Announce: Alt-F-0.1RC6 snapshot available for testing

[João Cardoso]

Hi,

It's now available at sourceforge.net a snapshot of RC6.

It has been tested as a normal release, only needing feedback from DNS-320-rev-Ax, DNS-321-rev-xx and DNS-323-rev-C1 users before making a release.

Please report back any issues.

João

The README: (post "release" additions in blue)

This is a Snapshot of Alt-F-0.1RC6. Please read until the end.

-Tested on the DNS-323-rev-A1/B1, DNS-325-rev-A1, DNS-320L-rev-A1, and DNS-327L-rev-A1

 Thanks to users feedback, all supported boxes were now tested, even the ones that I don't own,

 so I can start making a official release.

 Your evaluation was so encouraging that I will release Alt-F-1.0 -- "This is it", instead of 0.1RC6.

-Need feedback on the DNS-320-rev-Ax, DNS-321-rev-xx and DNS-323-rev-C1 before making a release,

 specifically for fan and temperature reading and leds and buttons behaviour. 

 If using RC5 and you have any boot user script to fix the fan/temperature reading issue

 (Services->User->user, Configure, "Script to execute on powerup", Edit)  

 (missing links in /tmp/sys), unapply it first (or just comment the fix commands)

-When using Services->System->User, Submit, the error "user_proc.cgi: line 30: syntax error:..."

error message is displayed. Fix: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt-f/irB51Q01Yvs/S5RecQA7AQAJ

 

Summary of changes:

============

-updated to linux kernel 4.4.45

 if using RC5 with the "network corruption fix" applied, unapply it after upgrading, 

 or it will negatively impact network throughput.

-updated to samba-3.6.25, needs feedback on all MS-Win versions.

 -After checking SMB2 in the webUI, the client user has to logout or reboot the PC

 -If you have installed any samba package, such as "samba", "samba-small", samba-extra",

  or "samba-modules", uninstall it first, or it will be used instead of the new samba36.

  The 'smbd -V' command should display "Version 3.6.25"

-dnsmasq removed from the base firmware on the DNS-321/323

-iscsitarget not supported for new kernel

-Entware-ng install, package management and services start and stop webUIs

-The fan speed takes disk temperatures into account if hddtemp is running.

 catch: Disks will not spin down due to the drive constant temperature pooling

-DNS-320/321/323/325: the power button now powers off the box if released in the first 3 seconds

 and reboots the box if released on the next 3 seconds.

-if using DDNS  under Services->Network->ddns, re-configure as configuration changes are needed.

-The Alt-F Package Manager might display erroneous information, as the firmware contains packages

 that have not yet been released.

-most packages have been updated to their last released version.

Firmware upgrading instructions:

==================

-Reboot the box before performing any upgrade.

-If you are already using Alt-F:

 -make sure that both the HTTP and HTTPS administrative servers

  are in "inetd mode", not in "server mode". Use Services->Network, http, Configure.

 -Use http to access the box webUI for the upgrade.

 -Save current settings to a desktop computer (System->Settings, in the

   "Computer Disk" section, "Save current settings to file" hit the

   Download button)

 -on the DNS-321/323 you can use the "TryIt" button on the Firmware Upgrade webUI

  to try a new Alt-F firmware without flashing it.

 -if using Alt-F-0.1RC5 download also the firmware associated sha1 file and in the

  Firmware Upgrader webUI supply it along with the firmware bin file in order to

  verify the firmware download integrity.

 

-Look at the box bottom attached label to see its hardware revision

 level, then select the appropriate Alt-F-0.1RC* bin file and

 use the normal firmware upgrade method to flash it.

 For example, the Alt-F-0.1RC5-DNS-320-rev-Ax.bin file is to be used

 on the DNS-320 on any rev-A1, A2 or A3 box.

 Don't try to flash firmware if your box is not supported.

-When alternating between D-Link and Alt-F firmware clear the browser cache.

 The box name and IP might also change, consult your router DHCP client/lease page,

 or a network scanner program to determine the new box IP.

[Paulo Elifaz Andrielli]

Cool! Will do the upgrade by tomorrow on a 323 B1.

So, just clarifying: the ones not yet upgraded to RC5 (I'm still in RC4), is just matter of upgrading directly to this one, and there's no need to apply a fix for the network data corruption, right?

And for the ones with RC5 and the fix: what will be the consequences if they do not remove the fix after the upgrade? Something serious?

[]´s

Paulo

[]´s

Paulo

2017-03-04 16:40 GMT-03:00 João Cardoso <whoami...@gmail.com>:

Hi,

It's now available at sourceforge.net a snapshot of RC6.

It has been tested as a normal release, only needing feedback from DNS-320-rev-Ax, DNS-321-rev-xx and DNS-323-rev-C1 users before making a release.

Please report back any issues.

João

The README:

This is a Snapshot of Alt-F-0.1RC6. Please read until the end.

-Tested on the DNS-323-rev-A1/B1, DNS-325-rev-A1, DNS-320L-rev-A1, and DNS-327L-rev-A1

-Need feedback on the DNS-320-rev-Ax, DNS-321-rev-xx and DNS-323-rev-C1 before making a release,

 specifically for fan and temperature reading and leds and buttons behaviour.

Summary of changes:

============

-updated to linux kernel 4.4.45

 if using RC5 with the "network corruption fix" applied, unapply it after upgrading.

-updated to samba-3.6.25, needs feedback on all MS-Win versions.

 After checking SMB2 in the webUI, the client user has to logout or reboot the PC

-dnsmasq removed from the base firmware on the DNS-321/323

-iscsitarget not supported for new kernel

-Entware-ng install, package management and services start and stop webUIs

-The fan speed takes disk temperatures into account if hddtemp is running.

 catch: Disks will not spin down due to the drive constant temperature pooling

-DNS-320/321/323/325: the power button now powers off the box if released in the first 3 seconds

 and reboots the box if released on the next 3 seconds.

-if using DDNS  under Services->Network->ddns, re-configure as configuration changes are needed.

-The Alt-F Package Manager might display erroneous information, as the firmware contains packages

 that have not yet been released.

-most packages have been updated to their last released version.

Firmware upgrading instructions:

==================

-Reboot the box before performing any upgrade.

-If you are already using Alt-F:

 -make sure that both the HTTP and HTTPS admnistrative servers

  are in "inetd mode", not in "server mode". Use Services->Network, http, Configure.

 -Use http to access the box webUI for the upgrade.

 -Save current settings to a desktop computer (System->Settings, in the

   "Computer Disk" section, "Save current settings to file" hit the

   Download button)

 -on the DNS-321/323 you can use the "TryIt" button on the Firmware Upgrade webUI

  to try a new Alt-F firmware without flashing it.

 -if using Alt-F-0.1RC5 download also the firmware associated sha1 file and in the

  Firmware Upgrader webUI supply it along with the firmware bin file in order to

  verify the firmware download integrity.

 

-Look at the box bottom attached label to see its hardware revision

 level, then select the appropriate Alt-F-0.1RC* bin file and

 use the normal firmware upgrade method to flash it.

 For example, the Alt-F-0.1RC5-DNS-320-rev-Ax.bin file is to be used

 on the DNS-320 on any rev-A1, A2 or A3 box.

 Don't try to flash firmware if your box is not supported.

-When alternating between D-Link and Alt-F firmware clear the browser cache.

 The box name and IP might also change, consult your router DHCP client/lease page,

 or a network scanner program to determine the new box IP.

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[Gabriele Desinano]

Hi, before everything, I want to say thanks to you for all your work. I really appreciate it. I used RC5 until today, and I was really impatient for RC6 release.

I  just upgradated one DNS323-B1 and one DNS325-A1.

For all two, I obtained an error after that I tryed to edit the userboot settings:  

"user_proc.cgi: line 30: syntax error: unterminated quoted string"

Now I'm not able to set a new personalized userboot config file anymore.

I upgraded from RC5, I saved the config settings and I think I can stay on RC6 without the personalized userboot file because on these two NAS I didn't had installed personalized options plus of the necessary RC5 fix.

 Before upgrading other two DNS325-A1 and a DNS323-C1 I would like to receive some ideas because on these three I have instead made personalized options and I still need them.

Thanks in advance

For the rest of the options, I need to investigate also if at the first try all seems to work.

[Rich G]

Want to say thank you so much for your work on this, keeps my old NAS going and there aren't enough thanks in the world for this!

[Aleksandr Shumigay]

суббота, 4 марта 2017 г., 21:40:02 UTC+2 пользователь João Cardoso написал:

This is a Snapshot of Alt-F-0.1RC6. Please read until the end.

Hi. 

Thanks for your work!

Very slow network transfer speed

Alt-F-0.1RC5 - 50-65 Mb/s

Alt-F-0.1RC6 - 30-35 Mb/s

DNS-327L-rev-A1

___

Sorry.

With SMB2 all good, 50-55  Mb/s.

[James Pike]

I have a 323-C1 and a 325-A2 I can test this on. I have the Network corruption running on both, and the fan fix on the 323. 

[James Pike]

Fan speed is maxed out, just like with the fix in RC5, but the 323 booted right up, with no errors. Question: Should I erase all settings when flashing, just to reset everything? I told it to keep my settings, so just wondering if that would make any difference in the fan settings.  Awesome work, as usual, Joao.

325 Running with no issues, as well.

[João Cardoso]

On Tuesday, 7 March 2017 18:54:57 UTC, James Pike wrote:

Fan speed is maxed out, just like with the fix in RC5, but the 323 booted right up, with no errors.

Have you removed the fan/temp fix from your boot script? For a 46ºC system temperature there is no need (?) for the fan to be at top speed.

Unless you have changed the fan/temp settings under Services->System->sysctrl, Configure. What are the settings there?

 

Question: Should I erase all settings when flashing, just to reset everything?

There is no need for that, you can keep them. Have you flashed it or are you still running in TryIt mode?

If you have it flashed, you only need to remove the boot script additions related to the RC5 fan/net issues. Then you need to do a reboot and after that please post the output of the commands

ls -l /tmp/sys

Thanks

[Horns Gustavo]

Dear Joao,
First of all, congratulations for the project! I appreciate it very much.
Second, I have a doubt: with this future release we will possible to update the owncloud package to 8.x?

Sincerely,
Gustavo Horns

[Bruno Crocquevieille]

Hi João,

First thanks for this great project !

I try to upgrade my  DNS-320-rev-A1 from RC5 to RC6 snapshot but when I try to upload it never end and block at, for exemple, 32, 55 or 64% and cannot go further...

Is there a way to upgrade without WebUI ?

Thanks

Bruno.

[João Cardoso]

On Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:45:50 UTC, Bruno Crocquevieille wrote:

Hi João,

First thanks for this great project !

I try to upgrade my  DNS-320-rev-A1 from RC5 to RC6 snapshot but when I try to upload it never end and block at, for exemple, 32, 55 or 64% and cannot go further...

In what step does it stops? Alt-F does not displays percentages when flashing, please give more details (such as a screen shots)

Have you followed the README instructions? Using what web browser? Using http and having http under inetd control? Does RC5 has the "network corruption fix" applied?

Is there a way to upgrade without WebUI ?

Yes, there are instructions in another topic, but it involves several command line steps. But you shouldn't need to do that, there must be something that you are missing when using the webUI. It works.

[Bruno Crocquevieille]

Hi again,

I followed the readme file (inetd, fix and so on) ;) and I'm using Chrome and the percentage is in the status bottom bar of the browser. In fact it's the upload percentage.

I started again from another PC and it goes well.

I'm about to click on Flash it.

Will report...

Bruno.

[Bruno Crocquevieille]

Reboot in progress

[Bruno Crocquevieille]

So far so good. Everything seems OK.

By the way, a bug that was in the previous version : when installing V7.0.15 of Owncloud I have an error :

"Package owncloud (7.0.15) installed in /Alt-F is up to date.

Configuring owncloud
Downloading https://download.owncloud.org/community/owncloud-7.0.15.tar.bz2...
--2017-03-08 20:21:46--  https://download.owncloud.org/community/owncloud-7.0.15.tar.bz2
Resolving download.owncloud.org... 2a01:4f8:192:50d6::3, 148.251.209.106, 85.10.210.219, ...
Connecting to download.owncloud.org|2a01:4f8:192:50d6::3|:443... failed: Address family not supported by protocol.
Connecting to download.owncloud.org|148.251.209.106|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2017-03-08 20:21:47 ERROR 404: Not Found.


******************************************************
* Downloading of ownCloud from its home site failed. *
******************************************************

postinst script returned status 1
ERROR: owncloud.postinst returned 1
Nothing to be done
Successfully terminated." 

This is due to a modified adress of download. The right one is : https://download.owncloud.org/community/7.0/owncloud-7.0.15.tar.bz2

Where can I modify it in order to install it ?

What do you want me to test / give info ?

Cheers

Bruno.

[João Cardoso]

I followed the readme file (inetd, fix and so on) ;) and I'm using Chrome and the percentage is in the status bottom bar of the browser. In fact it's the upload percentage.

That is not strictly under Alt-F control, it's http/caching/browser related.

Glad that you solve it. Can you try to reproduce it again on the  same PC/browser where it failed before? And if it fails again try clearing the browser cache to see if the upload succeeds?

Thanks. It's not RC6 related, but it is anyway fixed. owncloud-7.0.15-1 is now available.

 

Where can I modify it in order to install it ?

 kKimmell installed 8.1.11 up to a point, but stop reporting, please follow https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt-f/z8NAVV3CtVA/3WUVA6YzBgAJ

 

What do you want me to test / give info ?

Regarding your DNS-320-rev-A, I would like to know if the power button and the usb button (its several time-dependent functionalities) works as expected, as well as all the leds behaviour (your can read the About buttons and leds wiki about what is expected) but mostly if the temperature reading and fan speed set works.

For the temp/fan please also post the output of the 'ls -l /tmp/sys' command output.

Thanks

Cheers

Bruno.

[Bruno Crocquevieille]

Le mercredi 8 mars 2017 21:07:24 UTC+1, João Cardoso a écrit :

I followed the readme file (inetd, fix and so on) ;) and I'm using Chrome and the percentage is in the status bottom bar of the browser. In fact it's the upload percentage.

That is not strictly under Alt-F control, it's http/caching/browser related.

Glad that you solve it. Can you try to reproduce it again on the  same PC/browser where it failed before? And if it fails again try clearing the browser cache to see if the upload succeeds?

Will try and report. Tonight I'm using the NAS to play films;) 

On Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:27:01 UTC, Bruno Crocquevieille wrote:

So far so good. Everything seems OK.

By the way, a bug that was in the previous version : when installing V7.0.15 of Owncloud I have an error :

[...]

This is due to a modified adress of download. The right one is : https://download.owncloud.org/community/7.0/owncloud-7.0.15.tar.bz2

Thanks. It's not RC6 related, but it is anyway fixed. owncloud-7.0.15-1 is now available.

Thank you :D I tried and it works.

 

Where can I modify it in order to install it ?

 kKimmell installed 8.1.11 up to a point, but stop reporting, please follow https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt-f/z8NAVV3CtVA/3WUVA6YzBgAJ

 

Will try... and report. :D

 

What do you want me to test / give info ?

Regarding your DNS-320-rev-A, I would like to know if the power button and the usb button (its several time-dependent functionalities) works as expected, as well as all the leds behaviour (your can read the About buttons and leds wiki about what is expected) but mostly if the temperature reading and fan speed set works.

Will try an report.

 

For the temp/fan please also post the output of the 'ls -l /tmp/sys' command output.

Here you are :

 

[root@NAS]# ls -l /tmp/sys
total 4
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            34 Jan  1  1970 fan1_input -> /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/fan1_input
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            35 Jan  1  1970 left_led -> /sys/class/leds/dns320:orange:l_hdd
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            33 Jan  1  1970 power_led -> /sys/class/leds/dns320:blue:power
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            28 Jan  1  1970 pwm1 -> /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/pwm1
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            35 Jan  1  1970 right_led -> /sys/class/leds/dns320:orange:r_hdd
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root             6 Mar  8 21:24 temp1_input
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            31 Jan  1  1970 usb2_led -> /sys/class/leds/dns320:blue:usb
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            33 Jan  1  1970 usb_led -> /sys/class/leds/dns320:orange:usb
[root@NAS]#

Cheers,

Bruno 

[Gregory Didycz]

Hi João and everyone,

I want to start off by saying thank you for all the work you have put into this package. I do have one FYI about the new samba. From the Alt-F package manager window, if i click on samba36, i get a 404 file not found, the requested url was not found.

Gregory

On Saturday, March 4, 2017 at 2:40:02 PM UTC-5, João Cardoso wrote:

Hi,

It's now available at sourceforge.net a snapshot of RC6.

It has been tested as a normal release, only needing feedback from DNS-320-rev-Ax, DNS-321-rev-xx and DNS-323-rev-C1 users before making a release.

Please report back any issues.

João

The README: (post "release" additions in blue)

This is a Snapshot of Alt-F-0.1RC6. Please read until the end.

-Tested on the DNS-323-rev-A1/B1, DNS-325-rev-A1, DNS-320L-rev-A1, and DNS-327L-rev-A1

[James Pike]

You called it. In my sysctrl, it was set to Always Fast (No clue why). Switched it to auto, and the fan speed dropped to 3,000.

Ran the temp.sys command on both NAS's and here's the output from both:

[root@DNS-325]# ls -l /tmp/sys
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            34 Dec 31  1969 fan1_input -> /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/fan1_input
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            32 Dec 31  1969 left_led -> /sys/class/leds/dns325:red:l_hdd
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            34 Dec 31  1969 power_led -> /sys/class/leds/dns325:white:power
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            28 Dec 31  1969 pwm1 -> /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/pwm1
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            32 Dec 31  1969 right_led -> /sys/class/leds/dns325:red:r_hdd
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            35 Dec 31  1969 temp1_input -> /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon1/temp1_input
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            32 Dec 31  1969 usb2_led -> /sys/class/leds/dns325:white:usb
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            30 Dec 31  1969 usb_led -> /sys/class/leds/dns325:red:usb
[root@DNS-325]#






[root@DNS-323]# ls -l /tmp/sys
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            41 Dec 31  1969 fan1_input -> /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan1_input
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            26 Dec 31  1969 left_led -> /sys/class/leds/left:amber
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            26 Dec 31  1969 power_led -> /sys/class/leds/power:blue
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            35 Dec 31  1969 pwm1 -> /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/pwm1
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            27 Dec 31  1969 right_led -> /sys/class/leds/right:amber
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            35 Dec 31  1969 temp1_input -> /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon1/temp1_input
[root@DNS-323]#

[João Cardoso]

On Thursday, 9 March 2017 18:24:43 UTC, James Pike wrote:

You called it. In my sysctrl, it was set to Always Fast (No clue why). Switched it to auto, and the fan speed dropped to 3,000.

Ran the temp.sys command on both NAS's and here's the output from both:

[root@DNS-325]# ls -l /tmp/sys
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            34 Dec 31  1969 fan1_input -> /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/fan1_input
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            32 Dec 31  1969 left_led -> /sys/class/leds/dns325:red:l_hdd
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            34 Dec 31  1969 power_led -> /sys/class/leds/dns325:white:power
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            28 Dec 31  1969 pwm1 -> /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/pwm1
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            32 Dec 31  1969 right_led -> /sys/class/leds/dns325:red:r_hdd
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            35 Dec 31  1969 temp1_input -> /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon1/temp1_input
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            32 Dec 31  1969 usb2_led -> /sys/class/leds/dns325:white:usb
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            30 Dec 31  1969 usb_led -> /sys/class/leds/dns325:red:usb
[root@DNS-325]#






[root@DNS-323]# ls -l /tmp/sys
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            41 Dec 31  1969 fan1_input -> /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan1_input
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            26 Dec 31  1969 left_led -> /sys/class/leds/left:amber
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            26 Dec 31  1969 power_led -> /sys/class/leds/power:blue
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            35 Dec 31  1969 pwm1 -> /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/pwm1
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            27 Dec 31  1969 right_led -> /sys/class/leds/right:amber
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            35 Dec 31  1969 temp1_input -> /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon1/temp1_input
[root@DNS-323]#

So the temperature/fan devices seems alright on the 323-rev-C1 (your box) and on the 320-rev-A1 (from Bruno post).

I'm still needing feedback on the DNS-321. I own and tested the other box models, so there is no need for reports on them.

Thanks

[João Cardoso]

On Thursday, 9 March 2017 16:31:58 UTC, Gregory Didycz wrote:

Hi João and everyone,

I want to start off by saying thank you for all the work you have put into this package. I do have one FYI about the new samba. From the Alt-F package manager window, if i click on samba36, i get a 404 file not found, the requested url was not found.

That's OK, samba36 was not yet released, so the package manager don't know its details (the package description should also be blank).

As the README says:

 -The Alt-F Package Manager might display erroneous information, as the firmware contains packages

 that have not yet been released.

Thanks

[Gerard Cheong]

Here is the output of ls -l /tmp/sys on my DNS-321-rev-A2:

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            41 Dec 31  1969 fan1_input -> /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan1_input

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            26 Dec 31  1969 left_led -> /sys/class/leds/left:amber

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            26 Dec 31  1969 power_led -> /sys/class/leds/power:blue

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            35 Dec 31  1969 pwm1 -> /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/pwm1

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            27 Dec 31  1969 right_led -> /sys/class/leds/right:amber

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            35 Dec 31  1969 temp1_input -> /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon1/temp1_input

Cheers,

Gerard

On Saturday, 4 March 2017 11:40:02 UTC-8, João Cardoso wrote:

Hi,

It's now available at sourceforge.net a snapshot of RC6.

It has been tested as a normal release, only needing feedback from DNS-320-rev-Ax, DNS-321-rev-xx and DNS-323-rev-C1 users before making a release.

Please report back any issues.

João

The README: (post "release" additions in blue)

This is a Snapshot of Alt-F-0.1RC6. Please read until the end.

-Tested on the DNS-323-rev-A1/B1, DNS-325-rev-A1, DNS-320L-rev-A1, and DNS-327L-rev-A1

[Rolf Pedersen]

On 03/04/2017 11:40 AM, João Cardoso wrote:

-The fan speed takes disk temperatures into account if hddtemp is running.

 catch: Disks will not spin down due to the drive constant temperature pooling

Hi,
Here is what I'm running, using NFS on a Linux LAN:

The box is currently running Alt-F 0.1RC5 with kernel 3.18.28, and flashed with Alt-F-0.1RC5, kernel 3.18.28.

System

Temperature 44.5°C/112°F	Fan speed 3870	Load 0.00	CPU 17%	Memory 63% of 64MB	Swap 0% of 1535MB
Name: DNS-323			Model: DNS-323-A1
Date: Thu Mar 9 18:22:22 PST 2017			Uptime: 68 day(s) 9 hour(s)

Network

Speed:1000Mbps Duplex:full MTU:1500 TX:2.6GiB Rx:1.8GiB IP:192.168.1.104

Disks

Bay	Dev.	Model	Capacity	Power Status	Temp	Health
right	sda	WDC WD40PURX-64GVNY0	4.0TB	active or idle	39°C/102°F	passed
left	sdb	WDC WD40EZRX-00SPEB0	4.0TB	active or idle	37°C/98°F	passed

Mounted Filesystems

Dev.	Label	Capacity	Available	FS	Mode	Dirty	Automatic FSCK in
sda2		3.6TB	1.3TB	ext4	RW		37 mounts or 61 days
sdb2	323	3.6TB	1.8TB	ext3	RW		42 mounts or 109 days

Remotely Mounted Filesystems

Host	Share	FS
192.168.1.101	/mnt/sda2/stuff	nfs
192.168.1.101	/mnt/sdb2/Public/RO	nfs
192.168.1.116	/mnt/sda2/stuff	nfs
192.168.1.116	/mnt/sdb2/Public/RO	nfs
192.168.1.50	/mnt/sda2/stuff	nfs
192.168.1.50	/mnt/sdb2/Public/RO	nfs

Using qbittorrent to collect videos, sometimes isos, kaffeine to record ATSC programs, and KODI to play the files.  All has been working well for a long time (except when Goob^[1] knocked the DNS-323 to the floor and I had to replace the disks) and I *just* upgraded to Alt-F-0.1RC5 with the ethtool-script fix.  I tend to like that the disks spin down as they are not in use most of the time.  It takes about 7 seconds to spin up, ready to serve.  Is there some way to upgrade to RC6 and preserve this behavior?  Anyway, I think I'm fine to stay with RC5, no?

Hmmm, it looks like hddtemp is not installed,

[root@DNS-323]# ps aux | grep temp
 1049 root     grep temp
[root@DNS-323]# which hddtemp
[root@DNS-323]#

So I guess it's moot, unless there's some benefit for me to upgrade to RC6.

Thanks,
Rolf

^[1]

[Bruno Crocquevieille]

Concerning owncloud :

I tried to update 7.0.15 (your package 7.0.15-1) with owncloud's autoupdate.

The upgrade to 8.0.16 went well but the restarting... I don't kwnow what's wrong as I am not a web programmer or even a linux guru...

Do you have a package you said you will generate for  kKimmell ?

I will try again using manual update.

[João Cardoso]

On Friday, 10 March 2017 00:25:16 UTC, Gerard Cheong wrote:

Here is the output of ls -l /tmp/sys on my DNS-321-rev-A2:

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            41 Dec 31  1969 fan1_input -> /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan1_input

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            26 Dec 31  1969 left_led -> /sys/class/leds/left:amber

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            26 Dec 31  1969 power_led -> /sys/class/leds/power:blue

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            35 Dec 31  1969 pwm1 -> /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/pwm1

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            27 Dec 31  1969 right_led -> /sys/class/leds/right:amber

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            35 Dec 31  1969 temp1_input -> /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon1/temp1_input

Cheers,

Gerard

Thanks, everything looks OK.

So, temperature reading and fan speed setting should work fine on the boxes that I couldn't test, according to reports from Gerard Cheong on his DNS-321-rev-A2, James Pike on his DNS-323-rev-C1, and Bruno Crocquevieille on his DNS-320-rev-A1.

Thanks

[João Cardoso]

Oops, I have to add a Goob alert and dissuader for the next release :-)

 

and I *just* upgraded to Alt-F-0.1RC5 with the ethtool-script fix.  I tend to like that the disks spin down as they are not in use most of the time.  It takes about 7 seconds to spin up, ready to serve.  Is there some way to upgrade to RC6 and preserve this behavior?

The default behavior is preserved. To take disks temperature into account when setting the fan speed you have to enable that in the sysctrl webUI and start the hddtemp service. Those actions will make the disks to not spin down.

Why was this motivated from?

I observed that on the latter D-Link models, with a vertically oriented box and the fan located at the box middle height, the disks temperature were 10ºC higher than system board temperature, even with the disks in standby mode.

In automatic fan mode, with the disks in standby, the fan turns itself on during 3 minutes every 10/15 minutes -- this keeps the system board temperature low as desired but the disks temperature are 10ºC above that.

So in order to keep the disks temperature low, which is my ultimate desire, I have to use sysctrl fan setting in the "always low" mode.

So I tough that sysctrl should take the disk temperature into account, and I start using hddtemp for that purpose; and it works fine, with the announced catch: disks will not spindown. But I only notice that after making all the code changes, and decided to keep it even if I'm not using that feature myself -- who knows if that feature will not be useful for other users?

 

  Anyway, I think I'm fine to stay with RC5, no?

I have blocked automatic updates on my Sony Google TV to avoid Android 6 updates (and possibly brick my TV)... so it's my call -- I will miss all those fantastic new features :-D

 

Hmmm, it looks like hddtemp is not installed,

[root@DNS-323]# ps aux | grep temp
 1049 root     grep temp
[root@DNS-323]# which hddtemp
[root@DNS-323]#

So I guess it's moot, unless there's some benefit for me to upgrade to RC6.

No "Goob alert" yet, sorry And RC6 is not yet released, it's just a (pretty accurate) snapshot.

[George Koutrakis]

NAS 320 rev A2 here and so far so good. Upgraded from RC5. 

I reenabled tso and speed slightly changed (or got worst).

With RC5 tso off:

Read 35MB/s

Write 11 MB/s

with RC6 and tso on:

Read 42 / Write 9

Also led lights are doing the same like RC5 (they are always off and turn yellow when they have disk activity). Also power led is always off

[Duncan McQueen]

I have a really basic question - I have noticed that one of my units never turns on the fan (and hence overheats).  Is there a command I can enter via SSH to force the fan to turn on?

On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 1:40 PM, João Cardoso <whoami...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

It's now available at sourceforge.net a snapshot of RC6.

It has been tested as a normal release, only needing feedback from DNS-320-rev-Ax, DNS-321-rev-xx and DNS-323-rev-C1 users before making a release.

Please report back any issues.

João

The README:

This is a Snapshot of Alt-F-0.1RC6. Please read until the end.

-Tested on the DNS-323-rev-A1/B1, DNS-325-rev-A1, DNS-320L-rev-A1, and DNS-327L-rev-A1

-Need feedback on the DNS-320-rev-Ax, DNS-321-rev-xx and DNS-323-rev-C1 before making a release,

 specifically for fan and temperature reading and leds and buttons behaviour.

Summary of changes:

============

-updated to linux kernel 4.4.45

 if using RC5 with the "network corruption fix" applied, unapply it after upgrading.

-updated to samba-3.6.25, needs feedback on all MS-Win versions.

 After checking SMB2 in the webUI, the client user has to logout or reboot the PC

-dnsmasq removed from the base firmware on the DNS-321/323

-iscsitarget not supported for new kernel

-Entware-ng install, package management and services start and stop webUIs

-The fan speed takes disk temperatures into account if hddtemp is running.

 catch: Disks will not spin down due to the drive constant temperature pooling

-DNS-320/321/323/325: the power button now powers off the box if released in the first 3 seconds

 and reboots the box if released on the next 3 seconds.

-if using DDNS  under Services->Network->ddns, re-configure as configuration changes are needed.

-The Alt-F Package Manager might display erroneous information, as the firmware contains packages

 that have not yet been released.

-most packages have been updated to their last released version.

Firmware upgrading instructions:

==================

-Reboot the box before performing any upgrade.

-If you are already using Alt-F:

 -make sure that both the HTTP and HTTPS admnistrative servers

  are in "inetd mode", not in "server mode". Use Services->Network, http, Configure.

 -Use http to access the box webUI for the upgrade.

 -Save current settings to a desktop computer (System->Settings, in the

   "Computer Disk" section, "Save current settings to file" hit the

   Download button)

 -on the DNS-321/323 you can use the "TryIt" button on the Firmware Upgrade webUI

  to try a new Alt-F firmware without flashing it.

 -if using Alt-F-0.1RC5 download also the firmware associated sha1 file and in the

  Firmware Upgrader webUI supply it along with the firmware bin file in order to

  verify the firmware download integrity.

 

-Look at the box bottom attached label to see its hardware revision

 level, then select the appropriate Alt-F-0.1RC* bin file and

 use the normal firmware upgrade method to flash it.

 For example, the Alt-F-0.1RC5-DNS-320-rev-Ax.bin file is to be used

 on the DNS-320 on any rev-A1, A2 or A3 box.

 Don't try to flash firmware if your box is not supported.

-When alternating between D-Link and Alt-F firmware clear the browser cache.

 The box name and IP might also change, consult your router DHCP client/lease page,

 or a network scanner program to determine the new box IP.

[Duncan McQueen]

If it helps, I am on DNS-323 B1.  I have two units and one has the fan on and the other does not.  The one that does not turns off due to temperatures.

[João Cardoso]

On Saturday, 11 March 2017 16:55:25 UTC, Dmc wrote:

I have a really basic question - I have noticed that one of my units never turns on the fan (and hence overheats).  Is there a command I can enter via SSH to force the fan to turn on?

If it works for one box it  should work for the other... use Services->System, sysctrl, Configure

[Duncan McQueen]

Got it - the starting temp was way too high.

I noticed something else - on RC5, I am pretty sure I had NFS v4 (when mounting I specified that version).  Now, it is definitely v3 and I am getting permission errors (as I understand v4 has different permissioning).  Did it downgrade?

[João Cardoso]

On Saturday, 11 March 2017 12:49:36 UTC, George Koutrakis wrote:

NAS 320 rev A2 here and so far so good. Upgraded from RC5. 

I reenabled tso and speed slightly changed (or got worst).

With RC5 tso off:

Read 35MB/s

Write 11 MB/s

with RC6 and tso on:

Read 42 / Write 9

I will deffer this for later

 

Also led lights are doing the same like RC5 (they are always off and turn yellow when they have disk activity). Also power led is always off

I have no detailed report about the 320-rev-A leds/buttons behaviour.

-What happens when the disks go to standby? One led (orange) on the standby hdd should slowly flash 3 secs off, 0.5 secs on, which is barely visible.

-Does the power led ever goes on? During boot perhaps, then turns off? It should turn off (or on) when both disks are in standby.

-When you plug/unplug a USB pen, does any led turns on/off?

-When you press the USB copy button does any led starts flashing?

-Does the power button works? Any leds lights when/while it is pressed? Does the box powers down or reboot? The button might need to be pressed for more than 3/6 seconds.

Do you have any linux experience? Do you feel comfortable at the command line?

Thanks

[João Cardoso]

On Saturday, 11 March 2017 18:26:01 UTC, Dmc wrote:

Got it - the starting temp was way too high.

I noticed something else - on RC5, I am pretty sure I had NFS v4

sorry, Alt-F never had NFS v4

 

(when mounting I specified that version).  Now, it is definitely v3 and I am getting permission errors (as I understand v4 has different permissioning).  Did it downgrade?

It was upgraded to the last nfs-utils version, from 1.3.3 to 1.3.4

[Duncan McQueen]

Hmmm...I must have done something weird.  With RC5 my client had vers=4 and it worked.

No worries - found I had an parameter on the client that was set funny and all is well.

[João Cardoso]

On Saturday, 11 March 2017 18:43:24 UTC, Dmc wrote:

Hmmm...I must have done something weird.  With RC5 my client had vers=4 and it worked.

That is the maximum requested protocol, not necessarily the one offered and used, I believe.

The same happens with Samba and the SMB2 protocol, the server offers SMB2 if enabled. If the server has SMB2 disabled and the client asks for it, they will negotiate the maximum common protocol, which is SMB1/NT1.

 

No worries - found I had an parameter on the client that was set funny and all is well.

[George Koutrakis]

Thank you Cardoso for the all the hard work that you put for our little nas systems!

The speeds that I indicated were from a linux machine (cifs), but in windows10 read speeds are much slower (19 MB/s for the same file). Maybe it's a driver issue on my windows machine, but we have to see what speed other users are getting

Also:

- The power led goes on (blinking blue) when the machine boots - then it is turned off as soon as it boots (because the nas goes to standby).

- When a usb is connected the usb led turns on blue and afterwards power led turns on blue

- power button seems to also work as it should (restart and turn off)

So everything works but I believe that it's better for the power led to stay on whenever it's on standby or not

If you need any tests you would like me to do in the commad line, please tell me!

[TheCoolDude]

Hello João

I want to say many thanks for this wonderful firmware.

I flashed my D-Link DNS-323-B1 with the latest Snapshot of 0.1RC6 and it work beautifully.  I was running version 0.1RC4.1 prior to the upgrade.

The only bug I noticed is when you enter your login password and just after you press enter, the input box get filled with stars.  The first time I noticed it seem to double the amount of stars and now the box is full.

Will do more testing and report back.

Cheer.

[Duncan McQueen]

I agree - that you so much João!

On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 2:11 PM, TheCoolDude <jean...@bellaliant.net> wrote:

Hello João

I want to say many thanks for this wonderful firmware.

I flashed my D-Link DNS-323-B1 with the latest Snapshot of 0.1RC6 and it work beautifully.  I was running version 0.1RC4.1 prior to the upgrade.  No issues whatsoever.

Cheer.

[João Cardoso]

On Sunday, 12 March 2017 07:28:50 UTC, George Koutrakis wrote:

Thank you Cardoso for the all the hard work that you put for our little nas systems!

The speeds that I indicated were from a linux machine (cifs), but in windows10 read speeds are much slower (19 MB/s for the same file). Maybe it's a driver issue on my windows machine, but we have to see what speed other users are getting

I have not yet a definitive answer to this. My findings are that enabling SMB2 lowers throughput.

Reading a 800GB file from a linux machine (using smbclient)

-DNS-323:

SMB1: 27MB/s

SMB2: 17MB/s

FTP: 36MB/s

-DNS-325:

SMB1: 66 MB/s

SMB2: 39 MB/s

FTP: 83 MB/s

-DNS-327L:

SMB1: 56 MB/s

SMB2: 40MB/s

FTP: 66 MB/s

This does not seems to be specific to the samba version or Alt-F build, but to the SMB protocol used.

To confirm this, I installed and run samba-4.2.14-Debian into a chroot Debian jessie running under Alt-F on a DNS-327L, and the results are similar  SMB1: 52MB/s, SMB2: 45MB/s, SMB3: 44 MB/s. The differences here are not very significative, but SMB1 definitively faster.

I have used the linux command 'smbclient -N -m NT1/SMB2/SMB3 //nas/share -c "cd folder; get file"' to read the file from the NAS using a particular protocol (NT1==SMB1)

As protocols are backward-compatible,  I would recommend to let SMB2 unchecked and check it only to see if it solves any issue found on some particular MS-Wins versions. But see bellow more about this.

I only have a Win-Vista machine, and NAS reading raw throughput is also lower when SMB2 is checked. I have no idea how does win-7/8/9/10/11 behaves.

Notice that I only measured raw read transfer on a large file. Reading a large number of small files, or creating or deleting files and folders, or having several parallel transfers from several computers, are also most important and was not tested.

Important, to **remember**: changes to SMB2 in the server will not be seen immediately on the MS-Vista PC. Caching, both on the server and on the client, will affect this, and a PC and NAS reboot and some network "stabilization" time is needed.

The above should be on a separate thread...

NAS 320 rev A2:

Also:

- The power led goes on (blinking blue) when the machine boots - then it is turned off as soon as it boots (because the nas goes to standby).

I'm not sure I understand: it goes off immediately after power on completes or only when the disks go to standby (spindown)? The latter is the intended behaviour.

You didn't say nothing about the orange/yellow leds.

 

- When a usb is connected the usb led turns on blue and afterwards power led turns on blue

 

hmmm... not expected

- power button seems to also work as it should (restart and turn off)

OK, fine. Does the orange leds blink?

And the USB copy button? Orange leds should blink while its pressed.

 

So everything works but I believe that it's better for the power led to stay on whenever it's on standby or not

It was asked to turn it off when both disks are in standby (nas in bedroom), except (another request) if no disk is present on the box (to know that it's powered)...

 

If you need any tests you would like me to do in the commad line, please tell me!

Thanks.

rcsysctrl stop # stop the fan/temp/button/leds daemon, as it might interfere.

echo 1 > /tmp/sys/left_led/brightness # turns on left orange led

echo 0 > /tmp/sys/left_led/brightness # turns off left orange led

echo 1 > /tmp/sys/power_led/brightness #  turns on blue power led.

echo 0 > /tmp/sys/power_led/brightness #  turns off blue power led.

rcsysctrl start # start the fan/temp/button/leds daemon, don't forget that after testing ends.

You get the idea, you can do it for every "led" named file found under /tmp/sys and see if setting it to 1 or 0 turns the corresponding led on/off

Thanks

[Віталій Свястин]

субота, 4 березня 2017 р. 21:40:02 UTC+2 користувач João Cardoso написав:

Hi,

It's now available at sourceforge.net a snapshot of RC6.

It has been tested as a normal release, only needing feedback from DNS-320-rev-Ax, DNS-321-rev-xx and DNS-323-rev-C1 users before making a release.

Updated my DNS-320-rev-A1 (with settings erasing) and so far very happy with it. The only bug that I noticed: on status page progress of file system check sometimes displayed incorrectly. Like this "checking...step 2: 873528%", with too many digits and without decimal point.

But everything else looks OK. I played with with leds and buttons and they work as expected. Also I can control fan speed manually but by default it always spins at 3000 RPM. At what temperature it is supposed to turn off? Maybe it is working fine and room is just too hot.

[João Cardoso]

On Monday, 13 March 2017 18:40:46 UTC, Віталій Свястин wrote:

субота, 4 березня 2017 р. 21:40:02 UTC+2 користувач João Cardoso написав:

Hi,

It's now available at sourceforge.net a snapshot of RC6.

It has been tested as a normal release, only needing feedback from DNS-320-rev-Ax, DNS-321-rev-xx and DNS-323-rev-C1 users before making a release.

Updated my DNS-320-rev-A1 (with settings erasing) and so far very happy with it. The only bug that I noticed: on status page progress of file system check sometimes displayed incorrectly. Like this "checking...step 2: 873528%",

hehe :-) bad parsing, did it happened frequently? What is the used filesystem size?

 

with too many digits and without decimal point.

But everything else looks OK. I played with with leds and buttons and they work as expected.

As the "about leds and buttons" wiki says? https://sourceforge.net/p/alt-f/wiki/About%20Buttons%20and%20Leds/

OK, thanks.

 

Also I can control fan speed manually but by default it always spins at 3000 RPM.

 

That's the default for that box

At what temperature it is supposed to turn off? Maybe it is working fine and room is just too hot.

Services->System, sysctrl, Configure

 

[dcxga...@gmail.com]

Hey João first i want to thank you for your very nice firmware for the DNS-323-A1. Very good job.

But i have one problem. After the Update to RC6 i cant start my OpenVPN because i cant load the tun module.

I tried many things but i get always this error in the logs:  ERROR: Cannot open TUN/TAP dev /dev/net/tun: No such file or directory (errno=2)

Things i tried:
modprobe tun (modprobe: module tun not found in modules.dep),
mkdir /dev/net, mknod /dev/net/tun c 10 200 create a new tun file, but openvpn cant access it
reinstall openvpn
install entware-ng with openvpn (same issue)
tried this: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/docker-user/2jFeDGJj36E (without sudo)

hope you can help me, thanks alot

[Joao Cardoso]

On Mar 13, 2017 10:29 PM, <dcxga...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey João first i want to thank you for your very nice firmware for the DNS-323-A1. Very good job.

But i have one problem. After the Update to RC6 i cant start my OpenVPN because i cant load the tun module.

On the 321/323 the kernel-modules package is not pre-installed, only the minimum is, and tun is not one of them.

I will see what can I do while rc6 (and its kernel modules pkg) is not released.

I tried many things but i get always this error in the logs:  ERROR: Cannot open TUN/TAP dev /dev/net/tun: No such file or directory (errno=2)

Things i tried:
modprobe tun (modprobe: module tun not found in modules.dep),
mkdir /dev/net, mknod /dev/net/tun c 10 200 create a new tun file, but openvpn cant access it
reinstall openvpn
install entware-ng with openvpn (same issue)
tried this: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/docker-user/2jFeDGJj36E (without sudo)

hope you can help me, thanks alot

--

[Joao Cardoso]

On Mar 13, 2017 11:30 PM, "Gerard Cheong" <wrks...@gmail.com> wrote:

I might have written too soon...

After reboot of my DNS-321-rev-A2 (with the fan script disabled) I get this error message:

cat: can't open '/tmp/sys/fan1_input': No such file or directory expr: syntax error sh: bad number sh: bad number sh: bad number

The output of ls -l /tmp/sys is now this:

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            34 Dec 31  1969 fan1_input -> /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon1/fan1_input

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            26 Dec 31  1969 left_led -> /sys/class/leds/left:amber

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            26 Dec 31  1969 power_led -> /sys/class/leds/power:blue

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root             4 Mar 13 16:23 pwm1

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            27 Dec 31  1969 right_led -> /sys/class/leds/right:amber

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            35 Dec 31  1969 temp1_input -> /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon1/temp1_input

Cheers,

Gerard

What does

ls -l /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon1/fan1_input

cat /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon1/fan1_input

find /sys/class/hwmon -name fan1_input

outputs?

[Joao Cardoso]

On Sunday, March 12, 2017 at 7:11:23 PM UTC, TheCoolDude wrote:

Hello João

I want to say many thanks for this wonderful firmware.

I flashed my D-Link DNS-323-B1 with the latest Snapshot of 0.1RC6 and it work beautifully.  I was running version 0.1RC4.1 prior to the upgrade.

The only bug I noticed is when you enter your login password and just after you press enter, the input box get filled with stars.

That is expected. The password itself is not send (except when it is first set), instead its hash is 

 The first time I noticed it seem to double the amount of stars and now the box is full.

The password hash has a fixed lenght

Thanks

[dcxga...@gmail.com]

Okay now i know the problem :D
One questiom.. can i flash back to rc5 while the full rc6 is not available? and how i do it?

thanks a lot, great job

[João Cardoso]

On Tuesday, 14 March 2017 04:50:56 UTC, dcxgandi027 wrote:

Okay now i know the problem :D
One questiom.. can i flash back to rc5 while the full rc6 is not available?

Yes, that is of course possible, but try first the attached kernel-modules-armv5.ipk. Just put it in say, /tmp, then

ipkg install /tmp/kernel-modules-armv5_4.4.45_arm.ipk

Then start your vpn as usual, without manually loading tun or creating device nodes -- all that should be loaded and created on request.

As you have already tried to create nodes etc, perhaps you should do a reboot first.

Please let me know if you find any issue.

 

and how i do it?

System->Firmware

[Gerard Cheong]

João,

Apologies for the confusion. I did not flash the firmware to RC6 (I used the Try It mode). When I rebooted, it reverted to RC5 and generated the fan error. You can disregard my last post.

--

Gerard

[dcxga...@gmail.com]

Hey,

tested it and it worked perfectly. All is working fine now.

Thank you very much. :)

Will test it a few days and will report bugs if anything is happening.

[mattg]

Reporting back with a DNS321. So far everything is working as it should. Samba seems a little slow (using SMB1), but I need to do more testing. I had a problem with one of my clients seeing the 321 on the network, but would refuse to connect. I had to add login information in the Windows Credential settings in order for the client to connect. The status page and temperatures look good, and work as they should. I can hear my fan cycle around the thresholds. The leds work fine.I will report back if anything weird occurs.

Thanks for keeping these things still active!!!

[teste...@gmail.com]

Hi ,
successfully upgraded DNS-323-rev-C1 from RC5 to RC6,
so far no problem it used for FTP backup storage so no SMB for testing.
Will see how it goes further.
Regards.

[Suzuki Consultoria]

Hi João.
in 320 rev ax work fine.
update fron rc4 to rc6 cleaning all config.

Em sábado, 4 de março de 2017 16:40:02 UTC-3, João Cardoso escreveu:

Hi,

It's now available at sourceforge.net a snapshot of RC6.

It has been tested as a normal release, only needing feedback from DNS-320-rev-Ax, DNS-321-rev-xx and DNS-323-rev-C1 users before making a release.

Please report back any issues.

João

[Sergioo]

2x DNS-320L A3 works very stable:
- Samba to PC throughput ca 65MB/s over 1GB LAN
- NFS D-Link to D-Link "only" ~23MB/s
- both units dump same, knowns errors in accessing mtd0 (one D-Link is new from few days), but there is no problem with booting or working - something weird with that model

Problems:
- when partitioning new disk to GPT with web interface - only first position in partitions table is editable (no problem when disk is set to MBR).
- lack of pstree in busybox :)

[João Cardoso]

On Saturday, 25 March 2017 05:05:10 UTC, Sergioo wrote:

2x DNS-320L A3 works very stable:
- Samba to PC throughput ca 65MB/s over 1GB LAN

Using MS-Wins on PC? What version? Using/checking SMB2? (guess not)

 

- NFS D-Link to D-Link "only" ~23MB/s

You might try to increase the nfs block size in the NFS server webUI, as the default kernel value is too low on low memory boxes. Unmout first any client and stop the server.

Try 32768, which will be the default for the next release. 65536 will give even faster throughput, but might degrade other OS components.

- both units dump same, knowns errors in accessing mtd0

which is set a swap, right? Try using Disk->Utilities, "Recreate swap on all devices". Worked?

 

(one D-Link is new from few days), but there is no problem with booting or working - something weird with that model

Problems:
- when partitioning new disk to GPT with web interface - only first position in partitions table is editable (no problem when disk is set to MBR).

 

have to check that.

What is the disk capacity? How did the disk get its GPT partition in the first place? Using the Disk Wizard? Or converting from MBR to GPT?

- lack of pstree in busybox :)

 

Thanks

[Sergioo]

W dniu sobota, 25 marca 2017 18:48:29 UTC+1 użytkownik João Cardoso napisał:

On Saturday, 25 March 2017 05:05:10 UTC, Sergioo wrote:

2x DNS-320L A3 works very stable:
- Samba to PC throughput ca 65MB/s over 1GB LAN

Using MS-Wins on PC? What version? Using/checking SMB2? (guess not)

Hi João.
Windows 10 Home, tested with Total Commander also gives over 60MB/s from my both 320L. Samba with defaults (no client min/max protocol settings)

 

- NFS D-Link to D-Link "only" ~23MB/s

You might try to increase the nfs block size in the NFS server webUI, as the default kernel value is too low on low memory boxes. Unmout first any client and stop the server.

Try 32768, which will be the default for the next release. 65536 will give even faster throughput, but might degrade other OS components.

Change to 65536 gives same results like for 32K, around 20MB/s. Don't know what is problem with. João, do you have nfsstat bin from nfs-utils (missing in Alt-F package)? 

 

- both units dump same, knowns errors in accessing mtd0

which is set a swap, right? Try using Disk->Utilities, "Recreate swap on all devices". Worked?

/dev/mtd0 (bootloader in flash), no RAID /dev/md0
 

 

(one D-Link is new from few days), but there is no problem with booting or working - something weird with that model

Problems:
- when partitioning new disk to GPT with web interface - only first position in partitions table is editable (no problem when disk is set to MBR).

 

have to check that.

What is the disk capacity? How did the disk get its GPT partition in the first place? Using the Disk Wizard? Or converting from MBR to GPT?

Disk 1TB, fresh, not partitioned before. Used web disk partitioner, change to GPT first then one partition place was active only. Then I'm leaving web and used gdisk.

[João Cardoso]

On Sunday, 26 March 2017 10:50:49 UTC+1, Sergioo wrote:

W dniu sobota, 25 marca 2017 18:48:29 UTC+1 użytkownik João Cardoso napisał:

On Saturday, 25 March 2017 05:05:10 UTC, Sergioo wrote:

2x DNS-320L A3 works very stable:
- Samba to PC throughput ca 65MB/s over 1GB LAN

Using MS-Wins on PC? What version? Using/checking SMB2? (guess not)

Hi João.
Windows 10 Home, tested with Total Commander also gives over 60MB/s from my both 320L. Samba with defaults (no client min/max protocol settings)

Thanks. Not checking SMB2 in the webUI makes samba to use SMB1, which is faster for my test cases.

 

- NFS D-Link to D-Link "only" ~23MB/s

You might try to increase the nfs block size in the NFS server webUI, as the default kernel value is too low on low memory boxes. Unmout first any client and stop the server.

Try 32768, which will be the default for the next release. 65536 will give even faster throughput, but might degrade other OS components.

Change to 65536 gives same results like for 32K, around 20MB/s. Don't know what is problem with.

Ah, OK, the DNS-320L has 256MB of RAM, the default kernel value for that is already 32768. 

But my figures reading a 1.7GB file from my DNS-320L-A1 (server) into my desktop linux PC (client) are quite bigger:

[root@DNS-320L]# cat /proc/fs/nfsd/max_block_size 

32768

silver:~ # mount -t nfs dns-320l:/mnt/sda2/Public tmp

silver:~ # mount -t nfs

dns-320l:/mnt/sda2/Public on /root/tmp type nfs (rw,relatime,vers=3,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,namlen=255,hard,proto=tcp,timeo=600,retrans=2,sec=sys,mountaddr=192.168.1.68,mountvers=3,mountport=38047,mountproto=udp,local_lock=none,addr=192.168.1.68)

silver:~ # dd if=tmp/RW/Videos/Regresso.mkv of=/dev/null

3298388+1 records in

3298388+1 records out

1688774870 bytes (1.7 GB) copied, 23.3127 s, 72.4 MB/s

Using 16384 for the nfs block size translates into 55.5 MB/s, and with 8192 into 37.9 MB/s.

That is also roughly what I can get on the DNS-325 and DNS-327L. I can't say what is wrong in your system.

For comparison, various speed/block_size on the DNS-323-rev-B

12.3 MB/s (8K)

18.8 MB/S (16K)

24.1 MB/S (32K)

29.2 MB/S (64K)

32.5 MB/S (128K)

 

João, do you have nfsstat bin from nfs-utils (missing in Alt-F package)? 

Not "shipped" because of memory flash space constrains. But you can use it on your linux PC, and see the client statistics.

 

- both units dump same, knowns errors in accessing mtd0

which is set a swap, right? Try using Disk->Utilities, "Recreate swap on all devices". Worked?

/dev/mtd0 (bootloader in flash), no RAID /dev/md0

Sorry, my mistake.

As you probably know, I have no solution for that. That has been discussed on another topic. My 320L also shows those ECC errors, but on mtd5; it works fine otherwise (don't know for how long).

 

 

 

(one D-Link is new from few days), but there is no problem with booting or working - something weird with that model

Problems:
- when partitioning new disk to GPT with web interface - only first position in partitions table is editable (no problem when disk is set to MBR).

 

have to check that.

What is the disk capacity? How did the disk get its GPT partition in the first place? Using the Disk Wizard? Or converting from MBR to GPT?

Disk 1TB, fresh, not partitioned before. Used web disk partitioner, change to GPT first 

then one partition place was active only.

Do you remember what type was it? filling the whole disk?

 

Then I'm leaving web and used gdisk.

And if you now return to the webUI, what is displayed there? Is it OK? Editable? What does 'sgdisk -p /dev/sda' outputs?

 

- lack of pstree in busybox :)

Added now, pretty small memory increase.

Thanks.

 

 

Thanks

[Sergioo]

[...]

OK, will check NFS to linux PC in few days. Maybe this is problem with too low CPU when client is second D-Link (smb in that case is worst than nfs)

[...]

 

 

 

(one D-Link is new from few days), but there is no problem with booting or working - something weird with that model

Problems:
- when partitioning new disk to GPT with web interface - only first position in partitions table is editable (no problem when disk is set to MBR).

 

have to check that.

What is the disk capacity? How did the disk get its GPT partition in the first place? Using the Disk Wizard? Or converting from MBR to GPT?

Disk 1TB, fresh, not partitioned before. Used web disk partitioner, change to GPT first 

then one partition place was active only.

|Do you remember what type was it? filling the whole disk?

No, I try put small 512M first swap partition, then rest for second ext4. Partitioner shows MBR at start, so I used convert to GPT (with no partitions) and this gives place for one partition only. And switch Basic/Advanced few times (looking for place to exactly set start and end of every partition in sectors ). I try this switching now with empty disk and all is ok. Maybe I wrong interpreting something before (when switching back to Basic and see numbers in first partition + size only in second to set).

[...]

- lack of pstree in busybox :)

|Added now, pretty small memory increase.

Great, thank you.

 

Can I suggest two small fixes?
- adding /root to Alt-F directory (aufs) does protect important files (like keys in .ssh or mc/vi special configurations) from clearing after reboot
- init S60nfs_client: 1. there are no option in web interface to set this executable
2. on start of this init script - there is no procedure to mount clients nfs (from fstab) but action for umount is inside
I used for mounting (lines in fstab):

for mpoint in `awk '/^#/ { next } /noauto/ { next } { if ($3 == "nfs") print $2 }' < /etc/fstab`; do
    test -d $mpoint && mount $mpoint
done

or alternative, if someone needs mount directly in /mnt/ or path in ram:
for mpoint in `awk '/^#/ { next } /noauto/ { next } { if ($3 == "nfs") print $2 }' < /etc/fstab`; do
    test -d $mpoint || mkdir -p $mpoint
    test -d $mpoint && mount $mpoint
done

[João Cardoso]

I have done the reverse, NFS serving from a DNS-320L and mounting and reading on a DNS-325, and the transfer is indeed lower than using a PC, but not as much as you experienced.

I don't like to enter in transfer speeds discussions because it much varies with the user environment and commands used, but nevertheless...

[root@DNS-325]# mount -t nfs dns-320l:/mnt/sda2 /mnt/nfs

[root@DNS-325]# mount -t nfs

dns-320l:/mnt/sda2 on /mnt/nfs type nfs (rw,relatime,vers=3,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,namlen=255,hard,proto=tcp,port=2049,timeo=70,retrans=3,sec=sys,local_lock=none,addr=192.168.1.68)

[root@DNS-325]# dd if=/mnt/nfs/Public/RW/Videos/Regresso.mkv of=/dev/null # not writing to disk

1688774870 bytes (1.6GB) copied, 41.054607 seconds, 39.2MB/s

[root@DNS-325]# dd if=/mnt/nfs/Public/RW/Videos/Regresso.mkv of=/dev/null bs=32k # dd bigger block size

1688774870 bytes (1.6GB) copied, 30.985342 seconds, 52.0MB/s

[root@DNS-325]# dd if=/mnt/nfs/Public/RW/Videos/Regresso.mkv of=/mnt/sdb3/foo.mkv # now writing to disk

1688774870 bytes (1.6GB) copied, 107.045961 seconds, 15.0MB/s

[root@DNS-325]# dd if=/mnt/nfs/Public/RW/Videos/Regresso.mkv of=/mnt/sdb3/foo.mkv bs=32k # with as bigger bs

1688774870 bytes (1.6GB) copied, 47.513224 seconds, 33.9MB/s

so, we have here four transfer speeds, from the same NFS server using the same client.

Yes, nice, I will think about this, specifically using the "noauto" option. For some (not remembered) reason I didn't did it.

In /etc/init.d/rcS, mount points are (not foolproof) created, but filesystems are not mounted. Why not?

# create mountpoints for remote filesystems, but don't mount them

while read dev mp fs rest; do

if test "$fs" = "nfs" -o "$fs" = "cifs"; then 

if ! test -d $mp; then

mkdir -p $mp

fi

fi

done < /etc/fstab

Thanks for the suggestion.

[Sergioo]

NFS performance D-Link to desktop linux is much better than my test from D-Link to D-Link:
- from 320L to my Ubuntu laptop (/dev/null) ~ 65MB/s (test file 1.5GB)
- from 320L to Ubuntu (disk) ~ 48MB/s
- from Ubuntu to 320L (disk) ~ 30MB/s

[Elias Nahas]

Running RC6 on DNS-323-rev-C1 and for the most part everything seems okay.

The only issue I'm having is blinking amber LEDs (6 times one, then the other).

I read the wiki and found this

For developers: if "initdbg" is recognized in the kernel command line, the boot process stops before init; if the kernel has auto-configured the network (ip=... in the kernel command line) then the amber leds will blink alternately every four seconds and you know that you can telnet the box; if both amber leds blink simultaneously once in every 4 seconds, the network is not setup and you can only use the serial port to connect to the box

Is there any way to disable initdbg or otherwise stop the amber LEDs from flashing?

[João Cardoso]

The 'initdgb' kernel command line is not the default and has to be explicitly typed/set at boot, so that is not the source of your problem.

The symptoms that you describe seems to be related with a stuck power button. When it is pressed for more then 3 seconds on a DNS-321/323/325, it starts a poweroff or reboot or abort rotating cycle, with its current status being displayed by flashing the orange leds.

Try pressing (and keep pressing) the power button to see how the orange leds flashing behaves. Read the "Buttons Actions" on the wiki to know what to expect and please report back again your findings -- I don't have a 323-rev-C to experiment myself.

[Elias Nahas]

Thanks, João. My apologies, I just assumed it was an RC6 issue as it started after I installed it. You were correct though, the button was stuck. My apologies for the off topic post. If you or any moderator would like to delete them, please do. Thanks again.

[João Cardoso]

Not your fault, but Google Group display layout fault. I was referring to the nand ecc post on the DNS-320L, not your post.

Your post was appropriate and ontopic, after all I asked for 323-rev-C reports on the RC6 snapshot.

I'm glad that the amber leds are now OK, but please verify if it repeats after a power up or restart -- the "stuck" button might be caused by software, not by the button hardware itself.

[Elias Nahas]

I just verified that it does not repeat on reboot or on shut down/power up. It was definitely the physical button that was at fault. It was stuck and popped back out as soon as I touched it before my last post. Thanks again for the help.

[Alicia Mogg]

Hello João,

I've successfully installed Alt-F-0.1RC6 on two DNS-320L A3 boxes, each with two 4TB drives in an ext4 raid0 configuration. I'm running FTP, SSH, and Samba services. I configured and tested NFS, but have deactivated it to keep my active NAS services to a minimum. My primary desktop environment is currently Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, but I do occasionally try other distros. My FTP transfers were pretty slow under FileZilla at about 1.6MB/s, however using bareftp, I've managed to peak at close to 60 MB/s. I haven't seen that kind of file transfer speed other than in a sizable production environment. It's a pretty awesome sight! I can SSH and FTP into a NAS using my smartphone, which is handy, and I've tested SSH and FTP access via Internet access on my laptop using my phone as a wifi hotspot and that worked well too, so remotely managing my 2nd NAS from the west coast looks feasible. Alt-f is a really impressive effort and breathes much needed life into these little NAS boxes.

Thank you so much for the huge efforts you put into this software,
Alicia

[Antonio Minutolo]

Dear Joao,
congratulations for the project! I appreciate it very much and i'm very happy to use my DUO-35LR with your very good firmware.

So. I have testes the RC06 on DUO-35LR. Actually works fine for me.
I use RAID-1 Modus.

Trasfer Rate...
...for writing is ca. 7,2 MB/s (57,6 Mbit/s)
...for reading is ca. 10,2 MB/s (81,6 Mbit/s)

(Read from Windows File Transfer Windows)

If something is wrong, i will report later.

[Joe Feise]

Hi,
I upgraded my DNS 321-A2, and everything seems to be fine. I commented out the fan and network corruption fixes before the upgrade. Fan display is fine, and I haven't seen network corruption so far.
Thanks for the snapshot.

[João Cardoso]

Hi guys,

Thank you all for your testing and reports.

All supported boxes were tested, even the ones that I don't own, so I can start making a official release.

Your evaluation was so encouraging that I will release Alt-F-1.0 -- "This is it", instead of 0.1RC6.

Thanks,

João

[Gregory Didycz]

Hi João,

That is great news! I think i am not stepping over boundaries to say thank you from everyone that uses Alt-F. Without your work this box would just be another piece in the landfill pile in some admins storage room, or elsewhere. You said "I will release Alt-F-1.0 -- "This is it"" Does that mean final release and this project has ended? No more development?

Regards,
Gregory

[João Cardoso]

On Monday, 3 April 2017 19:09:26 UTC+1, Gregory Didycz wrote:

Hi João,

That is great news! I think i am not stepping over boundaries to say thank you from everyone that uses Alt-F. Without your work this box would just be another piece in the landfill pile in some admins storage room, or elsewhere. You said "I will release Alt-F-1.0 -- "This is it"" Does that mean final release and this project has ended? No more development?

I have mixed feelings about that.

For one, there always are some small features to add or fix, but on the other side Alt-F is now 7 years old and nothing really new should be expected.

Even updating packages to more recent versions is an headache, due to the small amount of flash memory in the DNS-323. And as you and others say, and I agree, if it's working and fulfilling your needs why throw it away to the planet?

And the stress that a new release represents is significative -- if something is not OK users boxes might just brick! It's not the same thing as making a software release to be installed on a PC -- in this case, if it's doesn't work at first, just reinstall it.

And the "hit and run" users that make "help me" questions and never bother to reply to additional questions or suggestions? That despairs me, given the time lost in trying to reproduce (when possible) their issues and replying back.

Alt-F itself or its target boxes is not an exciting subject, it's more a "setup, run and forget", I understand that. Far from view, far from heart :-)

But most users have really very kind words, and that keeps me going -- someone once said that free software has an ego filing motivation, and it might be true.

So, maintaining Alt-F has been a burden on recent years, but I hate to throw away all done work on it. Mixed feelings.

And officially off-topic, thanks to allow me whining :-)

João

[allred...@gmail.com]

João

I have 3 X DNS-321; one running stock Ver 1.03 (2 X 2TB, 2 x etx?) - 08/17/2009, next running with RC5 (2 X 4TB, 2 X ext4) with ethertool mod and 3rd running RC6 (2 X 4TB, jbod). I have been running RC6 for 3 days with no problems. Web interface seems better/stable than RC5; I have been doing transfers to the RC6 Box via NFS and SMB and both work just fine. No performance numbers but I can stream video off both RC5 and RC6 with no problems.  I have written some scripts to compare file hashes between the the 3 boxes and everything looks ok. i have also played with several files over 2GB and 4GB - window install images and video files with no problems. Flashed WIN10 and WIN7 install imagse over the net from RC6 box, to USB 2.0 and 3.0. and did a test install on a laptop - no problems. So, a couple of questions:

1) I noticed that there is a significant difference in image size for the other DNS boxes - just wondering why. 

2) The status page values for Fan speed, system temp and disk temps look suspicious. 

3) The disks light started "bue" (RC5, they were orange right away) but have now turned orange. Check both drives - can't find the any problems.

4) the system fan seems to run at full speed (6K) after several mins after a reboot or cold boot.

Also - is it not possible to put the Update button on the individual pages (kind of like the stock DNS SW) where it is required - just a thought;

3 days in - happy camper here - thanks for all of your work.

Cheers!

On Saturday, March 4, 2017 at 1:40:02 PM UTC-6, João Cardoso wrote:

Hi,

It's now available at sourceforge.net a snapshot of RC6.

It has been tested as a normal release, only needing feedback from DNS-320-rev-Ax, DNS-321-rev-xx and DNS-323-rev-C1 users before making a release.

Please report back any issues.

João

The README: (post "release" additions in blue)

This is a Snapshot of Alt-F-0.1RC6. Please read until the end.

-Tested on the DNS-323-rev-A1/B1, DNS-325-rev-A1, DNS-320L-rev-A1, and DNS-327L-rev-A1

 Thanks to users feedback, all supported boxes were now tested, even the ones that I don't own,

 so I can start making a official release.

 Your evaluation was so encouraging that I will release Alt-F-1.0 -- "This is it", instead of 0.1RC6.

[João Cardoso]

On Tuesday, 4 April 2017 23:04:46 UTC+1, allredpixels wrote:

João

I have 3 X DNS-321; one running stock Ver 1.03 (2 X 2TB, 2 x etx?) - 08/17/2009, next running with RC5 (2 X 4TB, 2 X ext4) with ethertool mod and 3rd running RC6 (2 X 4TB, jbod). I have been running RC6 for 3 days with no problems. Web interface seems better/stable than RC5; I have been doing transfers to the RC6 Box via NFS and SMB and both work just fine. No performance numbers but I can stream video off both RC5 and RC6 with no problems.  I have written some scripts to compare file hashes between the the 3 boxes and everything looks ok. i have also played with several files over 2GB and 4GB - window install images and video files with no problems. Flashed WIN10 and WIN7 install imagse over the net from RC6 box, to USB 2.0 and 3.0. and did a test install on a laptop - no problems. So, a couple of questions:

1) I noticed that there is a significant difference in image size for the other DNS boxes - just wondering why. 

 

The  other boxes have a bigger (128MB) flash memory, so they have more pre-installed packages (such as minidlna/transmission/netatalk/forked-daapd/... and dependencies), and so the firmware file is bigger.

2) The status page values for Fan speed, system temp and disk temps look suspicious. 

suspicious? Why? Please elaborate.

If your was using RC5 on that box before have you removed from the the user boot script the needed network and fan/temp fixes?

 

3) The disks light started "bue" (RC5, they were orange right away) but have now turned orange. Check both drives - can't find the any problems.

Two still on orange leds means some system error/warning was detected. The status page doesn't show any warnings?

Does "systemerror" appears under System->Utilities->View Logs? If yes what is its contents?

4) the system fan seems to run at full speed (6K) after several mins after a reboot or cold boot.

"seems" is to vague. Is it or not? And what is the displayed system temperature? This seems to be related with 2 above. What are the contents of the "fantemp" log?

 

Also - is it not possible to put the Update button on the individual pages (kind of like the stock DNS SW) where it is required - just a thought;

Update button? Not sure what you mean, I don't use the sock fw for several years now :-) and I don't have a DNS-321

[Testeur 1970]

On Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at 12:04:46 AM UTC+2, allred...@gmail.com wrote:

João

 

2) The status page values for Fan speed, system temp and disk temps look suspicious. 

I have also the same feeling that the Fan is always running even when the temp is low.  Here is a screenshot of the status pas of my DNS 320 LW and at the same time I have made a little video, where you can hear the fan running. And it is always at the same speed.

Screenshot :

Vidéo :

https://youtu.be/_ECz73oEHh8

Here is my Fantemp.log file

Apr 02 18:15:49 sys_temp=33     disk_temp=0     pwm=127 fan=3000
Apr 02 18:18:04 sys_temp=31     disk_temp=0     pwm=127 fan=3000
Apr 02 20:31:50 sys_temp=30     disk_temp=0     pwm=127 fan=3000
Apr 02 21:44:53 sys_temp=29     disk_temp=0     pwm=127 fan=3000
Apr 02 21:59:12 sys_temp=28     disk_temp=0     pwm=127 fan=3000
Apr 02 23:57:46 sys_temp=27     disk_temp=0     pwm=127 fan=3000
Apr 03 17:25:10 sys_temp=29     disk_temp=0     pwm=127 fan=3000
Apr 03 17:37:43 sys_temp=30     disk_temp=0     pwm=127 fan=3000
Apr 03 18:40:58 sys_temp=28     disk_temp=0     pwm=127 fan=3000
Apr 03 21:48:22 sys_temp=27     disk_temp=0     pwm=127 fan=3000
Apr 04 20:01:34 sys_temp=29     disk_temp=0     pwm=127 fan=3000
Apr 04 20:13:42 sys_temp=30     disk_temp=0     pwm=127 fan=3000
Apr 04 21:01:39 sys_temp=28     disk_temp=0     pwm=127 fan=3000
Apr 04 22:09:27 sys_temp=27     disk_temp=0     pwm=127 fan=3000
Apr 05 22:28:38 sys_temp=29     disk_temp=0     pwm=127 fan=3000
Apr 05 23:58:29 sys_temp=27     disk_temp=0     pwm=127 fan=3000
Apr 06 01:06:50 sys_temp=29     disk_temp=0     pwm=127 fan=3000
Apr 06 01:27:40 sys_temp=27     disk_temp=0     pwm=127 fan=3000
Apr 06 10:18:47 sys_temp=0      disk_temp=0     pwm=127 fan=3000
Apr 06 10:19:02 sys_temp=27     disk_temp=0     pwm=127 fan=3000
Apr 06 10:19:17 sys_temp=27     disk_temp=0     pwm=127 fan=3000
Apr 06 11:26:53 sys_temp=28     disk_temp=0     pwm=127 fan=3000
Apr 06 11:48:28 sys_temp=29     disk_temp=0     pwm=127 fan=3000
Apr 06 12:33:09 sys_temp=27     disk_temp=0     pwm=127 fan=3000
Apr 06 23:26:34 sys_temp=29     disk_temp=0     pwm=127 fan=3000
Apr 06 23:41:08 sys_temp=30     disk_temp=0     pwm=127 fan=3000
Apr 07 06:29:31 sys_temp=28     disk_temp=0     pwm=127 fan=3000
Apr 07 06:50:21 sys_temp=27     disk_temp=0     pwm=127 fan=3000
Apr 07 15:36:01 sys_temp=29     disk_temp=0     pwm=127 fan=3000
Apr 07 15:59:06 sys_temp=30     disk_temp=0     pwm=127 fan=3000
OLD:

 

[Sergioo]

Check settings in Services->System->sysctrl Configure
first option is fan mode, Auto only gives start/stop fan depends to temperature

[Testeur 1970]

On Saturday, April 8, 2017 at 2:10:41 AM UTC+2, Sergioo wrote:

Check settings in Services->System->sysctrl Configure
first option is fan mode, Auto only gives start/stop fan depends to temperature

Thank you for your answer Sergio,

I checked Services/System/sysctrl and the Fan Mode was configured on "Always Off". I will try to change it to Auto to see if it is better.  
keep in touch

Edit :

Thank you Sergioo, that was the solution ! My Fan mode was on "Always Off" and changing it to "Auto" has solved the problem,Now when the temperature is low,  the fan is off.

[Sergioo]

One additional info, like I see in source of Joaos sysctrl daemon, to measure disk temperature (and using this to fan control) there must be installed and run hddtemp (from Alt-F package manager). Without that, checked option on sysctrl web page only gives zero for disk temperature.

[noajthan]

Hola João,

Many thanks for this wonderful firmware.

I flashed my DLink DNS-323-rev C1 with the latest Snapshot of 0.1RC6 and it works well.
I was running version 0.1RC5 (and also tried 0.1RC6 temporarily in 'try it' mode) prior to the upgrade.

I had earlier on same day successfully upgraded from 0.1RC3 to 0.1RC5 however this version exhibited the broken (missing) status page and fan issues (reported elsewhere in forum).

Observations for 0.1RC6:
1) during the flashing procedure, after waiting for and seeing and clicking the 'reboot' instruction, the DLink box did not power down and restart itself automatically;
- after waiting a while I powered it off and then restarted it manually.

Version 0.1RC6 has fixed the lack of HTTP status page and also the fan error message that was seen on 0.1RC5 (on HTTPS status page).

2) Whilst still in 0.1RC6 'try it' mode, I updated the Host DNS settings to use 'OpenDNS IPs instead of default (router IP) settings;
- this caused loss of access to the Alt-F status page.

I had to power cycle DLink back to the previous firmware, 0.1RC5, to restore the access.

3) After the upgrade, I could not run certain applications due to library (.so) file issues being reported.
I first noticed this with the previous 0.1RC3 firmware.
This affected mediatomb and minidlna.

I had to run ipkg force-install ... from a ssh session to fix this.

4) fuppes DLNA application only shares the first sub-directory beneath a certain media folder even if multiple directories are listed in the configuration.

5) Fan seems to run slower and quieter with this firmware, however drive temperature seems to remain acceptable (37-39C).

Otherwise all good so far.

On Saturday, 4 March 2017 19:40:02 UTC, João Cardoso wrote:

Hi,

It's now available at sourceforge.net a snapshot of RC6.

It has been tested as a normal release, only needing feedback from DNS-320-rev-Ax, DNS-321-rev-xx and DNS-323-rev-C1 users before making a release.

Please report back any issues.

João

The README: (post "release" additions in blue)

This is a Snapshot of Alt-F-0.1RC6. Please read until the end.

-Tested on the DNS-323-rev-A1/B1, DNS-325-rev-A1, DNS-320L-rev-A1, and DNS-327L-rev-A1

 Thanks to users feedback, all supported boxes were now tested, even the ones that I don't own,

 so I can start making a official release.

 Your evaluation was so encouraging that I will release Alt-F-1.0 -- "This is it", instead of 0.1RC6.

-Need feedback on the DNS-320-rev-Ax, DNS-321-rev-xx and DNS-323-rev-C1 before making a release,

 specifically for fan and temperature reading and leds and buttons behaviour. 

 

...

 

...

[João Cardoso]

On Tuesday, 11 April 2017 16:27:52 UTC+1, noajthan wrote:

Hola João,

Many thanks for this wonderful firmware.

Thanks for your detailed report.

 

I flashed my DLink DNS-323-rev C1 with the latest Snapshot of 0.1RC6 and it works well.
I was running version 0.1RC5 (and also tried 0.1RC6 temporarily in 'try it' mode) prior to the upgrade.

I had earlier on same day successfully upgraded from 0.1RC3 to 0.1RC5 however this version exhibited the broken (missing) status page and fan issues (reported elsewhere in forum).

Observations for 0.1RC6:
1) during the flashing procedure, after waiting for and seeing and clicking the 'reboot' instruction, the DLink box did not power down and restart itself automatically;
- after waiting a while I powered it off and then restarted it manually.

Version 0.1RC6 has fixed the lack of HTTP status page and also the fan error message that was seen on 0.1RC5 (on HTTPS status page).

2) Whilst still in 0.1RC6 'try it' mode, I updated the Host DNS settings to use 'OpenDNS IPs instead of default (router IP) settings;
- this caused loss of access to the Alt-F status page.

I'm not sure what did you changed. Under "Host Setup" (Setup->Host menu) you specified under "Name Server 1" another name server (by name or IP) while keeping DHCP selected?

I can verify that under these circumstances the webUI makes a new DHCP request to the router and overwrites your specified name server with the one supplied by the DHCP server. That's a bug, right, but it did not lockout the box. Needs a bug report

 

I had to power cycle DLink back to the previous firmware, 0.1RC5, to restore the access.

3) After the upgrade, I could not run certain applications due to library (.so) file issues being reported.

I first noticed this with the previous 0.1RC3 firmware.

This is a known and difficult to solve issue: whenever a library is being used by a running program and the library is updated, the update might fail.

 

This affected mediatomb and minidlna.

I had to run ipkg force-install ... from a ssh session to fix this.

4) fuppes DLNA application only shares the first sub-directory beneath a certain media folder even if multiple directories are listed in the configuration.

If it is not a fuppes issue, but it is the way how the webUI generates the configuration file, it's worth a bug report

 

5) Fan seems to run slower and quieter with this firmware, however drive temperature seems to remain acceptable (37-39C).

The disk/system temperatures relationship is more an issue on vertically oriented boxes like the 320L

Otherwise all good so far.

Excellent! and thanks.

[Didier]

Hello João,

Thanks for the good job!

When playing with RC6, I found that ffp command locate doesn't work anymore. I ran this in /ffp/bin:

# file locate

locate: ERROR: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, *unknown arch 0x128* version 1, dynamically linked, interpreter /ffp/lib/ld-uCL)bc.sO.0error reading (Invalid argument)

# file flock

flock: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, ARM, version 1, dynamically linked, interpreter /ffp/lib/ld-uClibc.so.0, stripped

The web page on ffp reports now:

ffp Package Manager

When done you must save settings 

packages_ffp.cgi: /ffp/etc/ffp-version: line 2: F�P_E CH=oarm: not found sh: oarm: unknown operand

Warning: ffp is alien to Alt-F, conflicts might arise.
Packages configuration files have to be manually edited,
configuration files are overwritten when updating,
and packages dependencies are not automatically handled.

Error getting packages from http://www.inreto.de/dns323/fun-plug

and the cgi isn't executed anymore, but reports:

packages_ffp_proc.cgi: /ffp/etc/ffp-version: line 2: FÆP_E CH=oarm: not found

HTTP/1.1 303

Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8

Location: /cgi-bin/packages_ffp.cgi

I know that ffp isn't really part of alt-f, I was using locate to quickly find files in my server rather than use Windows search for hours.

However, I uninstalled ffp 0.7 and reinstalled it, and it works again. 

# file locate

locate: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, ARM, EABI5 version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /ffp/lib/ld-uClibc.so.0, stripped

Happy Easter,

Didier

[João Cardoso]

Thanks for your report. I couldn't reproduce it, however.

I believe that something odd (file corruption? ffp version mix?) occurred to 'locate', as 'flock' looked OK.

The same might have happened on '/ffp/etc/ffp-version' because of the webui error message ' FÆP_E CH=oarm': it should be 'FFP_ARCH=oarm', so it has become corrupted.

ffp had various "incarnations", 0.5, 0.7-oabi, 0.7-oarm and 0.7-arm.

If /ffp/etc/ffp-version does not exists, Alt-F assumes it is 0.5 and creates the file as such, otherwise it just reads its contents to determine the version and architecture. Previous Alt-F installs of ffp used the 'oarm' or 'oabi' architecture, currently it uses the 'arm' one, so your /ffp/etc/ffp-version should now read

FFP_VERSION=0.7.0

FFP_ARCH=arm

Thanks

[Niall Byrne]

Just rolled this out on a dns-323-rev-C1.  Will keep an eye on things, but so far working great with afs on a single drive.

Niall

On Saturday, 4 March 2017 14:40:02 UTC-5, João Cardoso wrote:

Hi,

It's now available at sourceforge.net a snapshot of RC6.

It has been tested as a normal release, only needing feedback from DNS-320-rev-Ax, DNS-321-rev-xx and DNS-323-rev-C1 users before making a release.

Please report back any issues.

João

The README: (post "release" additions in blue)

This is a Snapshot of Alt-F-0.1RC6. Please read until the end.

-Tested on the DNS-323-rev-A1/B1, DNS-325-rev-A1, DNS-320L-rev-A1, and DNS-327L-rev-A1

 Thanks to users feedback, all supported boxes were now tested, even the ones that I don't own,

 so I can start making a official release.

 Your evaluation was so encouraging that I will release Alt-F-1.0 -- "This is it", instead of 0.1RC6.

-Need feedback on the DNS-320-rev-Ax, DNS-321-rev-xx and DNS-323-rev-C1 before making a release,

 specifically for fan and temperature reading and leds and buttons behaviour. 

 If using RC5 and you have any boot user script to fix the fan/temperature reading issue

[michael aramini]

Work great on DNS-320A1 no bug revealed for me, but i am not a developper. thanks for your work

[Alex D]

Just installed on DNS-323-rev-C1. Seems to be WAY faster.

Nice work! 

[Alex D]

For the record, on Windows, I couldn't access the share anymore. I had to enable SMB2 in order to get it to work.

Thanks

[aft...@tyde.ph]

Huge number of network errors on RC6.  

System

Temperature 40.0°C/104°F	Fan speed 3000	Load 0.38	CPU 100%	Memory 87% of 128MB	Swap 0% of 2793MB
Name: aftdata4			Model: DNS-320-Ax
Date: Sun Apr 23 19:44:01 BST 2017			Uptime: 0 day(s) 0 hour(s)

Network

Speed:1000Mbps Duplex:full MTU:1500 TX:9.8MiB Rx:154.7MiB IP:192.168.20.204

and this is the interface

Not really sure what the problem is - have other RC5 units, same make and model with less than 100 errors and 3 weeks of uptime.  

On Saturday, March 4, 2017 at 11:40:02 AM UTC-8, João Cardoso wrote:

[Fab76]

Hello, does somebody has tested with DNS-320 rev b?

I would like to test and do a feedback, but I don't want to break my box :)

thanks

[João Cardoso]

On Sunday, 23 April 2017 00:31:20 UTC+1, Alex D wrote:

For the record, on Windows,

What windows version?

 

I couldn't access the share anymore.

Already mapped shares,  mapping shares on PC reboot, or you couldn't find the box and shares while browsing the network? And have you waited a few (10/15) minutes?

 

I had to enable SMB2 in order to get it to work.

 

My experience on WIndows-Vista and linux says it will have a lower throughput when using SMB2.

[João Cardoso]

On Sunday, 23 April 2017 21:06:04 UTC+1, aftyde wrote:

Huge number of network errors on RC6.  

Other users have reported success on DNS-320-rev-A1. If you was on RC5, have you unapplied the fixes?

It has to be a network issue, try powering down the switch or router.

[João Cardoso]

On Monday, 24 April 2017 10:05:58 UTC+1, Fab76 wrote:

Hello, does somebody has tested with DNS-320 rev b?

Previous collected info shows that the 320-rev-B1 has an identical circuit board as the 320L-rev-A1, with only half the memory.

[Alex D]

Answers down below!

Le mercredi 26 avril 2017 13:34:47 UTC-4, João Cardoso a écrit :

On Sunday, 23 April 2017 00:31:20 UTC+1, Alex D wrote:

For the record, on Windows,

What windows version? Windows 10

 

I couldn't access the share anymore.

Already mapped shares,  mapping shares on PC reboot, or you couldn't find the box and shares while browsing the network? And have you waited a few (10/15) minutes? I've rebooted the PC. It couldn't find the box (even by IP)

[michael aramini]

For find your box you have this option 

You can get auto up by resetting your by by push reset button or by sold inside the box a rs232 TTL  adapter. (I have sold rs232 easy) or you can set you modem/router temporarily to 192.168.1.1 my box after all update have 192.168.1.27 and I set ip of my box via rs232 I don't want to change my router ip.

Le 26 avr. 2017 23:11, "Alex D" <alex.de...@gmail.com> a écrit :

Down belo!

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[Fab76]

Hello, I've suceed to update to rc6. following my feedback on dns-320 revB

all seems to work fine (but I've not checked the led), but the transfert rate seems to be slower.

with rc5, from nas to pc 47 mo/s, and pc to nas 30mo/s with tso off

with rc6, out 23mo/s, in 21 mo/s with the boot script disabled...

thanks for this new snap :).