I installed TrueNAS Scale last week and have been loading data onto my 18tb array. I noticed that the console sceen has been repeating the “web user interface is at” portion. There is no keyboard or mouse connected to this machine and other than a SMB copy operation from a windows workstation and an occasional login to the web gui, nothing else has been touching this machine. Anyone have any ideas why this is repeating itself? I found an entire screen filled with this at one point.
Hey, i saw you had the same problem as me. I reinstalled everything and its still the same. Have you found a fix or came to the conclusion its normal? I suspect somethings up with the drives because on the first install i could see the message " GPT:Primary headers thinks Alt. header is not at the end of the disk" or smth in the lines and in a split second it turned that into a new print of the IP and stuff.
The web user interface is at:
http://v.x.y.z
https://v.x.y.z
Is simply letting you know HOW to get to the web user interface, in case you did not know. Perfectly normal.
Now if it is constantly updating, then that is a problem. But, occasional updates are likely the TrueNAS Middleware trying to make sure the message is visible on the console in case needed.
As for the other thing;
Looks like the disk was not fully wiped before use. Or was used by another OS before use.
Similar situation here: just “sidegraded” (not my term) from CORE to Scale 24.04.2.5, on a new-built headless server. When Scale boots, I see the same repeating pattern walking down the screen at the same frequency.
Not a big deal, unless you’re trying to actually use that menu from the screen - then its a PITA. Otherwise, so far, its just a nuisance and as far as I can tell, not affecting anything else.
I think I saw one post suggesting this pattern is the result of a failing search for a monitor (my motherboard has an IPMI interface as well as HDMI and VGA interfaces, neither of which are plugged into anything). I configure the server using the WebUI, and via IPMI if necessary. I haven’t tried connecting a monitor to either port yet to see if it makes any difference.
I just tried restarts and shutdown, wait, power on, with monitors connected, and it still repeats the message.
When I was initially installing TrueNas Scale a week or two ago it wasn’t happening. Then I booted to Linux Lite installed on a USB drive to run CPU stress tests and hdd SMART tests for a few days. When I went back to Scale it is now doing it.
Was worried I did something that might have caused a problem I’m not aware of (yet)…
Anyone find a fix?? I dont know if this is well known but i changed my truenas os drive to a sata and it seems to do it less but still over time it repeats… Is anyone getting this running truenas without any added apps just straight truenas for smb and nfs or scsi shares… cause i kinda have a feeling it has to do with apps loading or logging in but it could 100% be in my head… just never had any of these tell i installed plex on my system if im remembering right…
anyway its just annoying and hoping its not a sign of a serious problem thank you for any responses.
I think it just refreshes when you log into the GUI or have the GUI webpage up in a browser. Normal, not a problem if you are just seeing the usual menu.
This is still happening in 25.10.2.1 (which is what I’m at right now).
This is a BUG in Truenas, not a hardware issue, not because there’s no monitor connected etc etc.
Truenas team: Please look into this, this is quite annoying and if ever there is a need to use the console menus (to fix network settings as an e.g.) it becomes an exercise in frustration.
Could you elaborate on what you see as a bug? Don’t assume we know what you mean when you say “This is still happening”.
Are you talking about how the IP repeats like in the screenshot posted by g-man last year in April? Or are you talking about something else? Perhaps a posting a screenshot of your own would help us better understand your issue.
You describing “This” as an exercise in frustration strikes me as peculiar given that the screenshot posted should have practically no bearing on normal usage, especially if you don’t have a monitor connected.
If you believe it to be a Bug, use the Report a Bug in the TrueNAS GUI or on the forums. GUI has an Icon that looks like a smile for Feedback / Report a Bug. Forum has Report a Bug on upper right of the forum. Be sure to attach a Debug Dump and any additional info to attempt to reproduce.
How often are the updates to the console screen. I only notice it updating when I log in or out of the GUI.
You appear to be using DHCP for your TrueNAS installation. How long are your leases? The user interface message appears whenever your lease appears to be renewed.
If your lease is not short, then this may be a layer 2 issue. Are you using a LAGG? A bridge, with spanning tree recalculating often? We need a bit more detail.
There would be no point, it won’t look any different from what’s been posted already (except for the IP addresses of course).
But it does. If you have to configure network settings as an e.g. from the console, the screen keeps “refreshing” every ~5s or so. That’s the “frustration” part. Monitor being attached or not is irrelevant, it happens when a monitor is attached, or not, or…in an IPMI console window (which is what I use).
Every ~5s or so. It seems to have nothing to do with whether I’m using the GUI or not, have it open in the browser or not.
Guys - This is not my first rodeo with hardware/software. This issue is ONLY with Truenas, regardless of hardware used.
p.s. Here’s the hardware in the rack. The bottom two Chenbro chassis are on Truenas.
If you open a Bug ticket, link it here or post the ticket number. There are a lot of installs of TrueNAS that don’t have the issue you are seeing. It is something with your setup Full details on your hardware, pool setup, VMs, applications, etc. may help give some clues. Wild guess is to do a fresh install over the boot pool and reload a saved system configuration. See if the issue disappears.
EDIT - I would also suggest upgrading to the latest version of TrueNAS Scale, 25.10.3.1, and making sure you are on the General Availability train (on the Update screen in the GUI)
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Pool/VMs/Applications are…irrelevant. Because if they ARE relevant, that’s…not good. Why would pools, apps, VMs cause a console display to repeat?
What may be relevant is: I use an LACP bond as the base network, with a few VLANs on top of it. All static IPs, no DHCP leases involved.
The bond works perfectly, the VLANs work perfectly, and the issue was there with a fresh install out of the box, without even configuring any pools, if I recall correctly.
No, I’m not going to do a fresh install, this is a complicated install with ~1PB in each chassis (two of them for a total of ~2PB), with a number of apps configured extensively (and shouldn’t be brought down, unless absolutely necessary).
I can live with it, but it’s annoying nonetheless.
What type of hash are you using on the switch side of the LACP bond? MAC or IP? This appears to be a layer 2 issue causing constant relearning every 5 seconds, which is why you’re seeing this behavior.
That’s more info than you’ve provided so far. Since you mentioned VMs, is the bond interface a member of a bridge interface on the TrueNAS side? If so, where have you applied the static address, and is learning enabled on the bridge interface?
