I actually think there is room in the market for a more expensive
version of the Squeezebox that takes in some of the upgrades the
modders are discovering.
In my main system, the Squeezebox replaced a CD player that cost a
ridiculous amount of money. There has been a (slight) loss in quality
I would have done if only I had known it existed. Next time I will
follow your advice!
The SB did flash, but it appeared to flash the wrong firmware. However,
I had no idea that the firmware was stored permanently on disk, so I
didn't bother to look for old (in fact a more recent version)
Mark
Very nice. I will edit the BeginnersGuideToNetworks to take out the
rudimentary paragraph in there that tries to cover the same ground, and
some links in to the new page.
One question I wasn't sure of: in your opening adding a squeezebox
bit you've said and wireless speeds are limited to
I've had SB3 for a week or two and getting along fine - great kit. I
have been trying to play internet radio AAC+ streams, with no success.
The URLs are OK as I am getting the now playing info. Typically I am
using AAC streams from SKY.FM. SB3 plays HE-AAC MP4 files from my PC
OK. Anyone know
On Thu, 4 May 2006 00:20:21 -0700, ceejay
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Very nice. I will edit the BeginnersGuideToNetworks to take out the
rudimentary paragraph in there that tries to cover the same ground, and
some links in to the new page.
One question I wasn't sure of: in your opening adding
I feel the need to add that I move my 85Kg projector due to need rather
than through choice, much like you move(d) your SB3, I own precicely 3
portable devices: a phone, PDA and PSP.
Just because something is small and pretty does not mean its a mobile
device.
Nick.
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Are you trying to play these streams when connected to the
SqueezeNetwork or when connected to your own Slimserver?
SqueezeNotwork conneted players will only support streams in one of the
native formats, MP3 and WMA (technically FLAC and WAV streams are
possible, but not exactly practical)
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I have an Apple iMac G5 'Desktop' with bluetooth keyboard and mouse. So
far I've used it in every room in the house bar the bog and I take it
all over the place when travelling. I've also used it on a intercity
train which had a power socket - LOl at the face of the laptop user
next to me!
Well, it might be possible, in Slimserver 7, when they break Slimserver
up, to run the low level device interaction thread on one stick, and
the higher level stuff on a second stick. Then a 2 stick multiprocessor
might be big enough.
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Thanks Funkstar. I am using slim server and using the tune radio
function to enter the url.
K
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And if it's ready by next April, think of how much fun you could have
writing your own press release, full of stick-em up humour.
(well, humor for the Americans)
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Mark Lanctot Wrote:
64 MB is what the Linkstation has. But the ROM is 16 MB - this has to
house the Linux kernel and all its associated services. Trying to stick
Perl and SlimServer on top of that wouldn't work.
Why does all that have to be in ROM?
No one else's ROM does all that. Most big
Well, it might be possible, in Slimserver 7, when they break Slimserver
up, to run the low level device interaction thread on one stick, and
the higher level stuff on a second stick. Then a 2 stick multiprocessor
might be big enough.
I'd go with the 1 stick unit, keeping the database on that
Try adding the following line to the custom-type.conf file (in the Alien
directory if running 6.5)
Code:
aap ?audio/aacp audio
And then add something like the following to the
slimserver-convert.conf file - you'll need to make a
All of which goes to prove that while Breaking up (Slimserver) might be
hard to do, ultimately it'll be worth it if we can scatter bits over
several computing resources, possibly diverse.
Who knows, maybe my level 2 code will run in Switzerland :-)
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By the way, for the terminally curious, (or those of us with nothing
better to do with our spare time) Ludo Spangenberger's email address
isn't monitored - email to that address bounces.
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Michaelwagner's
Thanks bpa, I'll give that a try tonight.
Regards
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I've not noticed this problem myself, but I may not have encountered the
situation in the first place. The auto-detect mode of a receiver will
work by looking for magic numbers in the data stream which tell it what
sort of data is being sent. If those magic numbers disappear, the
receiver has
MrGadget Wrote:
Ok i'll give it a try.
I've done this and I have the blue screen of death (BSOD)
I get this message at the top of the screen:
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
Further down below 'Technical information'
***STOP: etc.
*** tcpip.sys - Address .blah blah
smst Wrote:
I presume that the SB3 could interrupt its output stream to force the
receiver to reconsider what it was receiving, but I suppose that could
ruin gapless playback between ordinary PCM tracks.
Well gapless playback wouldn't be an issue becuase there wouldn't be a
case where two
ceejay Wrote:
Very nice. I will edit the BeginnersGuideToNetworks to take out the
rudimentary paragraph in there that tries to cover the same ground, and
some links in to the new page.
Sorry, I didn't realize there was already something there!
One question I wasn't sure of: in your
Michaelwagner Wrote:
Well, it might be possible, in Slimserver 7, when they break Slimserver
up, to run the low level device interaction thread on one stick, and
the higher level stuff on a second stick. Then a 2 stick multiprocessor
might be big enough.
LOL!
This is sounding like fun.
Michaelwagner Wrote:
Why does all that have to be in ROM?
It's a flash-based, embedded platform.
No one else's ROM does all that. Most big computers load the kernel
off a hard disk, why couldn't this one?
It's like a PocketPC - all the programs are stored in ROM. There isn't
supposed to
Part 2 of 2 has been posted.
http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/switched-on-pandoras-box-part-2/
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MrGadget wrote:
The PC is an old one that I was hoping to use in conjunction with a
Squeezebox3, this will be its sole usage...
...if you're willing to experiment, why not load Fedora or
Ubuntu Linux on the box? Much more stable, etc. And free.
[Personally, I find
peter Wrote:
Isn't the confusion due to the fact that most DSL/Cable 'modems' are
actually NAT routers themselves these days? The price difference
between
pure modems and modem-router is negligable IMXP.
Perhaps it's wiser to work from that situation...
Not at all. You can use
ceejay Wrote:
Mark
As a suggestion, instead of the para that says
You can use a network switch or a hub instead of the router. A switch
will not have the security of a router and will not have a DHCP server
either. A hub is even less desireable - while a switch will direct
packets to
chiphart Wrote:
MrGadget wrote:
The PC is an old one that I was hoping to use in conjunction with a
Squeezebox3, this will be its sole usage...
...if you're willing to experiment, why not load Fedora or
Ubuntu Linux on the box? Much more stable, etc. And free.
Pretty funny observation from the article:
'a Web 2.0 site -- the blanket term we're all aware of referring to a
startup that generates more RSS than revenue.'
Also, I'm intrigued with the Pandora-approved mash up between Last.fm
and Pandora mentioned towards the end of the article. Anybody know
Also, I'm intrigued with the Pandora-approved mash up
between Last.fm
and Pandora mentioned towards the end of the article. Anybody know
anything about that?
I think siduhe posted a link earlier in the week.
It's a web-based 'wrapper' on Pandora that submits to LastFM
Would be nice to do
On Thu, 4 May 2006 06:22:32 -0700, slimpy
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
peter Wrote:
Isn't the confusion due to the fact that most DSL/Cable 'modems' are
actually NAT routers themselves these days? The price difference
between
pure modems and modem-router is negligable IMXP.
Perhaps
MrGadget Wrote:
I've done this and I have the blue screen of death (BSOD)
I get this message at the top of the screen:
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
Further down below 'Technical information'
***STOP: etc.
*** tcpip.sys - Address .blah blah blah
Softsqueeze
The first guy decided to not purchase it so I am now talking with the
next interested person.
As for why I switched to Sonos let me say I have nothing but good
things to say about Slim and its products. The bottom line for me was
the Sonos had a easier more integrated system. The real
Browny Wrote:
- using a different PC for the server
- using a different Squeezebox (or Softsqueeze) as the client
Unfortunately, I don't have a different PC to try, at least in the
short term. I have downloaded the new SlimCD (1.6.1) and booted from
that last night. I left it playing on
After 7 months of uninterrupted musical bliss w/ v6.2.1, per Slim
website I upgraded to V6.2.2 and my PC started to freeze randomly,
usually within a couple of songs. Needless to say, I had to go through
the pains of uninstall/reinstall and hundreds of little setpoints redo
to make my PC work
After 7 months of uninterrupted musical bliss w/ v6.2.1, per Slim
website I upgraded to V6.2.2 and my PC started to freeze randomly,
usually within a couple of songs.
Do you know why it did not work? Will be hard to be fixed without any
further information...
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empty99 Wrote:
After 7 months of uninterrupted musical bliss w/ v6.2.1, per Slim
website I upgraded to V6.2.2 and my PC started to freeze randomly,
usually within a couple of songs. Needless to say, I had to go through
the pains of uninstall/reinstall and hundreds of little setpoints redo
Hi, you got a PM.
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Is the point of Scrobbler to submit tracks you like to Last.fm, or just
all tracks you have heard? If you're listening on Pandora and a bad
track comes up, does it get submitted? Or does it only submit for
tracks you rate with a thumbs up?
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On 5/4/06, larryrowland
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The first guy decided to not purchase it so I am now talking with the
next interested person.
If one of your squeezeboxes is an SB2 (and you haven't sold it yet),
email me at steve (at) loungent (dot) com and let me know how much you
want for
Scrobbler submits any track you've listened to to Last.fm (which used to
be called audioscrobbler). However, if you skip the track before a
certain amount has played (not sure, but it's something like half of
the track or 1 minute elapsed time), it will not submit.
This may not seem perfect, but
It should only submit when you've listened to the song, not skipped
it.
Audioscrobbler defines this as listening to either 50% of the song, or
the first 3 minutes for longer pieces. If either condition is met,
then you at least endured the song enough to be logged.
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OK, thanks for the clarification. I guess that probably works OK most
of the time. If I were writing it with Pandora in mind, I'd submit a
track after it had completely played, or as soon as the user gives it a
thumbs up. That way even a thumbs down near the end will not get
submitted.
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I get similar problem for no apparent reason SB3 stalls after playing a
song.
Have also experienced with softsqueeze
crossfade not on.
Playing mp3 vbr - wireless network 44 - 70%
ran Slimserver with --d_source no errors seen (but
Steve Bernard, Jr Wrote:
If one of your squeezeboxes is an SB2 (and you haven't sold it yet),
email me at steve (at) loungent (dot) com and let me know how much you
want for it.
And then please put me next in line. Thanks. ksimler (at) starpower
(dot) net
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empty99 Wrote:
After 7 months of uninterrupted musical bliss w/ v6.2.1, per Slim
website I upgraded to V6.2.2 and my PC started to freeze randomly,
usually within a couple of songs. Needless to say, I had to go through
the pains of uninstall/reinstall and hundreds of little setpoints redo
bobharp Wrote:
Mark,
Great stuff. Make sure Linksys is OK with using their graphics.
Euhm...yeah... blush
I would assume the company wouldn't mind free advertising of their
products, promoting them for use with the Squeezebox, but then again
I'm not a lawyer.
I'll ask, but as usual with
I will try and find a site for free icons.
Here is a Visio stencil site:
http://www.visiocafe.com/index.htm
Google image search works well too.
Really, thanks Mark! This stuff takes time.
I hope SD gives you a BOHICA for this.
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I had the same problem. Mine was caused by a plugin (The one that lets
you customize the display). After uninstalling the plugin everything
worked fine.
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Hi all,
As this thread seems to have stalled, I thought I would let you know
that I have now managed to resolve this issue I experienced with my
DG834GT/SB2.
I am now running the formal 6.2.2 release of SlimServer, with the v1.2
NetGear firmware and all works fine. The later version of
Still having the problem after disabling various processes, restarting,
and testing SlimServer.
One thing that I need to add to my initial post:
SlimServer starts automatically and 'runs' without any problems. Icon
in System Tray indicates SlimServer Running.
In my situation, at computer
bobharp Wrote:
I will try and find a site for free icons.
Here is a Visio stencil site:
http://www.visiocafe.com/index.htm
Google image search works well too.
Google image search turns up mostly corporate-branded products.
But the good news is, Linksys has officially given me permission!
JPT-L Wrote:
However, even though when 'running' without a media player recognized,
SS is using 56,008k Mem. it doesn't load up my CPU.
This is normal. The database Slim uses consumes a fair amount of
memory.
Regarding your problem, the only thing I notice that's a bit unusual is
that you
Essentially BOHICA's are what you get out of life. Yes and that was
what I meant.
Attached is a better lightning bolt. Not that yours was bad or
anything. Good for Linksys. I will search Cisco's site to see if they
have updated their Visio stuff with Linksys stuff.
Just got my latest MaximumPC magazine and the SB3 was given a 9 out 10 (
KickA$$ award).
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Thanks for the reply, Mark.
I guess it's possible that the Linksys wireless router or music player
software is interferingI'm hoping not.
One other thing that I'm thinking, is that I have MusicMatch installed
on the 'host' computer. I was never a fan of Musicmatch and I hardly
ever use it,
JPT-L Wrote:
Still having the problem after disabling various processes, restarting,
and testing SlimServer.
[...]
Anybody have any ideas
Thanks,
J.P.
Back to the concept of broken, recursive, etc. links. It's not clear if
you are actually using iTunes for library management or
JPT-L Wrote:
Thanks for the reply, Mark.
I guess it's possible that the Linksys wireless router or music player
software is interferingI'm hoping not.
One other thing that I'm thinking, is that I have MusicMatch installed
on the 'host' computer. I was never a fan of Musicmatch and I
Thanks, Mark.
I edited my last thread asking about how to clear rescan. I plan to
clear all of my playlists for now.
How do I clear my playlists and/or clear rescan?
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How do I completely uninstall slimserver? I was first installed as an RPM, then a tarball. Both 6.5 and 6.3. I want to wipe it out, and then try the install again, to see if I can fix this.
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Freezes occur immediately post install, requiring hard reboots, quite
rare in my system (maybe 5 times last 4 yrs, but 3 times in just half
hour last night). I looked at event logs, nothing shown. The last
freeze occurred even while I listened to internet radio, with
Slimserver just idling. The
For bpa. Tried the mods you suggested but with no success. The 3 lines
in slimserver-convert.conf worked and 3 new file formats appeared in the
server list - but no sound.
Any other suggestions gratefully received
Thanks
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What URL did you use ?
I played around with this idea a while back, it didn't work but it was
close - It's why I think a protocol handler is needed.
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@JohnC: I'd be interested to see how you're reading the FLAC comments.
I've been working on an album art downloader in C# (more as an exercise
in 2.0 than anything else). The bit-twiddling needed to decode the
comments was doing my head in so I ended up porting the relevant parts
of the java FLAC
if i understand the math in your sig correctly, the sb3 is a whole lot
greater than nice. cool, i think so 2. although i'd trade you an SB3 for
those speakers, which i'm sure you'd find to be a good deal!
SB3MFa3.24DACAlps pot2 Nak PA7sBW N802Nice!
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Nothing wrong with the code route but I would also suggest Foobar2000 to
transcode from flac to mp3. I've used it with the -aps flag to create
great sounding vbr mp3s to play on my ipod. The Foobar UI and array of
features can be daunting initially but there are plenty of guides to get
you
I am having much the same thing happening; however, I cannot be sure
that it is the 6.2.2 upgrade. We also hit a warm snap, and so I've
been using the A/C, leading me to believe I could also be experiencing
small microdips in power, causing my machine to lock up. My
electrician will be coming
Hi,
does anybody know how can I change/tweak the buffer size on the
slimserver? I tried to change values in the *.pm files in
SlimServer\server\Slim\Networking but had no success.
Need some advise from a skilled SS user/developer ;-)
Thanks in advance,
Virgus
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The squeezebox hardware itself has a fixed hardware buffer which cannot
be altered. See this page in the wiki for details on the differences
between the units:
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?HardwareComparison
Audio playback commences once a specified portion of the buffer
(perhaps all
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Thanks for the fast reply,
I meant the server buffer setting as I'm experimenting with softsqueeze
and other sw players.
...but surely I'll buy a couple of softboxes as I'll come to the US!!
I'd like to try to decrease the buffer not to have that annoying 8
seconds delay between track
Softsqueeze emulates an SB2 precisely, including its buffer. If you're
getting a delay using softsqueeze you're probably streaming over the
internet? The same delay (approximately) would exist with a hardware
box. When a track change is initiated the buffer is cleared, refilled,
then play
sugarmonster Wrote:
@JohnC: I'd be interested to see how you're reading the FLAC comments.
I've been working on an album art downloader in C# (more as an exercise
in 2.0 than anything else). The bit-twiddling needed to decode the
comments was doing my head in so I ended up porting the
Thanks Aznick3 for your explanation,
I'd like to better understand (and manage) the stream.mp3 as I reduced
the buffer of the player to the minimum. I made some tests and think
that the Slimserver stream.mp3 has its own buffer for broadcasting.
I found some parameters in the stream.pm file as I
Well, it sounds like your understanding of the buffers has progressed
well beyond the basics...and well beyond anything I can help you with
:) ! I've never looked into the details of the buffering, I trust
someone here will be able to help you out...
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Quoting Virgus [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hi,
does anybody know how can I change/tweak the buffer size on the
slimserver? I tried to change values in the *.pm files in
SlimServer\server\Slim\Networking but had no success.
for starts, if you are using the windows EXE install, then changing
.pm
The only remaining issue I'm having with 6.2.2 is that the key on
Softqueeze is out of date; it's showing an expiry of April 2005, so I
think the dev must have accidentally used the wrong one.
I don't want to go through the pain of reinstalling everything AGAIN if
that's still broken... so a
sorry, if this is not interesting for you, but i want to discuss the
problem of free music in the internet.
there are many sites where you can
'download music' (http://i2musics.org).
You don't have to pay for it because you can find 'free music
downloads'
Try
Start button
Settings
Control Panel
Administrative Tools
Event Viewer
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Andyoz Wrote:
I actually think there is room in the market for a more expensive
version of the Squeezebox that takes in some of the upgrades the
modders are discovering.
In my main system, the Squeezebox replaced a CD player that cost a
ridiculous amount of money. There has been a
We're expanding our hours for telephone technical support. Beginning
May 8 2006, we will be open from 9AM to 7PM Pacific time Monday through
Friday.
This should come as a big help for those of you on the west coast...
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I've asked three different ways, but no one is responding anymore. I NEED
to clear out my slimserver install and install something that works because,
otherwise, my entire setup is USELESS. Someone at Slim, please respond to
me - I've bought six of your devices and, while that pales compared
Mark: I'm not sure of the connection you're drawing between ad hoc
wireless 802.11 and M$' flawed implementation of zero config.
I've run ad hoc with zero config turned off, and also with it on, on
W2K (which doesn't even have zero config) and XP.
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Well, I don't know about invisible, but there's definitely something
odd, because I could only find one other post, and when I asked the
forum software to show me all your posts, it doesn't seem to even know
your name.
But that's probably another thread.
In your other thread, you didn't say
I have 2 wireless SB2s (one black, one silver) and 1 wireless SB1-G
which I'd be happy to upgrade to SB3s if people are after the older
form factor specifically. If you're interested drop me a PM with an
offer.
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Michaelwagner Wrote:
Mark: I'm not sure of the connection you're drawing between ad hoc
wireless 802.11 and M$' flawed implementation of zero config.
I've run ad hoc with zero config turned off, and also with it on, on
W2K (which doesn't even have zero config) and XP.
Hmm. All the online
It usually matters where people are and therefore where the squeezeboxen
are in these kinds of conversations.
Could people please say where they are if they haven't updated their
profile in the forum software?
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rpm -U removes rpm's doesn't it? (Been years since I touched RPM's...)
for the tarball, you'd rm -rf wherever-you-put-the-tarball which
is exactly why package managers like rpm and apt exist.
Where did you extract the tarball?
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Grumpy_Git Wrote:
I move my 85Kg projector due to need
Does it have wheels? 85Kg is awfully heavy.
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To Aznick:
Thanks for the effort :-)
I've been playing with slimserver for less than 24 hours now and I am
getting really excited about its potentials (paired also to the
SB2s/SB3s...).
I've read somone has installed slimserver onto a buffalo NAS I'm trying
to tweak my buffalo rigt now :-)
Mark Lanctot Wrote:
Hmm. All the online documentation seemed to suggest this was handled by
WZC. Is yours handled by your wireless NIC connection software?
ad hoc is simply the alternative to Infrastructure mode (which itself
means traffic passes through and is controllled by an access
opaqueice Wrote:
Which mods would be most important to you? Personally I would also like
to see an audiophile version, with components upgraded in some way to be
determined by Slim Devices with the goal of improving sound quality.
There is definitely a market there which they are actually
Michael, part of the problem is that when your posts go out to those on
email (like me), they come up blank. I presume this is because you are
using Hotmail, and hotmail uses stupid HTML email formatting. Many
don't like html in their emails, some even have their inbox filtered
for such things.
Thanks much. Nothing untoward in the logs. This makes me think it's a
power problem in the house (I knew I was going to have to change out
the panel eventually). To clarify...no (NO) indications that this is a
6.2.2 issue, then.
Mark :)
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Yes, that's true. I signed-up with this forum before I had gmail. I know
that hotmail does annoying things, so I've taken to removing previous posts
- as I did with this one. That said:
1) Yes, it is linux, FC5 to be exact.
2) I installed the tarball over the rpm, but the rpm installs (I
On 4-May-06, at 7:54 PM, Michael Haan wrote:
Yes, that's true. I signed-up with this forum before I had gmail. I
know that hotmail does annoying things, so I've taken to removing
previous posts - as I did with this one. That said:
1) Yes, it is linux, FC5 to be exact.
2) I installed the
rm -rf /usr/local/slimserver
rm /etc/slimserver.conf
rm /tmp/slimserver.log
rm /etc/sysconfig/slimserver (I think)
rm /etc/init.d/slimserver
at that point, you'd still have the rpm noted in the rpm database, but
should have nothing left of slimserver
Ok, I did more than that, but at least
In addition to kdf's good advice, you should also remove the rpm via
the 'rpm -e' command so that the database will be in sync with what's
actually going on.
Victor
On May 4, 2006, at 10:13 PM, kdf wrote:
On 4-May-06, at 7:54 PM, Michael Haan wrote:
Yes, that's true. I signed-up with
dijon Wrote:
if i understand the math in your sig correctly, the sb3 is a whole lot
greater than nice. cool, i think so 2. although i'd trade you an SB3
for
those speakers, which i'm sure you'd find to be a good deal!
[color=blue]
SB3MFa3.24DACAlps pot2 Nak PA7sBW N802Nice!
Thank you
Ok, deleting these things, and then installing the 6.3.3 rpm seems to have
me up - thanks to all for your help. Now, it seems that the Nokia770 skin
is not available in 6.3.3 (I think I knew that). So, IF, I were to want
get that skin, can I just install the 6.5 rpm? Can I just install the
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