# Zram problems OH3 on fresh Openhabian install **URL:** \ **Category:** Installation\ **Tags:** openhabian\ **Created:** [February 19, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/zram-problems-oh3-on-fresh-openhabian-install/133462 "2022-02-19T14:41:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LeeC77](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/leec77/32/109983_2.png) [@LeeC77](https://community.openhab.org/u/LeeC77)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/zram-problems-oh3-on-fresh-openhabian-install/133462/1 "2022-02-19T14:41:26Z")
Platform information: Hardware: Raspberry Pi4 4GB SD:32GB Openhabian 1.6-alpha (openhabian-pi-raspios32-202201271414-git08bc4ff-crcdd86375a.img.xz) Decided to move from OH2.5 to OH3 - seems that a fresh install would be the best way to go, but ran into a problem. I encountered this problem so started over a second time with the same result. - Flashed the zip file onto a brand new sanDisk micro SD - No modifications made to the flashed card - Inserted into the Pi4 connected to my router via cable - and started the Pi4 - Install seems to have been successful except for the ZRAM. openHABIP:8080 up and running: create a login page openHAB log viewer also up and running From my PC logon using SSH Result of cat /boot/first-boot.log: ```auto 2022-02-19_12:36:15_GMT [openHABian] Starting the openHABian initial setup. 2022-02-19_12:36:15_GMT [openHABian] Storing configuration... OK 2022-02-19_12:36:15_GMT [openHABian] Starting webserver with installation log... OK 2022-02-19_12:36:21_GMT [openHABian] Changing default username and password... OK 2022-02-19_12:36:21_GMT [openHABian] Setting up Ethernet connection... OK 2022-02-19_12:38:40_GMT [openHABian] Ensuring network connectivity... OK 2022-02-19_12:38:40_GMT [openHABian] Waiting for dpkg/apt to get ready... OK 2022-02-19_12:38:56_GMT [openHABian] Updating repositories and upgrading installed packages... OK 2022-02-19_12:39:37_GMT [openHABian] Installing git package... OK 2022-02-19_12:39:47_GMT [openHABian] Updating myself from https://github.com/openhab/openhabian, openHAB3 branch... OK 2022-02-19_12:39:59_GMT [openHABian] Starting execution of 'openhabian-config unattended'... OK 2022-02-19_12:39:59_GMT [openHABian] Checking for root privileges... OK 2022-02-19_12:39:59_GMT [openHABian] Updating Linux package information... OK 2022-02-19_12:40:15_GMT [openHABian] Loading configuration file '/etc/openhabian.conf'... OK 2022-02-19_12:40:15_GMT [openHABian] Adjusting swap size to 7677 MB... OK (reboot required) 2022-02-19_12:40:16_GMT [openHABian] Setting timezone based on openhabian.conf... OK (Europe/Berlin) 2022-02-19_13:40:16_CET [openHABian] Enabling time synchronization using NTP... OK 2022-02-19_13:40:16_CET [openHABian] Setting locale based on openhabian.conf... OK (reboot required) 2022-02-19_13:40:53_CET [openHABian] Setting hostname of the base system based on openhabian.conf... OK 2022-02-19_13:40:53_CET [openHABian] Setting the GPU memory split down to 16MB for headless system... OK 2022-02-19_13:40:53_CET [openHABian] Enabling Audio output... OK 2022-02-19_13:40:53_CET [openHABian] Installing basic can't-be-wrong packages (screen, vim, ...)... OK 2022-02-19_13:41:47_CET [openHABian] Installing additional needed packages... OK 2022-02-19_13:42:23_CET [openHABian] Installing python3 serial package... OK 2022-02-19_13:42:37_CET [openHABian] Installing pigpio package... OK 2022-02-19_13:42:51_CET [openHABian] Installing additional bluetooth packages... OK 2022-02-19_13:43:06_CET [openHABian] Adding slightly tuned bash configuration files to system... OK 2022-02-19_13:43:06_CET [openHABian] Adding slightly tuned vim configuration file to system... OK 2022-02-19_13:43:06_CET [openHABian] tailscale VPN installation... SKIPPED (no preauthkey defined) 2022-02-19_13:43:06_CET [openHABian] Applying miscellaneous system settings... OK 2022-02-19_13:43:06_CET [openHABian] Downloading FireMotD... OK 2022-02-19_13:43:08_CET [openHABian] Installing FireMotD... OK 2022-02-19_13:43:08_CET [openHABian] Generating FireMotD theme... OK 2022-02-19_13:43:36_CET [openHABian] Setting up FireMotD apt updates count service... OK 2022-02-19_13:43:48_CET [openHABian] Fetching OpenJDK 11... OK 2022-02-19_13:43:50_CET [openHABian] Installing OpenJDK 11... OK 2022-02-19_13:44:17_CET [openHABian] Beginning install of latest openhab release (stable)... OK 2022-02-19_13:44:17_CET [openHABian] Adding required keys to apt... 2022-02-19_13:44:28_CET [openHABian] Installing selected openHAB3 version... OK 2022-02-19_13:45:06_CET [openHABian] Setting up openHAB service... OK 2022-02-19_13:45:06_CET [openHABian] Optimizing openHAB to run on low memory single board computers... OK 2022-02-19_13:45:06_CET [openHABian] Setting openHAB HTTP/HTTPS ports... OK 2022-02-19_13:45:06_CET [openHABian] Creating dependencies to jointly start services that depend on each other... OK 2022-02-19_13:45:07_CET [openHABian] Adding an openHAB dashboard tile for 'openhabiandocs'... OK 2022-02-19_13:45:07_CET [openHABian] Restarting openHAB service to play it safe... OK 2022-02-19_13:45:07_CET [openHABian] Getting initial openHAB configuration... SKIPPED (backup not found at /boot/initial.zip) 2022-02-19_13:45:07_CET [openHABian] Activating the openHAB console on all interfaces... OK 2022-02-19_13:45:07_CET [openHABian] Adding openHAB syntax to vim editor... OK 2022-02-19_13:45:28_CET [openHABian] Adding openHAB syntax to nano editor... OK 2022-02-19_13:45:28_CET [openHABian] Adding openHAB scheme to multitail... OK 2022-02-19_13:45:29_CET [openHABian] Preparing openHAB folder mounts under '/srv/openhab-*'... OK 2022-02-19_13:45:35_CET [openHABian] Installing Samba... OK 2022-02-19_13:46:34_CET [openHABian] Setting up Samba network shares... OK 2022-02-19_13:46:35_CET [openHABian] Setting up Samba service... OK 2022-02-19_13:46:38_CET [openHABian] Installing Frontail prerequsites (NodeJS)... OK 2022-02-19_13:47:33_CET [openHABian] Installing openHAB Log Viewer (frontail)... OK 2022-02-19_13:48:14_CET [openHABian] Setting up openHAB Log Viewer (frontail) service... OK 2022-02-19_13:48:16_CET [openHABian] Adding an openHAB dashboard tile for 'frontail'... OK 2022-02-19_13:48:16_CET [openHABian] Installing zram... FAILED 2022-02-19_13:48:32_CET [openHABian] Beginning Mail Transfer Agent setup... CANCELED (no configuration provided) 2022-02-19_13:48:32_CET [openHABian] Applying file permissions recommendations... OK 2022-02-19_13:48:32_CET [openHABian] Setting up automated SD mirroring and backup... SKIPPED (no configuration provided) 2022-02-19_13:48:33_CET [openHABian] Cleaning up... OK 2022-02-19_13:48:48_CET [openHABian] Execution of 'openhabian-config unattended' completed. 2022-02-19_13:48:48_CET [openHABian] First time setup successfully finished. Rebooting your system! 2022-02-19_13:48:48_CET [openHABian] After rebooting the openHAB dashboard will be available at: http://openhabian:8080 2022-02-19_13:48:48_CET [openHABian] After rebooting to gain access to a console, simply reconnect using ssh. ``` I tried several times used openhabian-config to enable ZRAM: select 30 (system settings) select 38 (use ZRAM) but it results in error: ```auto │ There was an error or interruption during the execution of: │ │ "30 | System Settings" │ │ │ │ Please try again. If the error persists, please read │ │ /opt/openhabian/docs/openhabian-DEBUG.md or │ │ https://github.com/openhab/openhabian/blob/main/docs/openhabian-DEBUG.md how │ │ to proceed. │ ``` and the command line on exiting openHABian config says: ```auto [sudo] password for openhabian: 2022-02-19_15:03:37_CET [openHABian] Checking for root privileges... OK 2022-02-19_15:03:37_CET [openHABian] Loading configuration file '/etc/openhabian.conf'... OK 2022-02-19_15:03:37_CET [openHABian] openHABian configuration tool version: [openHAB3]{2022-01-28T11:18:18+01:00}(aaf8aca) 2022-02-19_15:03:37_CET [openHABian] Checking for changes in origin branch openHAB3... OK 2022-02-19_15:04:29_CET [openHABian] Switching to branch openHAB3... OK 2022-02-19_15:04:30_CET [openHABian] Adding slightly tuned bash configuration files to system... OK 2022-02-19_15:04:41_CET [openHABian] Updating Linux package information... OK 2022-02-19_15:04:41_CET [openHABian] Updating zram service... OK 2022-02-19_15:04:43_CET [openHABian] Updating OverlayFS... OK 2022-02-19_15:04:44_CET [openHABian] Updating zram... FAILED (logrotate) 2022-02-19_15:04:50_CET [openHABian] Checking for default openHABian username:password combination... OK 2022-02-19_15:04:50_CET [openHABian] We hope you got what you came for! See you again soon ;) ``` So it appears that zram can’t be enabled because of something to do with logrotate. With the openHABian logging set to maximum, I get this further information (I have the complete log but its rather long to include here unless its needed): ```auto + cond_redirect mkdir -p /usr/local/share/zram-config/log + [[-n '']] + echo -e '\n\033[90;01m$ mkdir -p /usr/local/share/zram-config/log \033[39;49;00m' $ mkdir -p /usr/local/share/zram-config/log + mkdir -p /usr/local/share/zram-config/log + return 0 + [[-h /var/log/zram-config]] + cond_redirect install -m 644 /opt/zram/zram-config/zram-config.logrotate /etc/logrotate.d/zram-config + [[-n '']] + echo -e '\n\033[90;01m$ install -m 644 /opt/zram/zram-config/zram-config.logrotate /etc/logrotate.d/zram-config \033[39;49;00m' $ install -m 644 /opt/zram/zram-config/zram-config.logrotate /etc/logrotate.d/zram-config + install -m 644 /opt/zram/zram-config/zram-config.logrotate /etc/logrotate.d/zram-config install: cannot stat '/opt/zram/zram-config/zram-config.logrotate': No such file or directory + return 1 + echo 'FAILED (logrotate)' FAILED (logrotate) ``` ```auto openhabian@openhabian:/etc $ ls logrotate* logrotate.conf logrotate.d: alternatives apt btmp dpkg rsyslog samba unattended-upgrades wtmp ``` Any help with where to go from here, pretty sure I can’t just create the missing directory? ---
**Author:** ![Wolfgang\_S](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/wolfgang_s/32/52719_2.png) [@Wolfgang\_S](https://community.openhab.org/u/Wolfgang_S)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/zram-problems-oh3-on-fresh-openhabian-install/133462/2 "2022-02-19T15:59:54Z")
> [@LeeC77](#): > > Any help with where to go from here, pretty sure I can’t just create the missing directory? Missing directory ? The command ```auto install -m 644 /opt/zram/zram-config/zram-config.logrotate /etc/logrotate.d/zram-config ``` should install the file zram-config.logrotate as file zram-config in directory /etc/logrotate.d. As you do have the target directory the question is do you have the source file ( zram-config ) ? You mentioned which openhabian image you installed but you did not tell anything about if resent updates for openhabian were installed. Version information can be found on the dialogbox header. ---
**Author:** ![LeeC77](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/leec77/32/109983_2.png) [@LeeC77](https://community.openhab.org/u/LeeC77)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/zram-problems-oh3-on-fresh-openhabian-install/133462/3 "2022-02-19T18:09:44Z")
Thanks for getting back to me Wolfgang\_S 😀 > [@Wolfgang\_S](#): > > Version information can be found on the dialogbox header. Did you mean this data from the SSH terminal: ```auto Linux openhabian 5.10.92-v7l+ #1514 SMP Mon Jan 17 17:38:03 GMT 2022 armv7l openHAB 3.2.0 - Release Build ``` or perhaps this from the openhabian config tool ```auto openHABian Configuration Tool — [openHAB3]{2022-01-28T11:18:18+01:00}(aaf8aca) ``` I have since run menu 10 | Apply improvements, sub menu 11 | Packages 13 | System Tweaks 11 appears to install fine but 13 fails and that looks to be related to zram also Tried to enable zram agian still no joy ```auto + echo -e '\n\033[90;01m$ systemctl restart zram-config.service \033[39;49;00m' $ systemctl restart zram-config.service + systemctl restart zram-config.service Failed to restart zram-config.service: Unit zram-config.service not found. + return 5 + echo FAILED FAILED ``` > [@Wolfgang\_S](#): > > As you do have the target directory the question is do you have the source file ( zram-config ) ? Source directory, no: zram-config.logrotate ```auto openhabian@openhabian:/opt/zram/zram-config $ ls CONTRIBUTING.md install.bash LICENSE.md overlayfs-tools README.md service tests uninstall.bash update.bash zram-config ztab ``` Thanks for any further help you can give. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfgang\_S](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/wolfgang_s/32/52719_2.png) [@Wolfgang\_S](https://community.openhab.org/u/Wolfgang_S)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/zram-problems-oh3-on-fresh-openhabian-install/133462/4 "2022-02-19T18:17:51Z")
I did not dig deeper into the problem. @ecdye Is this a problem of openhabian-config ..? Looking into github you can find the missing file at [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ecdye/zram-config/main/service/zram-config.logrotate](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ecdye/zram-config/main/service/zram-config.logrotate) I think you can download the file manually and then try again if enabling works. ---
**Author:** ![LeeC77](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/leec77/32/109983_2.png) [@LeeC77](https://community.openhab.org/u/LeeC77)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/zram-problems-oh3-on-fresh-openhabian-install/133462/5 "2022-02-21T12:24:13Z")
Thanks for your help, getting closer to the problem I feel. 😀 But I’m still struggling with it. I’m able to recreate the missing source file: > [@Wolfgang\_S](#): > > Looking into github you can find the missing file at [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ecdye/zram-config/main/service/zram-config.logrotate](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ecdye/zram-config/main/service/zram-config.logrotate) ```auto openhabian@openhabian:/opt/zram/zram-config $ sudo nano zram-config.logrotate ``` And add the file content from the quoted link. The file permissions are correct also. ```auto -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 119 Feb 21 12:06 zram-config.logrotate ``` But when I run the openHABian config tool option 38, I get the exact same error and it appears that the directory is overwritten during the zram install. I confirmed this by touching another file in the directory and executing option 38 again. Looking through openHABian config log it appears that the script [https://github.com/ecdye/zram-config](https://github.com/ecdye/zram-config) replaces the directory: mkdir -p /opt/zram and then updates it from the git repository: update\_git\_repo /opt/zram/zram-config openHAB ```auto 2022-02-19_15:16:24_CET [openHABian] Updating zram service... + cond_redirect zram-config stop + [[-n '']] + echo -e '\n\033[90;01m$ zram-config stop \033[39;49;00m' $ zram-config stop + zram-config stop zram-config stop 2022-02-19-15:16:24 Stop: zram-config not running. Exiting! + return 0 + cond_redirect install_zram_code /opt/zram + [[-n '']] + echo -e '\n\033[90;01m$ install_zram_code /opt/zram \033[39;49;00m' $ install_zram_code /opt/zram + install_zram_code /opt/zram + local zramGit=https://github.com/ecdye/zram-config ++ timestamp ++ date +%F_%T_%Z + echo -n '2022-02-19_15:16:24_CET [openHABian] Installing zram code... ' 2022-02-19_15:16:24_CET [openHABian] Installing zram code... + cond_redirect mkdir -p /opt/zram + [[-n '']] + echo -e '\n\033[90;01m$ mkdir -p /opt/zram \033[39;49;00m' $ mkdir -p /opt/zram + mkdir -p /opt/zram + return 0 + [[-d /opt/zram/zram-config]] + cond_redirect update_git_repo /opt/zram/zram-config openHAB + [[-n '']] + echo -e '\n\033[90;01m$ update_git_repo /opt/zram/zram-config openHAB \033[39;49;00m' $ update_git_repo /opt/zram/zram-config openHAB + update_git_repo /opt/zram/zram-config openHAB ``` The content of /opt/zram/zram-config on my Raspi after the failed zram install is: ```auto openhabian@openhabian:/opt/zram/zram-config $ ls -l total 64 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3593 Feb 19 15:04 CONTRIBUTING.md -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3570 Feb 19 15:04 install.bash -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1140 Feb 19 15:04 LICENSE.md drwxrwxr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 21 12:27 overlayfs-tools -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11470 Feb 19 15:04 README.md drwxrwxr-x 4 root root 4096 Feb 19 15:04 service drwxrwxr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 19 15:04 tests -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1370 Feb 19 15:04 uninstall.bash -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3374 Feb 19 15:04 update.bash -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14049 Feb 19 15:04 zram-config -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2610 Feb 19 15:04 ztab ``` It looks to me like the zram-config.logrotate is in the wrong directory on the repo and consequently on my RasPi ```auto openhabian@openhabian:/opt/zram/zram-config/service $ ls -l total 12 drwxrwxr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 19 15:04 OpenRC drwxrwxr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 19 15:04 SystemD -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 119 Feb 19 15:04 zram-config.logrotate ``` I also noticed while comparing with another working installation that zram-config.service appears to be missing also. So I think these needs to be fixed in the repository. If that is the next step, I don’t use git / github, so help to raise an issue will be much appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfgang\_S](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/wolfgang_s/32/52719_2.png) [@Wolfgang\_S](https://community.openhab.org/u/Wolfgang_S)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/zram-problems-oh3-on-fresh-openhabian-install/133462/6 "2022-02-21T19:19:19Z")
> [@LeeC77](#): > > If that is the next step, I don’t use git / github, so help to raise an issue will be much appreciated. According to > > > Signed-off-by: Ethan Dye \ indeed exactly this was changed in **main** branch. Click on the above link and you can see the differences. ---
**Author:** ![ecdye](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/ecdye/32/194655_2.png) [@ecdye](https://community.openhab.org/u/ecdye)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/zram-problems-oh3-on-fresh-openhabian-install/133462/7 "2022-02-23T16:34:06Z")
Issue should be fixed on the `openHAB3` and `main` branches now. Sorry about that I forgot that I needed to forward the changes in order for the majority of users to have the issue fixed. ---
**Author:** ![LeeC77](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/leec77/32/109983_2.png) [@LeeC77](https://community.openhab.org/u/LeeC77)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/zram-problems-oh3-on-fresh-openhabian-install/133462/8 "2022-02-25T11:47:40Z")
Thanks Ethan > [@ecdye](#): > > Issue should be fixed on the `openHAB3` and `main` branches now Moved onto the openHABian main branch, but OpenHABian option 38 only worked after running the uninstall script, ```auto sudo /opt/zram/zram-config/uninstall.bash ``` due to a problem with stopping the zram-config.service, as it was not running. ```auto + echo -n '2022-02-25_12:30:11_CET [openHABian] Updating zram service... ' 2022-02-25_12:30:11_CET [openHABian] Updating zram service... + cond_redirect systemctl stop zram-config.service + [[-n '']] + echo -e '\n\033[90;01m$ systemctl stop zram-config.service \033[39;49;00m' $ systemctl stop zram-config.service + systemctl stop zram-config.service Failed to stop zram-config.service: Unit zram-config.service not loaded. + return 5 + echo 'FAILED (stop zram)' FAILED (stop zram) + return 1 + '[' 1 -ne 0 ']' + whiptail --msgbox 'There was an error or interruption during the execution of:\n "30 | System Settings"\n\nPlease try again. If the error persists, please read /opt/openhabian/docs/openhabian-DEBUG.md or https://github.com/openhab/openhabian/blob/main/docs/openhabian-DEBUG.md how to proceed.' 14 80 ``` All looks to be good now thanks ```auto openhabian@openhabian:/opt/zram/zram-config $ zramctl NAME ALGORITHM DISKSIZE DATA COMPR TOTAL STREAMS MOUNTPOINT /dev/zram2 zstd 1G 652K 8K 328K 4 /opt/zram/zram2 /dev/zram1 zstd 750M 508K 6.1K 256K 4 /opt/zram/zram1 /dev/zram0 lzo-rle 1G 4K 87B 4K 4 [SWAP] ```