On Wed, 2005-11-09 at 19:39 -0800, jhd wrote: > I'm a squeezebox owner, and reasonably happy with it. However, any time > I want to change anything, I end up pulling my hair out searching the > slimdevices site, the wiki, the help file the bug list, and Google for > any fragments or clues about stuff that ought to be obvious. If anyone > can point me to any of the following, I'll be grateful. And if I've > just been blind and missed an obvious source of information, my > appologies.
There is lots of documentation installed as part of the slimserver itself. Not the most organized, but there is a lot. > Slimserver: > What is the most recent, stable release of Slimserver? Or just the > most recent release? > How do I find out what version I have? (Why isn’t the version number > in “Help/About” like in every other software package?) Third question first. On your local slimserver, click on "Server settings" on the left side of the default skin. Down at the bottom is the version. Second question next, because most people talk to the slimserver through a browser. So if you click on help-> about you are much more likely to get the version of IE or Firefox or Mozilla or whatver browser you are using, and you want the version of the server. The "latest" version changes all the time, the latest stable one is 6.2.1, which is the one that the main SlimDevices page points to. > How do I update to the new version (uninstall first, or just install > over the top of my current?) The answer depends on your OS and level of paranoia. I'm a Linux guy, and I'm pretty (or maybe very) paranoid. So I first make a copy of all the important files, including copying the whole slimserver tree. Then I install the latest one using the OS-specific install packager. And try it. Some number of months later, I clean up unused copies. > How do I get it to run as a service? You'll need a Windows guy for that one. > Slimserver Skins > Where can I find a list of the skins available for Slimserver? > How can I find out whether a skin has changed since I installed it? > How do I know which version of a skin I have? > Where can I download them? (I know I tried a bunch of them once – now > I can’t find them) > How do I install them? Most of them are bundled with the release. You don't have to do any installation of them. You can just use them. On your slimserver:9000 page, go to Server Settings -> interface -> Web Interface and pick one out of the selection list. I don't know how the skins are versioned, someone else can chime in with that answer. > Squeezebox > What is the most recent version of the firmware for my Squeezebox? > Where is the firmware version history? > How do I find out what version I have installed? > How do I know which version I should have given my version of > Slimserver? > How do I update to the new version? Home -> Player Settings at the bottom will have your current setting. If you have more than one SqueezeBox, they may be different. The firmware revision history is included somewhere in the normal distribution, but I haven't had need to look for it in so long I don't remember where. Again, the firmware is bundled with the normal distribution, and the server knows which firmware it matches. It normally is completely automatic, except for holding down your brightness button. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
