dean blackketter;246569 Wrote: > Is SlimServer running when you do the install? > > The installer is supposed to stop it, but maybe its failing... > > >
On the first installation attempt, SlimServer was installed but was not started. I specifically stopped the server before starting the installation but I suppose it is possible it could have shown a status of stopped but still have something running in the background? However, on the second install attempt, I uninstalled SlimServer as well as the Squeezecenter files and attempted a clean install and it continued to exhibit the same behavior. For kicks, I went to a 3rd Mac (MacBook running 10.4.9) that has never had SlimServer installed on it and SC7 installed and runs without any problems. So, it would appear that there is something I'm missing in removing files from the other 2 Macs that is interfering. Any suggestions on what it might be? In removing the older versions of SlimServer, I searched for all files containing *Slim* and Squeeze* and deleted them. This included the *.plist files. I am using an Administrator account and when I do the install I choose "This User" as it is the only profile that will ever run SS or SC. I tried this again today on the Mac Mini. I made sure SS was not running and was set to Never start. I rebooted the Mac Mini. After the reboot, I deleted all the *slim* files (but found no Squeeze files due to the previous uninstall). I downloaded the Dec 5 nightly for OSX and ran the install. It says it installed successfully but the server again will not start. This is very disappointing. I really prefer to have this running on the Mac Mini instead of using the MacBook because I have the external H/D connecting to the Mini with firewire and the Mini is hard-wired to the network with a cable. In fact, I think it is lame that one even has to go through the process of manually trying to remove files from previous versions. It doesn't seem to be asking too much for a program installation to be smart enough to remove the existing files during an upgrade. I also saw the other thread where this is not working on Leopard in some cases. So, you have at least 2 people reporting the same problem installing on OSX 10.3.9 (with one of those people experiencing the issue on 2 different Mac's) and you have a couple of people reporting the same problem with Leopard. This seems to be more of a problem with SC7 than a localized computer issue. I do believe the problem is due to an incompatibility with older files that may be orphaned on the system but Logitech needs to figure out a way to make these installations work better on all platforms without making their customers dig through file systems trying to figure out where the breakdown is occurring. I suspect that if I reload OSX on the Mac Mini to "guarantee" SC7 a "clean" platform, I can get this working. But, do you really expect your customers to have to go to those kinds of extremes? If you do, then customers like me should probably start looking at what the competition is offering. -- AudioCat ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AudioCat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7164 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40600 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/beta
