>
> Hmmm. I don't think it's a problem with HookAndDie after all. I've also
> seen the problem you mention, where restarting slimserver makes things
> work. I've been meaning to figure that out and fix it, but haven't felt
> that motivated, though it's a nuisance. I also noted in my last update
> to the earlier realslim thread that there was an additional bug causing
> slimserver to crash when trying to play anything -- and I posted yet
> another version of plugin.pm. Did you see that?
>
> http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=14253&page=2
>
> Unfortunately, I don't think I've seen the problem of the library not
> being read, and I'm not sure what could be causing it.
>
> Let me know if you have already tried the most up to date plugin file.
>
>
> -- 
> gsamsa

After much tinkering last night I have come to agree that it's not a
HookAndDie issue.  I should clarify--it's not restarting SlimServer that
improves the issue, it's restarting the RealSlim service.  Here's what I've
discovered:

We'll call my computer that I've been using to run SlimServer for the past
12 months computer A.  It's an athlon 2800+ running windows XP sp1.  I've
successfully configured realslim and slimserver 5.4 on this machine and all
has been wonderful for the past year (pretty much).  Computer A's
installation of realslim 0.6 is completely "stock" (doesn't use any of
gsamsa's altered files).  My "new" computer is computer B.  It is the one
having all the issues and has the specs I've outlined in previous emails.  I
know that hookanddie works because I can run rhapsody on computer B (with
the realslim extensions) and my slimserver installation on computer A can
talk to it and use it just fine.  However, when I attempt to install
slimserver on computer B (having shut down slimserver on computer A to
ensure no issues) things go awry.  I've tried slimserver 5.4 as well as
6.1.1 and both the stock as well as the altered versions of plugin.pm (yes,
the newest version in the thread you mentioned) and common.pm.  I've tried
starting and restarting things in every order I can imagine.  I've installed
and reinstalled in every order I can imagine.  My most common result is that
slimserver will start and hang after partially starting (I can start to pull
up the web page but then as the graphics are delivered it just hangs and
never recovers).  Sometimes the server won't start at all.  The closest I've
gotten was what I described in my post 2 days ago when I could browse and
search the rhapsody catalog, though it would not let me see "my library" nor
would it play anything from rhapsody (the server crashed immediately).

I understand if you're not able to troubleshoot this any further.  I realize
that it's likely a rather complex issue.  I just wanted to get the details
of what I've been dealing with out there so that there's as much information
as possible available whenever someone decides they want to really fix up
the realslim plugin.

I appreciate any help anyone can offer.



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