Cannot Delete Plugin

[mvincent118]

Hi:

I'm new to FreeNAS so please bear with me. I did something stupid and now I can't figure out how to fix it. I am using v9.2.1. I loaded it and configured my volume, users, groups, etc. and everythig is working great. Then I started working with plugins. I loaded and configured miniDLNA without a problem and it is also working great. Then I tried to load Firefly...

So, I attempted to load Firefly and it got about 50% of the way though and it hung. I let it sit for about 20 minutes just in case but nothing so I canceled the install. I double check the listed plugins and it was not there so I attempted to install it again. This time it went through without a problem. Unfortunately after the refresh I had two installs (Firefly_1 and Firefly_2).

Here's where my ignorance came through. I couldn't figure out how to delete the second version (Firefly_2). I know now but at the time I though deleting the jail would do it. Well now I have the plugin Firefly_2 but when I try to delete it (the delete button!) it says I need to start it first. When I try to start it it say it can't because there is not jail. I tried to recreate the jail, and I did, but it is not connected to the plugin so I keep getting the same error.

How can I delete this plugin so I can start over? Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[mirdragon]

Hi,

Make sure the plugin is not working
Go into storage
You should see the jail listed under one of your volumes

ie mydata
minidlna_1
minidlna_2
Select the jail (ie minidlna_2) you wish to remove
Then click on the 'destroy dataset' (one with red cross on it)

You may need to reboot

This is my post when i had issues and how i resolved. Just bit of trial and error

 

[mvincent118]

Hi:

Thanks for the response. Deleting the dataset is what got me into this situation in the first place and I have rebooted... several time. My problem is I do not have a jail associated with the Firefly_2 plugin and for some reason (seems odd to me) I need to start the plugin before I can delete it. When I select the plugin and select the delete button I get the error 'ERROR: The plugin jail is not running, start it before proceeding'. Why do I need to start something that I don't want in the first place? When I try to start it is tries but then I get the error 'Some error occurred' and it stops. Oh and where the plugins are listed there is a column that says Jail. For Firefly it says Firefly_2 in red if that means anything.

 

[mvincent118]

Another update. I decided to remove all plugins and jails so I could start from scratch. All of the working plugins have been removed and I deleted all of the jails. I also rebooted. However, the Firefly plugin is still listed and I still cannot remove it. Can someone tell me what startup file this launches from? All I can think of at this point is to remove it from there.

 

[mvincent118]

Got it! But I'm not sure how. I reloaded miniDLNA and Firefly. Then I manually added a Firefly_2 dataset to match the errant plugin. After rebooting, it allowed me to delete the plugin. I then had to manually remove the jail crated when I added the dataset.