Hi everybody, i’m new here, happy to join this community!
I’m having a problem i cannot solve, but first:
I’m running Umbrel on my raspberry pi 4, connected via ethernet to my router, i’m using a crucial SSD w case, as suggested on the website. Every component is brand new. The power supply is original raspberry.
I’m running it with the fan unplugged, but it shows the same problem with it on and off.
The problem is that Umbrel stops working every now and then. I can notice it because the SSD’s leds are still, so i know it’s not operating. Then if i try to reach Umbrel it gives me this error:
This site can’t be reached
umbrel.local refused to connect.
Try:
Checking the connection
Checking the proxy and the firewall
ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED
It then tells me that I can:
Allow Brave to access the network in your firewall or antivirus settings.
If it is already listed as a program allowed to access the network, try removing it from the list and adding it again.
I have my VPN off, i’ve already tried to reach it via IP (angryip), umbrel.local or SSH. Doesn’t work.
The only thing i can do is plug it off and on.
Every time I brutally restart it, it keeps working normally for some time, until not.
I’ve already tried to assign a static IP, i’ve not tried yet to reflash the SD.
Any suggestion?
P.S. i’m new to this technology and i’ve never been so good with technical stuff. I’m approaching this because I believe in this technology and I want to support it as much as I can. Thank you for your help, this is amazing and i’m so excited to be doing this!
P.P.S sorry for my grammatical mistakes.
Connect a monitor to the HDMI output, look the messages, can give some hints.
If says something about ‘cant read blocks number NNNN’ (cant remember exact message), the SSD is corrupted.
unfortunately as a new member i cannot attach any file on here, neither i can copy and past cause it’s too big (that’s what she said).
I’ve seen many errors but i can’t understand. I’ve tryied to connect the power supply directly to the wall and done the troubleshoot again, it doesn’t show those errors again…
Maybe it was that.
Anyway if it’s useful i’d like to share the logs with you! Just tell me how hehe
Seems hardware is good. So problem should be files corruption or soft bugs.
I had several crashes before, mostly files corruption and did some acts to prevent it. Put a no-break in ac line power and added a filtering capacitor in the usb to sata adapter (see image).
In the bugs front, I see many problems in versions 4.8 to 4.10 and don´t recommend them to do a install. V 4.7 seems the best to begin.
hey, thanks for your reply.
you know, idk how to do that, is there an easier way? i’m pretty noob.
Like do i need an UPS?
So from the software side is only files corruption? Do i have to reflash umbrel? What about the SSD, is it working properly?
Thanks a lot and happy new year!
When happens a power loss, files are corrupted both in board memory and in recording on SSD. Power loss can be caused by bad quality power supply, by bad contacts in connectors and for ac power line fault. So you should use an UPS, recommended power supply and don’t be playing a lot with RPi.
