I've been having one of those "inexplicable" problems and when I came by
here I noticed that there's a bit of this going around. I'm starting to
wonder if the latest Apple Tiger upgrade didn't break something (which
is what happened to rsync a couple of weeks ago).

Basically, I've been using slimserver on a mac since last June, and
yesterday I could not boot slimserver. I tried to find some networking
problem, but no dice.

I tried reinstalling but that doesn't help either. I can't even build
the directory ~/Library/Caches/SlimServer (or was it Slimdevices? I
can't remember but it's the one that contains the database). The usual
perl command never shows up on ps.

To debug the network, I first established a connection to slimnetworks,
and got some bubbles and river sounds through. So the box is not totally
fried.

The network is a mini with ethernet at 192.168.0.101, airport at
192.168.0.100, di-524 router at 192.168.0.1, and SB2 at 192.168.0.102
all courtesy of dhcp. The firewall is set up as it always was with tcp
and udp clear on 3483 and 9000. You know, the usual working rig.

I tried quirky stuff like rebooting, unplugging router and squeezebox,
holding down the "Add" button, etc. I even turned off the firewall but
didn't get a reaction that way either.

I can ping and traceroute to the squeezebox without a problem. I just
can't get the bloody perl line started, or if I can, it dies awfully
quick.

Lest we suspect the perl command itself too quickly, its creation date
is August 2005. It's been around.

Oh before I forget, the rest of the network seems to be going as
before. I can do iTunes, downloads, mail, web, etc. It's just the
squeezebox that has gone partially bonkers; but its ability to get to
Squeezenetworks tells me that the router/cable modem series is
functional enough.

I didn't drop a beer on the squeezebox, either. It's just been sitting
in its usual well-ventilated spot, gathering a little dust but
otherwise pampered.

For starters, I'd appreciate being told if I am missing anything from a
standard slimserver 6.2.1 or 6.2.2 install. All I can find right now
after my latest attempt to install 6.2.2 are

~/Library/Preferences/com.slimdevices.slim.plist

which is a 4 kb file of the plist kind and

~/Library/PerferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane

which is a directory with these stats:

$ ls -lR ~/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/ | wc
3334   21644  181974
$ du -sh ~/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/     
27M

In other words, around 3300 files with a total size of about 27 mb.

Cheers,

Ariel


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