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Large online update - big blue NR dashboard icon appears to be missing? #134

Closed houser42 closed 2 years ago

houser42 commented 2 years ago

Hello, I used the new online update method on a Venus GX

Updated to Venus OS large v2.90~3 on a non-critical system from 2.8.large 25 large beta on a Venus GX It updated ok apart from one thing: The big blue Node Red dashboard icon is missing in the VRM menu. Main NR icon is there. Dash not so much. It is available if I add /ui to the url manually, but the big blue dashboard icon appears to be missing. FWIW. Would appreciate if there is a way to troubleshoot or repair that feature. Many thanks

dirkjanfaber commented 2 years ago

I am afraid that this is impossible for you to debug, other than reporting it. It is in the VRM code. I've been able to reproduce the issue and am investigating it with the VRM developers.

dirkjanfaber commented 2 years ago

We found the cause (with the latest update Node-RED moved from /service/node-red to /service/node-red-venus and that has this unexpected side-effect). We will push a new update later today / this weekend that will re-add the button to VRM.

houser42 commented 2 years ago

Hello, Just making sure I am not missing something obvious. The weekend came and went and there is still no NR dashboard icon here. I assume you have a lot of work to do and will attend to it when you have time. Or my system has another issue? Maybe worth updating from a USB stick again? I updated that system to the latest online version .5 too. No change. Dashboard icon also missing in the app if that helps.

dirkjanfaber commented 2 years ago

It appears that the first fix did not resolve it for all installations. I am sorry about that. Background is that one of the checks vrmlogger does to show the VRM dashboard button, is if the directory /data/home/root/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-dashboard exists. With the move of node-RED from running as user root to user nodered, the directory Node-RED creates changed to /data/home/nodered/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-dashboard. The vrmlogger (that tells VRM about the dashboard) is still looking at the old directory. With a new installation and an update, the old directory moves to the new location. In some cases (such as on my system) both the /data/home/root/... as the /data/home/nodered/... directory existed. Which explains why I overlooked this check. So what you can do, as a quick fix, is a mkdir -p /data/home/root/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-dashboard, which should bring the button back. And remove it again when the .6 version comes out.

houser42 commented 2 years ago

Will do. Appreciate the info very much! Is there an expected ETA for .6 ? Many thanks.

dirkjanfaber commented 2 years ago

I am not too sure yet, we'll add it together with some other fixes. Should be within a few days.

houser42 commented 2 years ago

So updated to .6 using the online method. Have not run anything in the terminal yet either. Still no NR dashboard icon I'm sorry to report. Not in app and not in web gui. FWIW. Will be at the site next week. Is it maybe a good idea to try an install from USB again then? Ot try something else?

mpvader commented 2 years ago

Hi, you just have to either wait for it to be fixed (v2.90~7 most likely).

or roll back to a previous version where it did wirk for you.

I’m sorry, but this is a beta version, its a known issue on our side and nothing more to do or discuss about it.

houser42 commented 2 years ago

I fully understand. I assumed reporting was useful. Rolling back does however not work either. Ah well. Of course I’ll wait. No worries.