epoch1970;695438 Wrote: 
> And it worked. I copied the file across to the server, moved it to my
> IRBlaster dir, changed as root and relocated to that directory, fixed
> ownership on the file to look the same as the others (in my case,
> squeezeboxserver;nogroup). Then I went to a player prefs>IR-Blaster,
> hit Reload and there was the MSR device in full glory.
> 
> I believe there are 2 possibilities at this point: either you're not
> adding to the right directory, or the file is not readable
> (owner/rights issue) by the server.
> 
> Do you savvy the Terminal app on the Mac ? This is what I'd do:
> 1. Go the the dir:  "cd /full-path-to-IRBlaster-dir<return>" 
> (don't type the quotes. Hit return after each commands below to launch
> execution)
> 2. Have a look at the damage: "ls -la" 
> (a list of files in the dir, owner, rights… is displayed)
> 3. Change what's needed.
> 3.1 Ownership: "sudo chown newowner:group-of-newowner MSR.conf" 
> (sudo asks for your mac login password first. Then when you're
> authenticated the command is executed with elevated privileges. The
> idea here is to assign ownership of the file to the user:group that
> owns the standard slim.conf file.
> Once executed, do another "ls -la" and the landscape should look
> different)
> 3.2 Relax access rights: "sudo chmod a+rwx MSR.conf"
> (makes the file readable, writable and executable for anybody. Not
> secure but practical.
> Once executed, do another "ls -la" and landscape should look
> different)
> 4. You're done, time to quit: "exit"
> (and you can close the window and quit Terminal.app. Keeping the window
> open won't harm and allows to look at the trace. You can use copy-paste
> if you want to post what you see.)
> 
> With a reload on the server, a restart if reload fails, you should see
> the MSR device. If not, I guess this is not the right directory.

we're getting closer!  i went through this with the standard "get info"
menu in the finder, permissions looked correct, but in comparing the
settings for the slim and MSR files, i noticed that the slim file type
was listed as an executable, while the MSR showed as a text file (even
though i'd changed the extension, or so i thought).  in the get info
screen, there's a check box to "keep file extension hidden" and this
box was checked for the MSR text file.  unchecking it revealed the file
was actually named MSR.conf.text.  i deleted the .text extension,
confirmed i really wanted to change the extension to .conf, reloaded on
server, é voila!  there it was.

now...have not yet been able to get it to work, ie, send commands to
the G61, but i need to spend some more time with it i suppose.  all i
really want to do is control volume on the G61 from the
squeezepad/iPeng apps, and perhaps power up/power down...


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netchord

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Transporter--> Wireworld Eclipse 6 coax-->Meridian G61
G61--> Nordost Red Dawn-->Primare 30.3
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