MM fails regularly

MMRPi1 · Nov 21, 2020, 7:06 PM

So ever since updating to the latest version a few months ago, my MM seems to be failing quite often (every few days or so). Sometimes the Mirror will just freeze completely for a few hours (I know this because the clock stops) and eventually will give me a white ‘the site can’t be reached’ screen (chromium-based because I’ve got a RPi 1).
I know it’s not disconnecting from the network because I can still ssh in and reboot the pi, which as far as I can figure is the only way to get it to work again.
Has anyone had similar issues or knows how to find the cause (and hopefully solution) of the problem?

sdetweil · Nov 21, 2020, 7:23 PM

@MMRPi1 how do u start mm? pm2.

over ssh, pm2 stop 0

MMRPi1 · Nov 21, 2020, 8:58 PM

It starts automatically when the pi boots with pm2 yes

sdetweil · Nov 21, 2020, 9:53 PM

@MMRPi1 can u stop rather than reboot?

MMRPi1 · Nov 21, 2020, 9:54 PM

@sdetweil I’ve tried to stop it with pm2 but it doesn’t work so I have to reboot it

GuyWithAQuestion · Nov 22, 2020, 1:19 PM

I’ve had the same issue in the past (running on Raspberry Pi 3b). After about 1 1/2 days of continuously running it would just slow down. My solution was just to reboot it automatically (sometime during the night and then sometime before i got home from work). Works like a charm since.

I added the below to my /etc/crontab file.
(It also contains commands for turning on/ off my HDMI monitor for when I’m not home or am sleeping)

FOR REBOOTING a few times every day (Raspberry Pi gets slow every other day… so reboot)

Weekdays

Reboot at 5:30, turn off monitor at 8:45

Reboot at 16:00, turn off monitor at 10:00

30 5 * * 1,2,3,4,5 root /sbin/shutdown -r now
45 8 * * 1,2,3,4,5 root /usr/bin/vcgencmd display_power 0
00 16 * * 1,2,3,4,5 root /sbin/shutdown -r now
00 22 * * 1,2,3,4,5 root /usr/bin/vcgencmd display_power 0

Weekends

Reboot at 5:30

Reboot at 16:00, turn off monitor at 10:00

30 5 * * 6,7 root /sbin/shutdown -r now
00 16 * * 6,7 root /sbin/shutdown -r now
00 22 * * 6,7 root /usr/bin/vcgencmd display_power 0

MMRPi1 · Nov 22, 2020, 1:22 PM

@GuyWithAQuestion That actually sounds like a good solution, thanks! I’ve already got a cronjob that turns the screen off at night so I’ll try to add one to reboot every so often