as usual i reinstalled my packages (transmission being one of them)
However transmissions is having problems starting. there is a vague error in sys log but it doesnt help me to fix it. any ideas where to go next for troubleshooting this?
Wed Feb 5 08:16:39 2020 user.notice transmission: Starting with 125516000 virt mem
Wed Feb 5 08:16:40 2020 daemon.err procd: unable to find /sbin/ujail: No such file or directory (-1)
Wed Feb 5 08:17:05 2020 daemon.info procd: Instance transmission::instance1 s in a crash loop 6 crashes, 0 seconds since last crash
i had it log to a file and this is that log
seems like maybe 2 instances are running?
[2020-02-06 08:31:50.022] Transmission 2.94 (d8e60ee44f) started (session.c:740)
[2020-02-06 08:31:50.023] RPC Server Adding address to whitelist: 127.0.0.1 (rpc-server.c:971)
[2020-02-06 08:31:50.023] RPC Server Serving RPC and Web requests on port 127.0.0.1:9091/transmission/ (rpc-server.c:1213)
[2020-02-06 08:31:50.023] RPC Server Whitelist enabled (rpc-server.c:1217)
[2020-02-06 08:31:50.024] Couldn't bind port 51413 on 0.0.0.0: Address in use (Is another copy of Transmission already running?) (net.c:379)
[2020-02-06 08:31:50.024] Couldn't bind port 51413 on ::: Address in use (Is another copy of Transmission already running?) (net.c:379)
[2020-02-06 08:31:50.024] UDP Couldn't bind IPv4 socket (tr-udp.c:271)
[2020-02-06 08:31:50.025] DHT Generating new id (tr-dht.c:311)
[2020-02-06 08:31:50.025] Using settings from "/root/.config/transmission-daemon" (daemon.c:528)
[2020-02-06 08:31:50.025] Saved "/root/.config/transmission-daemon/settings.json" (variant.c:1266)
[2020-02-06 08:31:50.025] Port Forwarding (NAT-PMP) initnatpmp succeeded (0) (natpmp.c:70)
[2020-02-06 08:31:50.026] Port Forwarding (NAT-PMP) sendpublicaddressrequest succeeded (2) (natpmp.c:70)
however rebooting, or using the restart button in luci>startup doesnt work
Im not sure how the startup page works (what it reads from). is it init.d directory?
in any case the files i have that i think would come into play is
/etc/config/transmission config file that is the same as posted above, as you can see it reference the config directory (see 3rd line)
there is also a file at /etc/init.d/transmission file:
#!/bin/sh /etc/rc.common
# Copyright (C) 2010-2015 OpenWrt.org
START=99
USE_PROCD=1
PROG="/usr/bin/transmission-daemon"
LIST_SEP="
"
append_params() {
local p; local v; local s="$1"; shift
IFS="$LIST_SEP"
for p in "$@"; do
config_get v "$s" "$p"
for v in $v; do
[ -n "$v" ] && echo "\"$p\": $v," | sed -e 's|_|-|g'
done
done
unset IFS
}
append_params_quotes() {
local p; local v; local s="$1"; shift
IFS="$LIST_SEP"
for p in "$@"; do
config_get v "$s" "$p"
for v in $v; do
[ -n "$v" ] && {
printf "\"%s" "$p" | sed -e 's|/|\\/|g;s|_|-|g'; \
echo "\": \"$v\","
}
done
done
unset IFS
}
transmission() {
local cfg="$1"
local enabled
config_get_bool enabled "$cfg" enabled 0
[ "$enabled" -gt 0 ] || return 1
local config_dir
config_get config_dir "$cfg" 'config_dir' '/var/etc/transmission'
local user
config_get user "$cfg" 'user'
local group
config_get group "$cfg" 'group'
local download_dir
config_get download_dir "$cfg" 'download_dir' '/var/etc/transmission'
local incomplete_dir
config_get incomplete_dir "$cfg" 'incomplete_dir' '/var/etc/transmission'
local incomplete_dir_enabled
config_get incomplete_dir_enabled "$cfg" 'incomplete_dir_enabled' 0
local mem_percentage
config_get mem_percentage "$cfg" 'mem_percentage' '50'
local config_overwrite
config_get config_overwrite "$cfg" config_overwrite 1
local nice
config_get nice "$cfg" nice 0
local web_home
config_get web_home "$cfg" 'web_home'
local MEM
MEM=$(sed -ne 's!^MemTotal:[[:space:]]*\([0-9]*\) kB$!\1!p' /proc/meminfo)
local USE
[ "$MEM" -gt 1 ] && USE=$((MEM * mem_percentage * 10))
config_file="$config_dir/settings.json"
[ -d "$config_dir" ] || {
mkdir -p "$config_dir"
chmod 0755 "$config_dir"
touch "$config_file"
mkdir -p "$config_dir/resume"
mkdir -p "$config_dir/torrents"
mkdir -p "$config_dir/blocklists"
[ -e "$config_dir/stats.json" ] || touch "$config_dir/stats.json"
[ -z "$user" ] || chown -R "$user:$group" "$config_dir"
}
[ -d "$download_dir" ] || {
mkdir -p "$download_dir"
chmod 0755 "$download_dir"
[ -z "$user" ] || chown -R "$user:$group" "$download_dir"
}
[ "$incomplete_dir_enabled" = "0" ] || [ -d "$incomplete_dir" ] || {
mkdir -p "$incomplete_dir"
chmod 0755 "$incomplete_dir"
[ -z "$user" ] || chown -R "$user:$group" "$incomplete_dir"
}
[ "$config_overwrite" = 0 ] || {
echo "{"
append_params "$cfg" \
alt_speed_down alt_speed_enabled alt_speed_time_begin alt_speed_time_day \
alt_speed_time_enabled alt_speed_time_end alt_speed_up blocklist_enabled \
cache_size_mb download_queue_enabled download_queue_size \
dht_enabled encryption idle_seeding_limit idle_seeding_limit_enabled \
incomplete_dir_enabled lazy_bitfield_enabled lpd_enabled message_level \
peer_id_ttl_hours peer_limit_global peer_limit_per_torrent peer_port \
peer_port_random_high peer_port_random_low peer_port_random_on_start \
pex_enabled port_forwarding_enabled preallocation prefetch_enabled \
ratio_limit ratio_limit_enabled rename_partial_files rpc_authentication_required \
rpc_enabled rpc_port rpc_whitelist_enabled queue_stalled_enabled \
queue_stalled_minutes scrape_paused_torrents_enabled script_torrent_done_enabled \
seed_queue_enabled seed_queue_size \
speed_limit_down speed_limit_down_enabled speed_limit_up \
speed_limit_up_enabled start_added_torrents trash_original_torrent_files \
umask upload_slots_per_torrent utp_enabled \
watch_dir_enabled rpc_host_whitelist_enabled
append_params_quotes "$cfg" \
blocklist_url bind_address_ipv4 bind_address_ipv6 download_dir incomplete_dir \
peer_congestion_algorithm peer_socket_tos rpc_bind_address rpc_password rpc_url \
rpc_username rpc_host_whitelist rpc_whitelist script_torrent_done_filename watch_dir
echo "\"invalid-key\": false"
echo "}"
} > "$config_file"
procd_open_instance
procd_set_param command "$PROG"
procd_append_param command -f -g "$config_dir"
procd_set_param user "$user"
procd_set_param group "$group"
procd_set_param nice "$nice"
procd_set_param stderr 1
procd_set_param respawn
procd_set_param seccomp "/etc/seccomp/transmission-daemon.json"
if [ -z "$USE" ]; then
procd_set_param limits core="0 0"
else
procd_set_param limits core="0 0" as="$USE $USE"
logger -t transmission "Starting with $USE virt mem"
fi
[ -d "$web_home" ] && procd_set_param env TRANSMISSION_WEB_HOME="$web_home"
procd_add_jail transmission log
procd_add_jail_mount "$config_file"
procd_add_jail_mount_rw "$config_dir/resume"
procd_add_jail_mount_rw "$config_dir/torrents"
procd_add_jail_mount_rw "$config_dir/blocklists"
procd_add_jail_mount_rw "$config_dir/stats.json"
procd_add_jail_mount_rw "$download_dir"
procd_close_instance
}
start_service() {
config_load 'transmission'
config_foreach transmission 'transmission'
}
reload_service() {
procd_send_signal "$PROG"
}
service_triggers() {
procd_add_reload_trigger "transmission"
}
i see its overriding the config file path but at the same time ive never had to edit this file before. Plus i did try putting my config directory in there and it didnt help (still failed to startup).
thank you unfortunetly procd-ujail isnt available in davidc repos as far as i can tell
root@Skittles:~# opkg update
Downloading https://dc502wrt.org/snapshots/r12121/targets/mvebu/cortexa9/packages/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/openwrt_core
Downloading https://dc502wrt.org/snapshots/r12121/targets/mvebu/cortexa9/packages/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading https://dc502wrt.org/snapshots/r12121/packages/arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3/base/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/openwrt_base
Downloading https://dc502wrt.org/snapshots/r12121/packages/arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3/base/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading https://dc502wrt.org/snapshots/r12121/packages/arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3/darkmatter/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/openwrt_darkmatter
Downloading https://dc502wrt.org/snapshots/r12121/packages/arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3/darkmatter/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading https://dc502wrt.org/snapshots/r12121/packages/arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3/luci/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/openwrt_luci
Downloading https://dc502wrt.org/snapshots/r12121/packages/arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3/luci/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading https://dc502wrt.org/snapshots/r12121/packages/arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3/opentomato/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/openwrt_opentomato
Downloading https://dc502wrt.org/snapshots/r12121/packages/arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3/opentomato/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading https://dc502wrt.org/snapshots/r12121/packages/arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3/packages/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/openwrt_packages
Downloading https://dc502wrt.org/snapshots/r12121/packages/arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3/packages/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading https://dc502wrt.org/snapshots/r12121/packages/arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3/routing/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/openwrt_routing
Downloading https://dc502wrt.org/snapshots/r12121/packages/arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3/routing/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading https://dc502wrt.org/snapshots/r12121/packages/arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3/telephony/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/openwrt_telephony
Downloading https://dc502wrt.org/snapshots/r12121/packages/arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3/telephony/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
root@Skittles:~# opkg install procd-ujail
Unknown package 'procd-ujail'.
Collected errors:
but also im not sure this fits the symptoms!
like i said when i transmission-daemon -e /mnt/usb1/torrent/transmission/log -g /mnt/usb1/torrent/transmission/
(manually forcing the config directory) it works!
no luck but i feel like im close. any more suggestions? FYI i installed seccomp so i left that in there for now, but i have tried it without that as well
I also added the -e on line 77 but idk if that is suppose to be like that, my log file is empty
so either it doesnt log anything or its not working
i dont see the jail error any more though!
Fri Feb 7 13:58:50 2020 user.notice transmission: Starting with 0 virt mem
Fri Feb 7 13:58:50 2020 daemon.info procd: Instance transmission::instance1 s in a crash loop 12 crashes, 0 seconds since last crash
#!/bin/sh /etc/rc.common
# Copyright (C) 2010-2015 OpenWrt.org
START=99
USE_PROCD=1
PROG="/usr/bin/transmission-daemon"
LIST_SEP="
"
append_params() {
local p; local v; local s="$1"; shift
IFS="$LIST_SEP"
for p in "$@"; do
config_get v "$s" "$p"
for v in $v; do
[ -n "$v" ] && echo "\"$p\": $v," | sed -e 's|_|-|g'
done
done
unset IFS
}
append_params_quotes() {
local p; local v; local s="$1"; shift
IFS="$LIST_SEP"
for p in "$@"; do
config_get v "$s" "$p"
for v in $v; do
[ -n "$v" ] && {
printf "\"%s" "$p" | sed -e 's|/|\\/|g;s|_|-|g'; \
echo "\": \"$v\","
}
done
done
unset IFS
}
transmission() {
local cfg="$1"
local enabled
config_get_bool enabled "$cfg" enabled 0
[ "$enabled" -gt 0 ] || return 1
local config_dir
config_get config_dir "$cfg" 'config_dir' '/mnt/usb1/torrent/transmission'
local MEM
MEM=$(sed -ne 's!^MemTotal:[[:space:]]*\([0-9]*\) kB$!\1!p' /proc/meminfo)
local USE
[ "$MEM" -gt 1 ] && USE=$((MEM * mem_percentage * 10))
config_file="$config_dir/settings.json"
[ -d "$config_dir" ] || {
mkdir -p "$config_dir"
chmod 0755 "$config_dir"
touch "$config_file"
[ -e "$config_dir/stats.json" ] || touch "$config_dir/stats.json"
[ -z "$user" ] || chown -R "$user:$group" "$config_dir"
}
[ "$config_overwrite" = 0 ] || {
echo "{"
append_params "$cfg"
append_params_quotes "$cfg"
echo "\"invalid-key\": false"
echo "}"
} > "$config_file"
procd_open_instance
procd_set_param command "$PROG"
procd_append_param command -f -g "$config_dir" -e /mnt/usb1/torrent/transmission/log
procd_set_param stderr 1
procd_set_param respawn
procd_set_param seccomp "/etc/seccomp/transmission-daemon.json"
if [ -z "$USE" ]; then
procd_set_param limits core="0 0"
else
procd_set_param limits core="0 0" as="$USE $USE"
logger -t transmission "Starting with $USE virt mem"
fi
[ -d "$web_home" ] && procd_set_param env TRANSMISSION_WEB_HOME="$web_home"
procd_close_instance
}
start_service() {
config_load 'transmission'
config_foreach transmission 'transmission'
}
reload_service() {
procd_send_signal "$PROG"
}
service_triggers() {
procd_add_reload_trigger "transmission"
}
Remove the USE if condition after the seccomp line. The log is saying transmission is starting with 0 virtual memory. I have no idea how that's happening.
edit: BTW it seems to be crashing because of an unandled malloc error. I've seen this before with 32MB devices where the memory percentage has to be increased.