epoch1970 wrote: > Unfortunately old is not synonymous with experienced. I've never run LMS > off pCP... > > I think it can be an issue with the Pi's hardware, with networking (on > the Pi or on the switch/router), or LMS. > > > yes but wouldn't such issue cause failures to the outcome which is the > actual playing of the music?..no dropouts here.. > > Pi hardware: what is connected to the Pi over USB? It is a rather > frequent case that users connect too many devices to the USB ports, and > some get disconnected by the platform. AFAIK max current draw is 1A over > the 4 ports (e.g. max 1A with 1 port, max 500mA each for 2 ports etc.) > As you know, ethernet is connected via USB so an USB reset might affect > your connection. The stock PSU for Pi 3 can output 2.5A over 5V > sustained. If your PSU is weak, like 1A, it is possible that all the > current goes to the Pi itself and not enough remains for the USB ports. > > all usb ports unoccupied. rpi original 2.5a psu > > It *think* "dmesg" could show something upon disconnects. Otherwise > adding bootcode "syslog" to the line in cmdline.txt in pCP will allow > /var/log/messages to be created, and there you should get a regular > system log. > > > well my *nix admin days are some 20years old but I guess I will have to > get back to that one of these days.. > > Networking: are you using DHCP? If not I would. In case there is a typo > in networking config you can get disconnects/no connection at all. Make > sure the IP used by pCP is indeed unique to the network, an IP conflict > would create transient issues like the one you're seeing. > Also if you're using one of those fancy "green ethernet" network > devices, try and see if disabling power management on the port used by > Pi in the switch/router changes anything. > > no green here *shame on me* all static all checked. dhcp only for the > wireless phones/tablets part (outside of the static range ofcourse) > > LMS: could LMS be caught in a fail/restart loop? I would open a session > on pCP, check "ps" regularly and see if the main LMS process ages or on > the contrary, keeps changing PID which would indicate a restart. > > will do thanks epoch1970 sounds a good point > > I don't think mySB.com would have much to do with this. If you can live > without Internet for a few minutes, you could try pulling the WAN cable > from the router and see if players still reset. I don't see why that > would change anything but when everything's lost... > > indeed another wise simple but useful tip thanks :) > > >
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