Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Community Build Radio Firmware

2023-01-02 Thread mrw
P Nelson wrote: > For the speaker output, does the Both Channels Stereo or Mono have the > same result, or is there actually a sonic difference? The reason I ask > does combining a right and left signal result to the same speaker result > in a canceling or enhancing an audio signal? Not

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio disconnect from LMS, still active on wifi...

2022-12-14 Thread mrw
THildebrandt wrote: > > As i understand it, there no solution apart from establishing wired > connection, yes?? A solution to what ? This is the basic problem, we don’t know what -what- is. It may be an issue with the Radio’s WiFi, it may be an issue with the router, or it may be something

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio disconnect from LMS, still active on wifi...

2022-12-13 Thread mrw
You could try Advanced settings|Diagnostics|Network Health|Repair network, it might be quicker than a full restart. I think I’d be looking at network connectivity generally, rather than the Radio. But who can know for sure ?

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2022-12-13 Thread mrw
Heuer wrote: > Maybe UE has a different WiFi chip? Maybe. As far as I can see, there was no change to the WiFi element of the firmware. mrw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38299 View this

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2022-12-13 Thread mrw
Heuer wrote: > Whilst troubleshooting I found both the Radio and Vonets would connect > reliably to the AP in my office but not to any of the other three AP's. > A swift comparison of the AP settings revealed three had 'band steering' > switched on whereas the Office AP did not. Switched all

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2022-12-07 Thread mrw
JJZolx wrote: > Something I never asked (or looked for), but do the connection issues > happen on both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands? I had been using only 2.4 GHz > when all of my connection problems began. Logitech's players can't use the 5 GHz bands. The technology was not available when these

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] How to force Radio to display screensaver?

2022-12-07 Thread mrw
RobbH wrote: > I take it back! After a reboot of the LMS server, the Radio screensavers > are now working as expected. Perhaps a consequence of tghis chnge in the Community Firmware: https://github.com/ralph-irving/squeezeos-squeezeplay/pull/3

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2022-12-07 Thread mrw
Syco54645 wrote: > > I see the radio occasionally on my router but it drops off as soon as it > shows up. It seems to be boot looping. > My bad. It would be boot looping because Squeezeplay didn't start, as indicated by the fact that you could only see the Logitech screen. The factory reset

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2022-12-07 Thread mrw
Syco54645 wrote: > I was setting up wlan poke on one of my radios and I mist have > fatfingered the rcS.local as the radio is no longer booting, it just > sits on the logitech screen. Is there a way to get past this so that I > can fix my gaf? The -ssh- daemon and wifi should be running by

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Community Build Radio Firmware

2022-11-26 Thread mrw
mherger wrote: > > Are you saying that the community firmware uses a "blob", whereas the > original _might_ have built from the source? I'll have to poke around > private repositories... >From the looks of it, I’d say the original (kernel module and firmware binary blobs) was 99% certainty

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Community Build Radio Firmware

2022-11-25 Thread mrw
mherger wrote: > I'm looking for someone who's got a very good understanding of how WLAN > works, in particular in the Radio, or where in the SqueezeOS source the > wlan is being configured. I've been in touch with one vendor of Wifi > routers (AVM/Fritz!Box). Their latest dev firmware would

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] is there a way ro subscribe to this podcast or any other using

2022-11-06 Thread mrw
bwaldron wrote: > This can help in that regard: https://getrssfeed.com Very neat. Thanks. mrw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38299 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] is there a way ro subscribe to this podcast or any other using

2022-11-06 Thread mrw
jeanwedding wrote: > Standalone. SB only please for Pretty please rhwere is no ay Im gong to > keep my old comp running all the time > > flatearthpodcat.com.so I can just copy and past it please > and how can we find podcast lists that. will play on our SB > standalone??? > rhanks all

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Simplified instructions for Squeezebox Radio Wi-Fi fix (wlanpoke)

2022-10-14 Thread mrw
rdeckard wrote: > > The key thing here seems to be disabling wlan, but possibly requiring > stock firmware when doing so? @POMdev identified that the WiFi components seemed to be hogging the CPU, according to your 'top' listing. That would certainly give rise to sluggishness. If the WiFi is

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Simplified instructions for Squeezebox Radio Wi-Fi fix (wlanpoke)

2022-10-12 Thread mrw
rdeckard wrote: > > Came back less than an hour later, and it was already in the > sluggish/unresponsive state. Does it show the very high CPU usage for those wi-fi radio related tasks, which you saw before, while in this state ? If so, might be worth trying to disable the wlan subsystem and

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Simplified instructions for Squeezebox Radio Wi-Fi fix (wlanpoke)

2022-10-12 Thread mrw
rdeckard wrote: > > What's the best way to retrieve logs from the Radio? > Login via SSH. Enable it in the advanced settings. Log is /var/log/messages Log does not survive a reboot, so copy it to the root user directory to preserve. Alternatively collect using scp. I have occasionally had

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] So long, Squeezebox Radio

2022-10-08 Thread mrw
Presumably WiFi 6 / Mesh / whatever… Power line adapter(s) ? Could fit some scenarios. mrw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38299 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Red vs Blue Wi-Fi Icon on SB Radio

2022-09-19 Thread mrw
P Nelson wrote: > > Why red vs blue, and what might be different? > Red: no network connection. Blue: network connected, but no connection to LMS. mrw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38299

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio run time on battery

2022-04-11 Thread mrw
Redrum wrote: > but out of curiosity, could a reduced timeout be set via a selection of > settings in the radio settings menu? An Applet could be made to provide access to that setting, I think. I did something along those lines to enable modifying the Alsa buffer size.

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Simplified instructions for Squeezebox Radio Wi-Fi fix (wlanpoke)

2022-03-18 Thread mrw
FredFredrickson wrote: > Does this have any potential applications for the Duet Receiver? My > receivers fall offline all the time. No. Duet Receiver runs different firmware. mrw's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2022-02-26 Thread mrw
SlimChances wrote: > EDIT: I think this is a different problem. My Radio will play internet > radio streams(so wifi works) but not my local library. Will post in a > separate thread. A blue wifi icon indicates that the wifi is connected to your AP and has a working network connection. But the

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio dropping connection to LMS

2021-11-04 Thread mrw
FlossenNacht wrote: > > They're showing up on my router as connected devices. But they can't get > a ping on my LMS. Do they ping anything else? Example: ping www.google.com mrw's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Installing Squeezebox

2021-11-02 Thread mrw
bobb wrote: > When i installed LMS on this new pc i didn't paste the " old" prefs > file, and was surprised my radio presets were there, i am meaning the > ‘long press’ presets. > i can set them new but why are they gone after choosing " squeezebox > radio"? Possibly your Radio was connected to

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Installing Squeezebox

2021-11-02 Thread mrw
bobb wrote: > > In LMS settings the "player" was empty, so i went to " home" and at the > top right i could choose " squeezebox radio", in "settings" the radio is > there but my presets on the radio are gone and i can only listen to > radio via the web interface. > I must be missing something?

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio dropping connection to LMS

2021-10-21 Thread mrw
FlossenNacht wrote: > It seems I misunderstood the problem, apperently they're not dropping > the connection to my NAS, they're dropping the connection to the > network. > I now have tried to assign them static IP's. > I'll keep you posted if it worked or not. Might be worth a look if it

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Work-around for SqueezeBoxRadio wifi drop-out

2021-09-16 Thread mrw
aidy_w wrote: > Hi, > Both are dependent on the the atheros wireless driver. This seems to > have a bug that places it into a uni-directional state. Traffic out from > the IP layer but responses do not make it to the host. > Not just IP, I think. I did manage, once or twice, to get my Radio

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Simplified instructions for Squeezebox Radio Wi-Fi fix (wlanpoke)

2021-09-16 Thread mrw
Tony T wrote: > not sure why you don't put the logs into a folder that survives a > re-boot Wear on flash memory ? By default, there is considerable logging activity. mrw's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] is there a way to get the remote control again to get my presets to work with the re

2021-09-04 Thread mrw
agbagb wrote: > > Though, am I correct in thinking, from my few experiments today, that a > remote # button can only either PLAY or SAVE, despending on the setting > chosen in the beta menu? That there's no medium push for PLAY, super > long / double push for SAVE or some such? I believe so.

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] is there a way to get the remote control again to get my presets to work with the re

2021-09-04 Thread mrw
agbagb wrote: > However, I think this may be easier on Radio. On the Radio it seems to be very easy. For option 'IR Hold 2' I am presented with a large list of choices, including 'Play preset 2' and 'Set preset 2'. So I take 'Play preset 2', following which it will be ticked in the UI, and

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] is there a way to get the remote control again to get my presets to work with the re

2021-09-04 Thread mrw
Excellent ! Thank you all. I now have my Radios set up so that Holding buttons 1 -> 6 on the remote will play presets 1 -> 6, just like on my Squeezebox Classic. I don't need to use the remote to save presets - I can walk over to the Radio and use its buttons to do that, on the rare occasions

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] is there a way to get the remote control again to get my presets to work with the re

2021-09-03 Thread mrw
mrw wrote: > Mine works, although it’s a knack. HA ! How wrong can one be. I have described the position with a Squeezebox Classic. But it does not work on a Squeezebox Radio, which I think is the subject matter of this thread. Did it ever ? I don’t remember. Perhaps time for a l

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] is there a way to get the remote control again to get my presets to work with the re

2021-09-03 Thread mrw
jeanwedding wrote: > I still hate the fact that my nice Logitech remote I bought when they > were first available no longer can use it to play one of my six set > favorite buttons On MY STAND ALONE Squeezebox. buttons to work via the > remote control? It used to when the remote I first used

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio no longer powers on

2021-08-31 Thread mrw
isolli wrote: > Thanks for all the replies! Time for an update. > > I removed the battery. It changed nothing to the problem I described. > The battery might be dead, but the problem seems to be with the power > button. > > I am in the same situation as bstrulo: I recently took the radio out

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Simplified instructions for Squeezebox Radio Wi-Fi fix (wlanpoke)

2021-07-17 Thread mrw
P Nelson wrote: > Not sure why WinSCP does not want to work with the stock firmware vs the > community firmware, assuming SSH might be an issue. Ah ha ! Possible light bulb moment: The stock firmware SSH requires the use of older, now outdated, key exchange and cipher algorithms. I guess that a

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Simplified instructions for Squeezebox Radio Wi-Fi fix (wlanpoke)

2021-07-16 Thread mrw
P Nelson wrote: > I sense in reading the Community build forum is that the Wifi > interference problem did not impact very many people, so there was > limited interest to including it in the community firmware. Not so much limited interest, from my point of view, but rather awaiting results of

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Simplified instructions for Squeezebox Radio Wi-Fi fix (wlanpoke)

2021-07-16 Thread mrw
P Nelson wrote: > Any idea on resolving this error message? a) Have you enabled remote login on that Radio ? b) I don't know why you are getting a SFTP message. I assume that you are trying to use SSH. mrw's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Community Build Radio Firmware

2021-06-26 Thread mrw
Heuer wrote: > For the first time ever one of my Radio's lost its bass response this > morning despite it running the latest community firmware. Seems the > issue is still not fixed. OK, so that makes at least two of us !

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Community Build Radio Firmware

2021-05-24 Thread mrw
mikitil wrote: > Only thing i'm not 100% happy with, its a disco light to, its leds ar so > bright and pulsing. Perhaps some of this :) :

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Community Build Radio Firmware

2021-05-20 Thread mrw
mikitil wrote: > Bonus question 2: I have seen now sometimes one or the other Radio > loosing Bass, don't really know how to say this right. All works on this > Radio and then from one moment to another one is loosing Bass but i hear > what is playing just without the deep tones? Not always the

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Community Build Radio Firmware

2021-05-08 Thread mrw
kllngtme wrote: > okay, so one more thing I wanted to throw out there. Has anyone else had > wifi issues trying to connect to a hidden SSID since the community > firmware updates have been applied? I saw something done with the wpa > configs in the radios but I wasn't sure what it meant

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Community Build Radio Firmware

2021-04-11 Thread mrw
Tony T wrote: > ok, but my original question... “No”, which was the first word given in my answer. :) mrw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38299 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Community Build Radio Firmware

2021-04-10 Thread mrw
Tony T wrote: > Is wlanpoke now included as part of the CBRF? No. There is no "CBRF" per se. The "Community Firmware for Squeezebox Radio/Touch/Controller and LMS 8" thread is here:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Community Build Radio Firmware

2021-04-01 Thread mrw
ralphy wrote: > The wireless extensions version is 22. Thank you for that, I thought I had come across the definition in the past, but couldn't remember where. There's nothing better than a hard fact, which you have (kindly) provided, to spoil a perfectly good tale ! It turns out that our

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Community Build Radio Firmware

2021-03-30 Thread mrw
ralphy wrote: > 33 is the only length I've seen. > > I've added this for all players to 8.0.1r16852 which is now on > sourceforge and removed the patch above which I had only applied to the > radio firmware. Thank you very much. As I raised the point, I thought I'd better have a look... :)

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Community Build Radio Firmware

2021-03-27 Thread mrw
POMdev wrote: > What is your radio's signal level? That 45 seconds does seem like a long > time. Good call. -68dBm -> -70dBm, at that location. (A short ethernet cable's length away from my iMac). Not enough to reliably receive broadcasts, in my experience. At -53dBm (normal location) I seem

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Community Build Radio Firmware

2021-03-27 Thread mrw
POMdev wrote: > If SqueesePlay restarts wpa_cli, I guess it is safe to do so in the > script...??? What about restarting wpa_supplicant (thinking about that > as a next script step)? The following sequence of events seems to work. One point is that, in -wpa_supplicant.conf-, the current network

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Community Build Radio Firmware

2021-03-26 Thread mrw
ralphy wrote: > There is also a 'kernel patch to fix the Wireless Event too big > messages' > (https://github.com/ralph-irving/squeezeos/commit/edf339db574b10c9375972029e4c8fd91942aff0) > but I still get the occasional one in /var/log/messages. The only Wireless Event too big message that I

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Community Build Radio Firmware

2021-03-25 Thread mrw
POMdev wrote: > Checking the 7 radios here, wpa_cli was not running on 4 of them! So, > for these radios at that time, a simple re-association would not be > enough to keep SqueezePlay or jive happy. > > The latest 0.7.5 code on the GitHub development branch includes a > function to check if

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-03-24 Thread mrw
POMdev wrote: > Good idea to not burden this topic with diagnostic or code-related > details. That is more suited for the Community-Build-Radio-Firmware > topic. Why not a completely new topic ? I think it would be much easier to find and follow.

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-03-23 Thread mrw
POMdev wrote: > Right. I read through the Networking.lua code to see what it was doing, > then to the icon, and setting the status, and got lost! But in the > meantime, in investigating a too-long red icon, checking routing (cat > /proc/net/route), the gateway was missing, and didn't return for

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-03-22 Thread mrw
POMdev wrote: > Thanks, that's amazing. Could you please check this alternative, which > may work on your community firmware machine: > > wpa_cli reassoc ; ifconfig eth1 down ; ifconfig eth1 up > > On the stock firmware, the network continues to work correctly, the > music keeps playing

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-03-22 Thread mrw
POMdev wrote: > Here is this morning's workaround, which seems to keep jive happy. Here, > anyway. It adds statements to the ResetQuick() function to first take > the wireless network down, then re-associate, then to bring the network > up: ifconfig eth1 down ; wpa_cli reassoc ; ifconfig eth1,

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-03-22 Thread mrw
POMdev wrote: > The TTL connection can be a nuisance, but you can program a cheap (<$10) > NodeMCU ESP32 board to be a telnet to TTL serial adapter. It requires 4 > wires: gnd, TxD, RxD, and power (5v or higher). One of the jumpers needs > a cap in series to avoid holding off the NodeMCU during

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-03-22 Thread mrw
POMdev wrote: > I ask because the radio next to my desktop, connected via a TTL serial > interface to a terminal, has kept playing (very softly) for days and > days, and the wireless icon stays white. However, when I tried the > QuickReset method using the terminal ("wpa_cli reassoc"), then

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-03-18 Thread mrw
Londonist wrote: > Am I correct in thinking that wlanpoke is included in the current stable > f/w for SBR? No, it is not. mrw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38299 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Spontaneous turning-on

2021-03-17 Thread mrw
Steevee28 wrote: > Wireshark has an UInt64/Int64 Lua userdata type implementation that > could provide some inspiration: 'see here' > (https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/blob/22e7ddb63789ff603641be116ee24834ca7631f9/epan/wslua/wslua_int64.c) Excellent find !

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-03-14 Thread mrw
frankd wrote: > I am not sure if this info helps: Thank you. I think it is helpful to know that. It will be interesting to see what might come of @POMdev’s forays into the Wi-fi chips’s driver. mrw's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Spontaneous turning-on

2021-03-13 Thread mrw
Steevee28 wrote: > Oh, ok, there are lines like `start_jiffies = (Uint32) > luaL_optinteger(L, 2, 0);` in there, so changing the Lua jiffy timer > datatype to anything else but Lua_Integer definitely breaks this code > :-/ > *EDIT*: or can a Lua_Number or userdata type be converted here >

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Spontaneous turning-on

2021-03-13 Thread mrw
mrw wrote: > A roll over would quite likely lead to failing/stuttering/mis-timed > audio. All usage of time stamps throughout Squeezeplay/jive (and > jive_alsa) would need identification and examination. Both in LUA script > and 'C' code. Including, incidentally, any time stamp

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Spontaneous turning-on

2021-03-13 Thread mrw
gordonb3 wrote: > in that ALSA backend will reset to zero after 49 days 17 hours (-ish) A roll over would quite likely lead to failing/stuttering/mis-timed audio. All usage of time stamps throughout Squeezeplay/jive (and jive_alsa) would need identification and examination. Both in LUA script

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Spontaneous turning-on

2021-03-13 Thread mrw
Steevee28 wrote: > Question: @mrw do you think that a -userdata- type in Lua can be > implemented along with a metatable properly overloading all required > operators in such a way, that -no code changes at all- would be required > on Lua side??? That was my first thought. I think

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-03-12 Thread mrw
POMdev wrote: > > Sounds interesting. How is this done? Settings|Advanced|Logging, like any other Squeezeplay logging. I’m assuming that you have become acquainted with it over the last few months. ‘net.socket’ is the relevant log category.

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-03-12 Thread mrw
ralphy wrote: > If the updated wpa_supplicant software for the radio is causing too many > problems, then lets consider reverting to the version included with > stock. > > I can continue to use v2.9 regardless. I'll lodge an issue on your github site, which will (hopefully) lay out everything

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-03-11 Thread mrw
POMdev wrote: > This suggests that the failure might be caused not by problems from chip > RF AGC issues, or the driver, but by something in the wpa_ software. Put > another way, the wpa_ software might be adapted to better handle the > chip RF problems. Debug builds of this software might

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Spontaneous turning-on

2021-03-11 Thread mrw
Steevee28 wrote: > Ok guys, I heavily edited my 'post #79' > (https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?111650-Spontaneous-turning-on=1013358=1#post1013358), > trying to *concentrate all our findings* so far, because, as my own > previous posts showed, I already forgot about many things

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-03-11 Thread mrw
The Radio checks its network status every 5 seconds, as part of a task that updates the UI display. It has occurred to me that, perhaps, the actions of @POMdev's script might be incorporated into SqueezePlay itself, as part of this regular update. I don't know whether that is feasible. My set

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Spontaneous turning-on

2021-03-10 Thread mrw
Steevee28 wrote: > I would -not- recommend switching to an unsigned value type > `lua_Integer` > The point being, I think, that, at least in C, checking that a signed integer is negative is probably more readable, and possibly more efficient, than checking that an unsigned integer is >= half

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Spontaneous turning-on

2021-03-09 Thread mrw
gordonb3 wrote: > > Yes, but that also requires compiling to the correct (ancient) support > libraries, although maybe you could get away with static linking on a > newer development platform. Of course once you do that you can also fix > jive_jiffies() to perform the roll-over itself at some

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Spontaneous turning-on

2021-03-04 Thread mrw
gordonb3 wrote: > Right, that was somewhat disappointing. There's nothing weird with > networking to be seen and reviewing the log times it seems like the task > manager simply stops executing the `ui` task even though there is no > logging of this task having been removed. This appears to

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-02-23 Thread mrw
P Nelson wrote: > When the red symbol appears, the Repair Network will not fix the > connection and trying to select my secondary access point network will > not work. I have to reboot to clear the problem. Not exactly the order of events that you describe above, but might be contributory:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-02-22 Thread mrw
P Nelson wrote: > When the red symbol appears, the Repair Network will not fix the > connection and trying to select my secondary access point network will > not work. I have to reboot to clear the problem. > Is this particular element of the problem exclusive to the Radio running the

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-02-20 Thread mrw
P Nelson wrote: > My suggestion of a plug-in was for the delivery of the patch, as opposed > to a plug-in that affects the operation of LMS; similar to the Community > Firmware update that is selected via plug-in. The other option would be > the patch process developed by you for the firmware

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-02-14 Thread mrw
frankd wrote: > > - In my case the driver for the wifi equipment seems to crash - I can > only recover when rebooting the radio, no chance to change the network > once it crashed (without reboot) > - The new community firmware has the same issue > As far I as can see, the “Repair

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Bass amp problem

2021-02-06 Thread mrw
slartibartfast wrote: > I just experienced the Bass Amp issue immediately after a plugin update > and subsequent LMS restart. I shall continue the quest. But I fear it will take a very large lightbulb and painstaking review of kernel sources to actually nail it.

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Bass amp problem

2021-01-15 Thread mrw
slartibartfast wrote: > I just heard a track on Radio 2 that at one point made me think that the > bass amp issue had returned but it was just the way the track was > produced. Sigh of relief [emoji1787]. It was a track I had never heard > before (Overnight Sensation by the Raspberries) and all

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Swap the knobs on the Radio

2021-01-12 Thread mrw
L0O wrote: > Yup! IR keys works as well - but notice it is 'hold' - so longer push. > Wonder if possible to move those 0-9 numbers to 'press' section - what > do you think? > > > Code: > > > irActionMappings = { > press = { > ["add"] = "add", > ["sleep"] =

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Swap the knobs on the Radio

2021-01-12 Thread mrw
L0O wrote: > > I did and... it and it works! > Good, glad to have helped. Do your new IR key action mappings work as well ? I've never fiddled with those. mrw's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Swap the knobs on the Radio

2021-01-12 Thread mrw
L0O wrote: > Wasn't easy to turn ssh on without working push button ;) but IR from > Classic helped me. ;) > Anyway - it is not work. Yet - I hope. I made reboot after saved .lua > and restart via Radio - nothing helped. > Maybe the way is good but I need to edit different file? But which? >

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Swap the knobs on the Radio

2021-01-11 Thread mrw
L0O wrote: > Is there possibility to change this 'click' to another button? Or even > better to swap functionality with small one (where push is working)? > I found remapping possibilities but not for this push/'click', also > didn't found change functions of small one with big. But maybe

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Community Build Radio Firmware

2020-12-30 Thread mrw
ralphy wrote: > Turns out it's the non-zero keepalive value. You can add -K 0 to > dropbear in /etc/inetd.conf and remove -I 0. I've updated the dropbear > build configuration file to fix it for the next build. Good find. I'll try that out. I find the Dropbear documentation somewhat confusing

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Community Build Radio Firmware

2020-12-24 Thread mrw
ralphy wrote: > Looks like this might be an issue with the v2019.78 as I found this in > the changelog for the 2020.79. > > Fix idle detection clashing with keepalives, thanks to jcmathews. Feels right. Dropbear certainly dropped a message in the log that it "deliberately" closed the

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] After Factory Reset No Wi-Fi Icon

2020-12-24 Thread mrw
sota wrote: > Thanks @mrw I just figured this out myself. But I notice after entering > it manually that it will only detect my SSID on a network scan, none of > the other local Wi-Fi networks are detected. Yes. It will always "detect" the SSID to which it is

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] After Factory Reset No Wi-Fi Icon

2020-12-24 Thread mrw
On the Radio, take the "I don't see my network" option, then "Enter my network name". That will allow you to enter the SSID of your wireless network manually, and proceed with entering the password. I've been running the predecessor firmware for some months now, and I am embarrassed to say that

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Community Build Radio Firmware

2020-12-22 Thread mrw
ralphy wrote: > Yes only those 2 binaries. All other support libraries are statically > linked, so you should be good. > > There is also a 'kernel patch to fix the Wireless Event too big > messages' > (https://github.com/ralph-irving/squeezeos/commit/edf339db574b10c9375972029e4c8fd91942aff0)

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Community Build Radio Firmware

2020-12-22 Thread mrw
ralphy wrote: > Let's continue to discuss the Radio wifi issue here as the most recent > firmware still uses the logitech AR6002 kernel module. On the subject of the Radio wifi, I seem to getting consistently poor wi-fi scan results with the updated -wpa_supplicant- tool. I cannot be sure,

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radios Reboots, with talk radio in the UK, cable connected , cable connect

2020-12-19 Thread mrw
bayard1music wrote: > I've got two Squeezebox Radios, although only one use at any one time. > > I get occasional reboots whilst listening typically to a National Talk > radio station here in the UK. By reboot, the screen reverts to the > normal Logitech symbol and the radio starts from

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radios Reboots, with talk radio in the UK, cable connected , cable connect

2020-12-19 Thread mrw
bayard1music wrote: > Quick update. > > Since switching to the LBC radio aac stream we've not experienced a > single reboot. I've had a couple of instances of a 'buffering' message > following by 'rebuffering failed' . There's typically silence during > this period. But at least no reboots so

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radios Reboots, with talk radio in the UK, cable connected , cable connect

2020-12-08 Thread mrw
ralphy wrote: > I can build a radio firmware with your patch for test proposes if you'd > prefer that to having to create an installer for the custom jive binary. > The patch could be kept private until you're statisfied the issue has > been fixed. Thanks. I won't be offering a custom binary as

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radios Reboots, with talk radio in the UK, cable connected , cable connect

2020-12-08 Thread mrw
mrw wrote: > I'm not sure what the best approach for an ordinary user would be. bpa wrote: > IIRC When a stream is proxied, icy metatada is filtered by LMS - so that > maybe the workaround Well, I think that that is the workaround for the "ordinary user". Having remin

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radios Reboots, with talk radio in the UK, cable connected , cable connect

2020-12-06 Thread mrw
slartibartfast wrote: > I am running the jive alsa that you modified to workaround the bass amp > issue. I thought that one did support aac but I could be wrong. AAC decoding is carried out in the 'jive' binary. The modified 'jive_alsa' binary that you are running is not involved, it only

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radios Reboots, with talk radio in the UK, cable connected , cable connect

2020-12-06 Thread mrw
bayard1music wrote: > i) I'm not sure that there any images on the AAC station (not in front > of me now), but there are some on the MP3 stream I'm sure. As it happens, Global Radio does not provide images in their icy metadata offering. Any images that you may see probably stem from how the

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radios Reboots, with talk radio in the UK, cable connected , cable connect

2020-12-05 Thread mrw
bayard1music wrote: > Just to say I've had the radio on days and experienced so far no reboots > using the AAC stream URL instead of the MP3. Not conclusive as probably > had on less this week due to other domestic issues. I have seen one > instance of 'Buffering' message on the screen with a

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radios Reboots, with talk radio in the UK, cable connected , cable connect

2020-12-02 Thread mrw
mrw wrote: > The problem with this particular failed assertion is, I suspect, this: > -streambuf_fast_read- will not return all available data if the relevant > icy data is wrapped around in the fifo buffer. A second read is required > in those circumstances. And the code only attem

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radios Reboots, with talk radio in the UK, cable connected , cable connect

2020-12-01 Thread mrw
slartibartfast wrote: > I started playing Classic FM hours ago and the playing time in the now > playing screen is 41 minutes. So I thought it must have rebooted but the > Radio uptime is currently over 8 days. What happened there? Good question, I became aware of something similar, with

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radios Reboots, with talk radio in the UK, cable connected , cable connect

2020-12-01 Thread mrw
I used to play the Classic FM stream quite a lot in the past (2/3 years ago ?), but I never noticed this problem. I wonder what icy metadata was supplied then. mrw's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radios Reboots, with talk radio in the UK, cable connected , cable connect

2020-12-01 Thread mrw
bpa wrote: > I should think a patch for Touch should be possible, if the issues is > something like "unexpected" icy parameters (i.e. not StreamTitle and > StreamURL) and/or with unusual/confusing values. The problem with this particular failed assertion is, I suspect, this:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radios Reboots, with talk radio in the UK, cable connected , cable connect

2020-12-01 Thread mrw
mrw wrote: > Perhaps I'll switch from LBC to ClassicFM, at least that gives me > soothing music. Well, that did the trick. I was rewarded with: Code: jive: src/audio/streambuf.c:382: streambuf_icy_filter: Assertion `r == icy_len'

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Bass amp problem

2020-12-01 Thread mrw
mrw wrote: > Having investigated the issue further over the last few months, somewhat > sporadically, I have pursued an alternative approach to the problem. It > appears to be effective, and has, in some form, been running on my > Radios for the last five months or so without

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radios Reboots, with talk radio in the UK, cable connected , cable connect

2020-11-30 Thread mrw
bpa wrote: > I think we should lob the issue to Ralphy and the community radio thread > and get their opinion - if only to be able to better instrument > "audio_thread_execute" line 849 and 1053 and paths to those lines. Thanks for Icy comments. The error messages that you describe are emitted

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radios Reboots, with talk radio in the UK, cable connected , cable connect

2020-11-29 Thread mrw
bpa wrote: > I didn't like the look of the icy metadata as some of it seems a bit non > standard. IIRC There are 4 fields returned Title, Image, UTC and ??. I > thought they might have triggered the problem. Interesting that they are > processed - however Radio will be passed them back to LMS.

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