8.0.4 coming soon...

[fka]

the only difference between 8.0.3-MULTIMEDIA and 8.0.4 will be an updated version of firefly that works with iTunes 10.5.2 -- cheers!

Was wondering about that in the readme ..

"Changes since 8.0.3-RELEASE-p1:
OS/Third party
------------------------
1. Update firefly to 1696_6 to for iTunes 10.5.2+ compatibility."

Thought it might have been added as default in 8.0.4 ... not having much luck installing 1696_6 (edit- to 8.0.4) from freebsd ports longhand so far but I'll keep trying ..

Very much looking forward to your MM build!

D

 

[gcooper]

Was wondering about that in the readme ..

"Changes since 8.0.3-RELEASE-p1:
OS/Third party
------------------------
1. Update firefly to 1696_6 to for iTunes 10.5.2+ compatibility."

Thought it might have been added as default in 8.0.4 ... not having much luck installing 1696_6 from freebsd ports longhand so far but I'll keep trying ..

Very much looking forward to your MM build!

Ok -- I'll cook up a MM version in a few hours :)!

 

[jhahn]

I have a 3ware controller in FreeNAS
The curent Version of FreeNAS always generate the file smartd.conf false:
/dev/twed0 -d 3ware,0
/dev/twed1 -d 3ware,1
/dev/twed2 -d 3ware,2
/dev/twed3 -d 3ware,3

It should be generated like that:
/dev/twe0 -d 3ware,0
/dev/twe0 -d 3ware,0
/dev/twe0 -d 3ware,0
/dev/twe0 -d 3ware,0

And smart daemon can't start.
I wrote a small script to generate smartd.conf und start daemon under bash

vi /root/smartd.sh
-------------------------------------------
# Number of HDD's beginning with 0
n=3
# look in /dev/; ls -la /dev/twe*
RAID_CONTR=twe0

# edit /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf
for ((i=0;i<=n;i++)); do
echo "change smartd.conf"
gsed -i "s/twed$i/$RAID_CONTR/g" /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf
done

# edit rc.conf
gsed -i '/smartd_enable="NO"/c\smartd_enable="YES"' /var/tmp/rc.conf.freenas

# test smartd.conf
smartd -q showtests

# start smartd service
if [ "x$?" = "x0" ]; then
echo "start daemon \"smartd\""
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/smartd start
fi
---------------------------------------
chmod u+x smartd.sh
./smartd.sh

If I reboot or update FreeNAS I must run the script.
Would someone fix that bug, please.

Sorry for my bad english

 

[joeschmuck]

I have a 3ware controller in FreeNAS
The curent Version of FreeNAS always generate the file smartd.conf false:
/dev/twed0 -d 3ware,0
/dev/twed1 -d 3ware,1
/dev/twed2 -d 3ware,2
/dev/twed3 -d 3ware,3

It should be generated like that:
/dev/twe0 -d 3ware,0
/dev/twe0 -d 3ware,0
/dev/twe0 -d 3ware,0
/dev/twe0 -d 3ware,0

And smart daemon can't start.
I wrote a small script to generate smartd.conf und start daemon under bash

vi /root/smartd.sh
-------------------------------------------
# Number of HDD's beginning with 0
n=3
# look in /dev/; ls -la /dev/twe*
RAID_CONTR=twe0

# edit /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf
for ((i=0;i<=n;i++)); do
echo "change smartd.conf"
gsed -i "s/twed$i/$RAID_CONTR/g" /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf
done

# edit rc.conf
gsed -i '/smartd_enable="NO"/c\smartd_enable="YES"' /var/tmp/rc.conf.freenas

# test smartd.conf
smartd -q showtests

# start smartd service
if [ "x$?" = "x0" ]; then
echo "start daemon \"smartd\""
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/smartd start
fi
---------------------------------------
chmod u+x smartd.sh
./smartd.sh

If I reboot or update FreeNAS I must run the script.
Would someone fix that bug, please.

Sorry for my bad english

I can see there is a problem here but you shouldn't need the script. I will PM you with some steps to change a file and you can get ride of the script.

-Mark

 

[gcooper]

I can see there is a problem here but you shouldn't need the script. I will PM you with some steps to change a file and you can get ride of the script.

Hmm.. I can see smart* being a potential pitfall this release that needs to be fixed. I'll see what can be done, but if you could change the password and send me the saved config file for your box, I'd like to inspect it to make sure that the contents are ok.

 

[joeschmuck]

@gcooper,
Does the smartd.conf file always get generated during boot? I could not find smartd.conf under /conf/base/local/etc but I found smartd.conf.sample on my 8.0.3 running system and I do have SMART Jobs set up and kind of running, well maybe. I'm still troubleshooting that.

 

[gcooper]

Does the smartd.conf file always get generated during boot?

Yes, and when the settings are changed under View All Disks, etc.

I could not find smartd.conf under /conf/base/local/etc but I found smartd.conf.sample on my 8.0.3 running system and I do have SMART Jobs set up and kind of running, well maybe. I'm still troubleshooting that.

That's why it's better to fix the scripts. To simplify things, I need simple repro steps for the issues reported so I can go through all the items, test them, and commit a satisfactory solution to 8.0.4.

 

[fka]

Ok -- I'll cook up a MM version in a few hours :)!

installed, Ta Very Much!
see if i can find time to play around with firefly from work tomorrow.

D

 

[jhahn]

Hmm.. I can see smart* being a potential pitfall this release that needs to be fixed. I'll see what can be done, but if you could change the password and send me the saved config file for your box, I'd like to inspect it to make sure that the contents are ok.

How can I send you the saved config file?

 

[lrusak]

installed, Ta Very Much!
see if i can find time to play around with firefly from work tomorrow.

D

Does anyone know what method of sharing firefly uses?

I am really anal about my iTunes library and the metadata that is stored with it (play counts, date added, etc). A shared library doesn't recored these items, but if you set up home sharing it does record them. Can anyone tell me if it does this?

Also, would I be able to move my current iTunes database file to my freeness box and have everything work properly? Thanks

 

[gcooper]

Does anyone know what method of sharing firefly uses?

I am really anal about my iTunes library and the metadata that is stored with it (play counts, date added, etc). A shared library doesn't recored these items, but if you set up home sharing it does record them. Can anyone tell me if it does this?

Also, would I be able to move my current iTunes database file to my freeness box and have everything work properly?

I'm not really able to answer this 100%, but as long as the metadata is in the files themselves and not in the .xml and iTunes database, it should be ok as long as the id3tag stuff can read the file itself.

 

[gcooper]

Yes, and when the settings are changed under View All Disks, etc.

That's why it's better to fix the scripts. To simplify things, I need simple repro steps for the issues reported so I can go through all the items, test them, and commit a satisfactory solution to 8.0.4.

The issue with smartd task generation has been fixed in r10088 and will be available in 8.0.4-BETA2.

 

[Ismael Duarte]

I can't upgrade from p1 to 8.0.4-BETA1. I've tried several time (via GUI) but does nothing!

 

[gcooper]

I can't upgrade from p1 to 8.0.4-BETA1. I've tried several time (via GUI) but does nothing!

Can you please post /data/update.failed in a pastebin somewhere? Also, please make sure that your storage target (/mnt/tank) has at least 150MB free before attempting the upgrade.

 

[Ismael Duarte]

Thank you for your answer. I've not that file.
The only thing I can see in the log is this: http://pastebin.com/fn4EVf6q

 

[gcooper]

Thank you for your answer. I've not that file.
The only thing I can see in the log is this: http://pastebin.com/fn4EVf6q

I've seen issues similar to this before; what happened above isn't new and has existed in FreeNAS for some time. Can you please post your freenas-debug output in another pastebin somewhere?

 

[Ismael Duarte]

Where can I find that "freenas-debug output"?
Is not what I've posted?

 

[gcooper]

Where can I find that "freenas-debug output"?
Is not what I've posted?

Unfortunately not. What you posted was helpful in debugging the issue because I knew that the box hadn't been rebooted (otherwise the syslog entries wouldn't have those lines in there). The Unix uptime command can help you determine when the last time was that the box was booted up (this is in System -> System Information). The debug log can be obtained as noted in the doc page [1].

1. http://doc.freenas.org/index.php/Settings#Advanced_Tab , look for "Save Debug".

 

[Ismael Duarte]

I think is this
http://pastebin.com/kN5vnXBe

After reboot

 

[joeschmuck]

I don't see many comments about how 8.0.4 is working, or not working. Is anyone using it? Garrett, have you been getting some testing responses?

I just got home from work travel so I can possibly play with 8.0.4 tomorrow and give you some feedback but first time to spend some time with the wife and family.

My current feedback is for advertising the Beta product is available for download:
1) Links to 8.0.4 are at the bottom of your Release Notes page (very long page), would be nice to see something at the top stating the links are at the bottom of the page.
2) No MM build? Thought you would be posting one. I'd think you would get a few more testers if they knew they could get a little MM going.