Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Help with first time LMS( v8.2.1 install) to Linux Mint

2022-02-14 Thread RobbH
uarnutz wrote: > Looks like I need the basic user guide to this. I see the LMS > referred to all over the place but, not much on its basic functionality. Getting started with LMS can be a challenge. Much has changed, just in the past few years, and recent changes are not necessarily well

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Help with first time LMS( v8.2.1 install) to Linux Mint

2022-02-13 Thread RobbH
uarnutz wrote: > Thanks for jumping in. That is exactly what I was missing. So, it runs > in the background and is controlled from the device, not the PC? LMS is controlled mainly through its web interface, accessible on your local network at the IP address of the device running LMS, port

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Help with first time LMS( v8.2.1 install) to Linux Mint

2022-02-13 Thread uarnutz
Paul Webster wrote: > Try > sudo systemctl status logitechmediaserver > to see what happened. Thanks, It reported that it is active (running). Looks like I need the basic user guide to this. I see the LMS referred to all over the place but, not much on its basic functionality.

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Help with first time LMS( v8.2.1 install) to Linux Mint

2022-02-13 Thread uarnutz
RobbH wrote: > You are aware that LMS runs in the background on Linux? There's no > window that opens, no icon in the tray. I understand there's an LMS > control panel that appears when it's running on Windows. Apparently, > people sometimes look for that when they try running LMS on Linux, but

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Help with first time LMS( v8.2.1 install) to Linux Mint

2022-02-13 Thread RobbH
You are aware that LMS runs in the background on Linux? There's no window that opens, no icon in the tray. I understand there's an LMS control panel that appears when it's running on Windows. Apparently, people sometimes look for that when they try running LMS on Linux, but it's not there. The

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Help with first time LMS( v8.2.1 install) to Linux Mint

2022-02-13 Thread Paul Webster
Try sudo systemctl status logitechmediaserver to see what happened. Paul Webster author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france (fip etc), planetradio (bauer - kiss, absolute, scala, jazzfm etc), kcrw, abc australia and cbc/radio-canada and, via the extra \"radio now playing\" plugin

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Help with first time LMS( v8.2.1 install) to Linux Mint

2022-02-13 Thread uarnutz
Roland0 wrote: > don't start LMS directly (esp. not as root, as the msg tells you) > start the service instead e.g. > sudo systemctl start logitechmediaserver > > > > This means LMS is already running. reboot and try again. rebooted and tried the following terminal commands: sudo systemctl

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Help with first time LMS( v8.2.1 install) to Linux Mint

2022-02-12 Thread Roland0
uarnutz wrote: > Linux Mint requires me to launch this from the terminal, at least > initially. When I do so it fails to launch and generates the following > messages: > $ sudo /usr/sbin/squeezeboxserver > don't start LMS directly (esp. not as root, as the msg tells you) start the service

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Help with first time LMS( v8.2.1 install) to Linux Mint

2022-02-12 Thread uarnutz
uarnutz wrote: > Linux Mint requires me to launch this from the terminal, at least > initially. When I do so it fails to launch and generates the following > messages: > $ sudo /usr/sbin/squeezeboxserver > [sudo] password for john: > [22-02-12 16:47:53.1711] main::init (390) Starting

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Help with first time LMS( v8.2.1 install) to Linux Mint

2022-02-12 Thread uarnutz
Linux Mint requires me to launch this from the terminal, at least initially. When I do so it fails to launch and generates the following messages: $ sudo /usr/sbin/squeezeboxserver [sudo] password for john: [22-02-12 16:47:53.1711] main::init (390) Starting Logitech Media Server