Okay...
Here's what I did. I copied slimserver.pref, slimserversql.db, and
slimserver-convert.conf to my desktop. Then deleted most of the files
in my slimserver directory except for a few related to Alien BBC. Next
I installed a steaming fresh copy of the 8.24.05 6.2b1 exe, and
installed it over my old install.

The istall appeared to run correctly... so I clicked on the slimtray
icon to start up the web ui. Long pause.... longer pause... 5 minutes
later still nothing. Right clicking on the slitray icon shows "starting
slimserver" still greyed out. Task manager only shows slimtray...=no=
slim.exe. The Event viwere shows the following new error:

Event Type:     Error
Event Source:   Application
Event Category: None
Event ID:       0
Date:           8/24/2005
Time:           9:24:06 PM
User:           N/A
Computer:       MEDIA_CENTER
Description:
The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( Application ) cannot be
found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry
information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote
computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this
description; see Help and Support for details. The following
information is part of the event: CreateService failed: The specified
service already exists
.
So... No connection through Web UI
The player is blank. LEFT button brings me back to setup. No freeze....
yet. RIGHT brings "attempting to connect", then a blank screen again.
Task manager still shows no instance of Slim.exe.

Next I stopped slimtray.exe via the Task Manager, and attempted to
start slim.exe from it's location in .../slimserver/server. Command
line DOS prompt window appears, but remains blank. No text. Slim.exe
now appears in Task Manager and appears to be consuming around 50% of
my CPU cycles (which is pretty high for my Intel 2.4Ghz HT chip). Mem
usage stabalizes around 33,760k. Eventually, Slimtray vanishes from the
taskbar... where it had appeared when Slim.exe was activated. The DOS
prompt window remains open. No new errors have been logged in the event
viewer at this point.

Clicking on Slim.exe again brings up another DOS prompt window briefly,
and the CPU usage spikes to over 80% for a few seconds before the new
DOS window automatically closes. Again, no new errors logged in event
viewer.

I close the DOS window and noticed that slim.exe no longer shows in
task manager.Next I tried to start Slimserver via slimserver.pl.
ActivePerl Command prompt window pops up.... and remains blank. No new
error logged in the EventViewer, no instance of Slim.exe in Task
Manager... only perl.exe consuming 0 CPU cycles. Player still responds
to remote.

What next?


.y


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Yannzola
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