kdf Wrote: 
> On 27-Oct-05, at 4:52 AM, agentsmith wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > * I will consider trying 6.2.1 when available. However, for me and
> > others, the production version 6.2 is not working and the 6.5X beta
> > version works most of the time.
> >
> 
> 6.2.1 pre-release builds are available here:
> http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/latest/
> 
> > * Just wondering, does 6.2.1. specifically adress this problem?
> it addresses many problems that have caused the server to stop already.
> 
> If it doesn't fix yours, please look in the windows event viewer and
> 
> report the message given there for the crash.  Then, it will get fixed
> 
> for 6.2.1
> 
> > * Is there a known problem database and/or a workaround that users
> can
> > apply?
> 
> http://bugs.slimdevices.com
> you can create new reports or add comments to existing ones if you find
> 
> a match.
> >
> > * Understood that beta is caveat emptor, however, as of now, the
> beta
> > is the only current distribution that is workable for me.
> 
> workable is good.  There is a good chance 6.2.1 will work as well then.
> 
> Most of the core fixes that are in 6.5b1 so far are also in 6.2.1
> 
> > * Understood about the fact that some users are working fine, but
> that
> > does not help those who has inaccessible 6.2 server.
> >
> 
> absolutely, and there are people working hard to resolve that so 6.2.1
> 
> can be a much happier experience.
> 
> -kdf

Thanks for your answers.

First my apologies for sounding like a whiner or a troll.  I am new to
this product and do not know the proper avenues to post problems or
download interim fixes.  So essentially what I have been doing is
asserting a problem without providing enough information.

With the 1 week or so playing with it, I have been very satisfied with
the SB2.  With 6.1 was working like a charm and compared very well with
my sub $2000 SACD/DVDA player.  I am planning to buy a Benchmark DAC1 to
make this baby really sings.

I also understand that no other product has as much constant
improvements with "nightly" beta releases.  So the 6.2 release was just
a transitional "production" release that somehow has bugs that affected
a few unlucky souls.  However, I still feel that 6.2 should have stayed
in the "nightly beta" area.  Hopefully 6.2.1 will fix my problem.

Just a thought that Slim is so fast in releasing that all this mumbling
of mine is probably history after I tried out 6.2.1.

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Description of my (could be past) problems:

Problem Symptom:
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Server keeps stopping intermittently, usually within 1 minute after
starting.  This happens with oor without the SB2 playing any songs.

It sometimes fails to restart (or maybe it starts for a split second
and then stops again?)  For the time that it restarted, it stopped
again in seconds.

Error is similar to this:

"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: Can't locate object method "url" via
package "Class::DBI::Object::Has::Been::Deleted" at
/PerlApp/Slim/Music/Info.pm line 955."

I tried 6.5 beta with same result.  But decided to reinstall OS from
scratch, 6.2 still did not work, but 6.5 has been working fine for 1
day.

The problem started with the following configuration:

IBM Thinkpad X20 with 768MB RAM
Internal 20GB HDD for OS, 
Docking Station 80GB HDD for Music
Windows XP SP2
Office XP
SlimServer 6.2
* Both 6.2 and 6.5 had same symptoms listed above

Reinstalled with the following configutation:

Same hardware
Windows XP SP1
No other software except SlimServer
* 6.2 = same symptoms listed above
6.5 = Been working fine for a day now

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I will try 6.2.1 tonight and report back.

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agentsmith
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