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Installed on PFsense 123 . The videocache log is empty

I have banged my head for days with this and gotten no where fast.
Thanks for any help.
Allan

4 Answers

Hi Alan,

Please check all the relevant directories have correct permissions. /var/log/videocache/ /var/spool/videocache/ should have ownership proxy:proxy and should be writable by squid user (proxy for pfsense).

PS : I tried to reply you via mail, but your mail server always rejects my mail marking it as spam. Please check that.

Thank You!

ls -l /var/log/videocache/
total 0
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  proxy  9 Mar  3 12:56 videocache.log -> /dev/null

I ran this code once from a guide on installing VC (ln -s /dev/null /var/log/videocache/videocache.log)

# ls -l /var/spool/videocache/
total 30
drwxr-xr-x  2 proxy  proxy  512 Mar  1 13:15 bliptv
drwxr-xr-x  2 proxy  proxy  512 Mar  1 13:15 break
drwxr-xr-x  2 proxy  proxy  512 Mar  1 13:15 dailymotion
drwxr-xr-x  2 proxy  proxy  512 Mar  1 13:15 google
drwxr-xr-x  2 proxy  proxy  512 Mar  1 13:15 metacafe
drwxr-xr-x  2 proxy  proxy  512 Mar  1 13:15 redtube
drwxr-xr-x  2 proxy  proxy  512 Mar  1 13:15 soapbox
drwxr-xr-x  2 proxy  proxy  512 Mar  1 13:15 tmp
drwxr-xr-x  2 proxy  proxy  512 Mar  1 13:15 tube8
drwxr-xr-x  2 proxy  proxy  512 Mar  1 13:15 tvuol
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root   proxy   21 Mar  6 09:51 videocache -> /var/spool/videocache
drwxr-xr-x  2 proxy  proxy  512 Mar  1 13:15 vimeo
drwxr-xr-x  2 proxy  proxy  512 Mar  1 13:15 wrzuta
drwxr-xr-x  2 proxy  proxy  512 Mar  1 13:15 xtube
drwxr-xr-x  2 proxy  proxy  512 Mar  1 13:15 youporn
drwxr-xr-x  2 proxy  proxy  512 Mar  1 13:15 youtube

I will email you again in a few with a Gmail address for you to get back to me with.

Hi Alan,

Please try removing the link. Then look for error messages in videocache.log file.

Thank You!

That's the problem I have no clue how to remove the link ?
My unix training is limited, And I find trial and error makes it worse.

I think I need to remove everything to do with the videocache install and start over. When I put top in the shell I see to pid"s for python. Is this normal?