. Also edited the php config files, but it was not consistent.


    I'm going to try again this weekend, but this time with the aio version and following your tips. Are you still using the *.myfritx.net url or something different (duckdns, for example)?

  • omv-extras 6.3 / openmediavault-compose 6.7

    Quote from chente

    You have a button to show the changes of each update before applying it.



    Thanks! I just discovered a new function! :)


    anyway, having that inside the box of the single update would improve the UX, giving the possibility to scroll all the updates with the changes in sights. In this way the user has to click for every item in the list

  • omv-extras 6.3 / openmediavault-compose 6.7

    Quote from chente

    You have a document here that explains all the buttons and how to use the plugin.

    https://wiki.omv-extras.org/do…v6_plugins:docker_compose

    Actually this plugin and this document are not recent. The plugin is already a year old and everything is updated regularly.

    Yeah, I know that if I open google and search for "openmediavault changelog" or "openmediavault-omvextrasorg changelog" I can find everything and get prepared to major changes, but I don't thing that few notes inside the interface, or at least a link to the changelog file, would require such a great effort. It would help reduce critical situations. Here is a stupid case: all containers are running and working, nothing happened basically. But again, few lines would help out lazy people :)


    here is what I mean:


  • omv-extras 6.3 / openmediavault-compose 6.7

    Oh no!

    Eventually, I finished my services configuration via docker and Portainer last week. So proud of me!

    Yesterday I updated without thinking twice :D


    Happy to know that I have to study something new, but would it be possible to add few lines, just the more important changes, in the interface, near each update element?

  • Constantly loosing network connection

    I’m back, 24h later than my original plans, but I wanted to do some extensive testing before to come with my feedback. I switched to kernel 5.15, as suggested by ryecoaaron, then I went on with configuring remote access through VPN and today at work I kept open a webpage with plex streaming in background some music. It never lost the connection for the whole morning and after lunch I also streamed some random videos. Again, no problem.

    Final test: downloaded a 20gb zipped folder without disconnections! :)


    raulfg3, thank you for your suggestions. I read those references and, even if it doesn’t scares me, I would prefer to not play around with the loader or the kernel… I don’t know enough about those parts of the OS, so I prefer to stay with and older but much stable kernel (with my machine).



    Now that the system looks stable, I can start to fully enjoy OpenMediaVault! <3

    Next step: move the system from one of the internal SSDs (large) to a thumb drive (small). SD, card, unfortunately is not an option, because the SD card reader is defective and it mounts exclusively in read only mode.

  • Constantly loosing network connection

    Quote from ryecoaaron

    The 5.4 and 5.15 kernels from Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04. You could install the kernel plugin on OMV and then install the proxmox 5.15 kernel. This is basically the Ubuntu 5.15 kernel.

    ok thanks! I'll give it a try as soon as I'll be back home. I will also take the machine out from where I settled the NAS stuff so I can also have monitor and keyboard connected to physically operate... just in case I mess up something :)


    Another noob question: lower version number indicates an "older" kernel? Another user suggested to try a more modern one...

    anyway, I'll be back with hopefully a positive update as soon as I'll be physically with the machine

  • Constantly loosing network connection

    ryecoaaron here is the kernel version, probably you missed this message.


    What kernel did you run on the mini? I also installed Ubuntu on that machine (parallel boot with refind) some years ago and everything was working ok. Could it be related to Debian/OMV specific version I'm running now?


  • Constantly loosing network connection

    Quote from raulfg3

    please post brand of your NIC, is difficult to find on google, The hardware is a 2012 Mac mini,


    to see compatibility with Debian

    Hi raulfg3, you are right!


    Actually, it is not that difficult to google it, it just require the right query :P


    (My bad for not giving these details at the beginning)


    The network interface is probably (cannot access the machine right now) a Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57766 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe

  • Constantly loosing network connection

    Quote from chente

    You can look for compatibility problems in the network interface and its driver. Maybe he has known issues, google and/or post the model here, maybe someone else has had issues with that model.

    If this is the case, a more modern kernel could hopefully fix it.

    Hi chente, thanks for your suggestion!

    When I'll be back home I will dig a bit more. Still hadn't configured vpn or other exposures to the internet, so I can't get detailed info from outside the house.

  • Constantly loosing network connection

    Quote from ryecoaaron

    What version of OMV? What kernel version? If it is failing to get a dhcp lease, that sure seems like your router causing the issue. Just because the macos dhcp client didn't cause an issue doesn't mean the router won't have issues with the linux client. Did you try a static ip?

    Unfortunately, even with static ip set, I loose the connection, with the same messages in the syslog. Can’t figure it out…

  • Constantly loosing network connection

    Hi, ryecoaaron!


    Thank you for your reply!


    Here are OS details:


    Code
    ================================================================================
= openmediavault information
================================================================================
Release: 6.3.11-2
Codename: Shaitan

================================================================================
= System information
================================================================================
Linux mini 6.1.0-0.deb11.6-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.15-1~bpo11+1 (2023-03-16) x86_64 GNU/Linux


    I will try to force OMV to a static IP, even if it is already assigned by the router.

    Don't think that the problem may be the router, because any device/os in the house (2 macOS, 2 windows 10/11, 2 iPhones, 1 Android phone, 1 raspbian, 1 ubuntu 20.04) till now experienced this problem.

    I would have renovated the whole home network within two hours from the first connection lost from my daughter's phone... you know what I mean? :D

  • Constantly loosing network connection

    Hi!


    I installed OMV for the first time, and I'm experiencing networking problems.

    The hardware is a 2012 Mac mini, i7 2.6, 16GB ram, 2 internal SSDs and a bunch of external drives (1 sw raid, 1 hw raid, 3 single drives).


    Randomly, the server loses network connection, and the "blackout" lasts for some minutes, then it comes back online. I noticed that it is a systematic thing because if I stream through Plex (docker container on OMV) I cannot watch a tv show episode without having to wait 5 minutes, refresh the page and then play again. Ok, media streaming is not that important, but I'm planning to use it for Time Machine Backup on a Mac, Carbon Copy Cleaner on a Windows PC, and rsync with some directories and repositories from office computer. Having to move GB across the internet can be a pain in this situation.


    I can exclude cable/router or hardware problem, because everything was working perfectly under macOS, just before wiping the machine and installing OMV.


    In a message during startup I read something about wifi and driver stuffs, thus I opened the computer and disconnected the wifi/bluetooth interface, trying to limit the possible connections only through the ethernet cable, but it didn't solve the problem. then I realized that I could check the syslog :)


    Here is what is happening during the network blackouts:


    Any Idea? :)


    Beside this, I'm running OMV since a week and I find it extremely simple and powerful! I managed to restore all my workflows without a single headache! :D

  • Network goes down a couple of times a day

    I have the same problem!


    First time using openmediavault (amazing os!) and my server's network goes down frequently, for a few minutes, that it goes back online. Already set dns, dhcp and so on. Don't think it is a hardware problem with cables or the machine itself, because everything was working fine on that until I wiped off the drive and installed OMV