I've finally got my version 1 linkstation working with 6.5 beta. My steps were:
1) Flash the linkstation with the openlink firmware (I don't know if this was required in the end...) 2) Install ppc-tools (again from linkstationwiki) 3) download the source for expat1 and compile, instructions found here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18266 4) Downgrade from perl 5.8.7 to 5.8.5, if you don't then you will later get an error when making DBD::SQLite: Cannot open 'SQLite.xsi': No such file or directory in SQLite.xs, line 72 The mechanism to downgrade is the same as upgrading from 5.6 and is detailed here (read the instructions carefully): http://fieldnetworks.com/slim/linkstation3.html 5) The next step requires cc, however pc-tools includes gcc. create a symbolic link: ln -s /usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/cc 6) If you try to run slimserver.pl it will complain that some modules could not be loaded and suggest that you try to build them using: /mnt/slimserver/Bin/build-perl-modules.pl 7) All modules should compile (although I may have got an error on Compress module) 8) You should be able to start slimserver with slimserver.pl ( Please not I get an error on startup but it plays my flacs and seems to work ok) By the way the squeezeboxV1 doesn't natively support flac, but slimserver can transcode to WAV (another lossless format). The linkstationv1 does not come with the flac binary for ppc but it can be found here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LinkStation_General/files/ (then click on slimserver_linkstation_binaries.tar.gz) I just copied these binaries into the linkstations /usr/bin directory. Then changed the file type server settings (through web interface) to transcode from flac to wav. PS. The Nokia 770 skin is excellent, I recommend checking it out even if you don't have the 770! It's installed with slimserver 6.5 and can be found at http://<slimserver-ip:9000/Nokia770 Well done to Ben Klass -- owennewo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ owennewo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4380 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21748 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/beta
