I’ve also upgraded to 1.1.3.2700 on Freenas and everything is broken. Not working at all.
Anyone know how to roll back?
I don’t own a freenas but if it’s like my synology, and you have the previous installation file, uninstall what you have and install the older version.
If you didn’t save the older version, there’s nothing we can do right now. The powers that be have been notified and are fixing the lack of older-version availability.
Do you use the plug-in (not recommended) or just have PMS installed in a generic FreeNAS jail? I just updated to 1.1.3.2700 and it’s fine.
There’s a FreeBSD forum on here which is probably a better place for this thread.
I used the plug-in and then use PMS_Updater.sh to install the updates as they come out. I had to uninstall and re-install 1.03 and it now works again.
Not sure I trust the update to work if I run it again.
@tthorn125 said:
I used the plug-in and then use PMS_Updater.sh to install the updates as they come out.
Be aware this is a third-party hack script maintained personally by an individual, which often breaks when there are changes. So you are dependent on him (or someone else entirely) fixing the script in those situations.
One of the many reasons doing a regular install in a jail where you can use the standard upgrading commands is preferable.
I’ve used the Plex App since inception on FreeNas, no Idea why others would not recommend it, I have never had a problem with it… It Just Works!
If you had backups enabled then recover from there
FreeNAS / FreeBSD users take a look:
@mysticpete said:
I’ve used the Plex App since inception on FreeNas, no Idea why others would not recommend it, I have never had a problem with it… It Just Works!
I also know people who think seatbelts are useless because the don’t wear one and they’re still alive.
Statistically and historically, the Plex plug-on on FreeNAS has been more problematic than doing a standard jail and just installing it there so you can use standard tools to upgrade vs. hacks. While I’m glad you’ve had no issue so far, it doesn’t change this fact.
@sremick said:
@mysticpete said:
I’ve used the Plex App since inception on FreeNas, no Idea why others would not recommend it, I have never had a problem with it… It Just Works!I also know people who think seatbelts are useless because the don’t wear one and they’re still alive.
Statistically and historically, the Plex plug-on on FreeNAS has been more problematic than doing a standard jail and just installing it there so you can use standard tools to upgrade vs. hacks. While I’m glad you’ve had no issue so far, it doesn’t change this fact.
Statistically and historically your more likely to DIE from not wearing a Seatbelt in an accident! The same cannot be said for using or not using the Plex Plug-in.
So show me the STATS and the FACTS that back up your comments. I’m sure the Plex developers would be interested in seeing them.
Knob!
So show me the STATS and the FACTS that back up your comments. I’m sure the Plex developers would be interested in seeing them.
As a developer myself, I can assure you the issues are known. As a result, I wholeheartedly recommend against using the plugin system in FreeNAS 9.x. I used to use it myself and every single last one of them exhibited problems at one time or another.
Most stemmed from the FreeNAS UI layer losing contact with the plugin due to either forgetting the plugin’s IP address (even though it never changed) or from the communication daemon in the jail dying and not being restarted. While restarting the plugin usually fixed this, one would have to often restart the jail since the plugin system had lost contact. It’s worth noting that all the while the plugin system itself was broken, the application running inside the plugin jail continued to operate, most of the time.
Then there’s the absurdly slow update system for plugins. If you watch it progress, you see that it actually ends up created three copies of the plugin during update and it doesn’t always clean up this mess. I had several GB of old versions lying around through various plugin updates that I had to clean up manually once I discovered it.
Lastly there’s the slow propagation to the plugin system. The packages are nearly always updated sooner than the plugins.
I moved all my plugins to standard jails and these issues ceased entirely. The future looks much more promising where FreeNAS is moving to docker for its plugin system which should fix these issues. You can see a preview of it in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzyMAGbp6_g (starting around 22:30). It’s interesting to note that in that video, the FreeNAS developer actually mentioned the 9.x plugin system has shortcomings. They knew full well of the issues in the plugin system which is why they looked at completely obliterating it in favor of docker.
gbooker and I don’t always agree on all the things so it’s telling of his character for him to grab my back on this one. Thanks.
