ferm 2.2-3 is working correctly in Debian Jessie, it is not working correctly in Raspbian Jessie. I'm not sure why the maintainers of Debian would care about that but I thought the maintainer(s) of Raspbian might.... hence my post. Anyway even if nothing is done, the solution I found is now provided...

Hi,
Could you please update the version of ferm in the repository?
Ferm version 2.2-3 is not working with Jessie 4.4.13-v7+ #894 however ferm version 2.3-2 does work.
My thread viewtopic.php?f=28&t=152856 explains the problem and solution.

Thank you.

After a lot of testing I eventually installed the latest version (ferm 2.3-2) from the debian testing repository and after a it is all working correctly.
Checking the ferm changelog there have been fixes for problems relating to systemd and ferm starting after other services.

Yes that's right and I have also tried without updating

in /etc/apt/sources.list the repository is -
deb http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/ jessie main contrib non-free rpi

doesn't that mean ferm is coming from that repository, which is jessie?

You would be better of starting with a fresh install of Raspbian Jessie, then install term from the repository which is newer then the one in EOL Wheezy. :D Yes, I have tried a fresh install (without updates) and a fresh install with apt-get update, apt-get upgrade and apt-get dist-upgrade and stil...

Actually I did find a problem after probing - # dmesg | grep -iC 3 "ferm" [ 2.773519] smsc95xx 1-1.1:1.0 eth0: register 'smsc95xx' at usb-3f980000.usb-1.1, smsc95xx USB 2.0 Ethernet, b8:27:eb:53:43:8e [ 3.071674] systemd[1]: Found ordering cycle on basic.target/start [ 3.073576] systemd[1]: Found d...

Actually I did find a problem on the RPi3 after probing - # dmesg | grep -iC 3 "ferm" [ 2.773519] smsc95xx 1-1.1:1.0 eth0: register 'smsc95xx' at usb-3f980000.usb-1.1, smsc95xx USB 2.0 Ethernet, b8:27:eb:53:43:8e [ 3.071674] systemd[1]: Found ordering cycle on basic.target/start [ 3.073576] systemd[...

Hi, I'm have a problem on a Raspberry pi3 running Raspbian jessie. ferm will not start after rebooting and so the rules are not loaded from ferm.conf # uname -a = Linux TorrentMachine 4.4.13-v7+ #894 SMP Mon Jun 13 13:13:27 BST 2016 armv7l GNU/Linux # ferm --version = ferm 2.2 # dpkg-query -l = ferm...

From what I remember the Raspberry Pi2 will stay powered but I'm not sure how that would be beneficial in any practical way. The previous Raspberry Pi versions could be powered just from the USB ports and the Raspberry Pi Foundation made mention of the possible risks in their documentation https://w...

Basically this method is the same as connecting a USB Hub with backpowering.
The difference with the Raspberry Pi2 is it cannot be powered from its own USB ports so any voltage difference (within reason) across the USB port should be protected by design.

Forgot to mention -
If you use a "Y" type USB cable for the USB HDD it will free up one USB port on the Raspberry Pi2.
A "Y" type cable has one USB plug for Data and Power and another USB plug for additional Power.
Connect the additional Power USB plug to the Power Supply.

Recently I needed a solution for a Raspberry Pi2 with an external USB HDD but I only had a Power Supply with one USB output and I didn't want to use a powered USB Hub because of cost and space restrictions. There are many articles about using Powered USB Hubs or using the Raspberry Pi2 itself. When ...