META script nbr 15: slimserver.sh

[geka]

HOW TO Upgrade FORM META MODULE CHROOT and SQUEEZECENTER SOURCES
#20080817
(HOWTO UPGRADE WITH THE META 2.5.01)
(and corrects all bugs around ;-))

umount /raid/slimerserver/home/music

mv /raid/slimserver /raid/slimserver.bak

mv /raid/module/META/script/slimserver-dynamic.sh.disabled /raid/module/META/script/slimserver-dynamic.sh

/raid/module/META/script/slimserver-dynamic.sh

(get last .tgz at www.slimdevices.com/su_downloads.html)
(copy to /raid/iTunes)

cd /raid/slimserver/usr/local
cp /raid/iTunes/squeezecenter-7.0.1.tgz .

chroot /raid/slimserver
cd /usr/share/perl5/File
wget search.cpan.org/src/PEREINAR/File-Which-0.05/Which.pm

cd /usr/local
tar -xvzf squeezecenter-7.0.1.tgz
ln -s squeezecenter-7.0.1 squeezecenter

cd squeezecenter
/usr/local/squeezecenter/Bin/build-perl-modules.pl

exit

cp /etc/resolv.conf /raid/slimserver/etc

nano /raid/slimserver/etc/passwd
(add ->)slimserver:x:101:65534:SqueezeCenter,,,:/usr/share/squeezecenter:/bin/false

chroot /raid/slimserver
cd /usr/local/squeezecenter

chown -R slimserver /usr/local/squeezecenter
chown -R slimserver /usr/local/squeezecenter-7.0.1

mv /usr/local/squeezecenter-7.0.1/MySQL/errmsg.sys /usr/local/squeezecenter-7.0.1/MySQL/errmsg.sys.orig
ln -s /usr/share/mysql/french/errmsg.sys /usr/local/squeezecenter-7.0.1/MySQL/errmsg.sys

exit

nano /raid/slimserver/usr/local/squeezecenter/Slim/Utils/Unicode.pm

(search ->)
$lc_ctype =~ s/gb2312/euc-cn/i;
}

# Setup Encode::Guess
$Encode::Guess::NoUTFAutoGuess = 1;

(end)
(replace with ->)
(search ->)
$lc_ctype =~ s/gb2312/euc-cn/i;
}

# ADD THIS LINE:
$lc_ctype = 'utf8';

# Setup Encode::Guess
$Encode::Guess::NoUTFAutoGuess = 1;

(end)

chroot /raid/slimserver

cd /usr/local/squeezecenter/
./slimserver.pl
(if errors : chown -R slimserver /usr/local/squeezecenter)
(if all works fine: http://thecus:9000)

Ctrl+c

exit
mv /raid/slimserver/scripts/startslim.sh /raid/slimserver/scripts/startslim.sh.orig

nano /raid/slimserver/scripts/startslim.sh
(create raid/slimserver/scripts/startslim.sh)
#!/bin/sh
#

sqexe=/usr/local/squeezecenter/slimserver.pl

if [ ! -s /scripts/startslim.sh ]; then
/usr/sbin/chroot /raid/slimserver /scripts/startslim.sh
exit
fi

# launch SlimServer/SqueezeCenter (need to have all command options on a single line)
$sqexe &

(end)

chmod a+x /raid/slimserver/scripts/startslim.sh

/raid/slimserver/scripts/startslim.sh

(ALL WORKS FINE !!!)
(READY FOR OTHER UPGRADES... ;-))

thanks to getmythe for his works on thecus !

[geka]

HOW TO UPGRADE FROM PREVIOUS UPGRADE
#20080817

ssh root@IP_THECUS
copy the last source (.tgz) into iTunes directory of the thecus.

Installation on chroot of META module (replacement).

Stop service :
killall slimserver.pl

2 solutions

A. Slim_Thecus_install = installation (previous post)
B. Slim_Thecus_upgrade = upgrade (this post)

umount /raid/slimerserver/home/music

cp /raid/slimserver /raid/slimserver.bak

cd /raid/slimserver/usr/local
cp /raid/iTunes/squeezecenter-7.1.tgz .

chroot /raid/slimserver

cd /usr/local
tar -xvzf squeezecenter-7.1.tgz

rm -v squeezecenter
ln -s squeezecenter-7.1 squeezecenter
ls -hal

cd squeezecenter
/usr/local/squeezecenter/Bin/build-perl-modules.pl
return (x2)

cd /usr/local/squeezecenter

chown -R slimserver /usr/local/squeezecenter
chown -R slimserver /usr/local/squeezecenter-7.1

mv /usr/local/squeezecenter-7.1/MySQL/errmsg.sys /usr/local/squeezecenter-7.1/MySQL/errmsg.sys.orig
ln -s /usr/share/mysql/french/errmsg.sys /usr/local/squeezecenter-7.1/MySQL/errmsg.sys

exit

nano /raid/slimserver/usr/local/squeezecenter/Slim/Utils/Unicode.pm

(search ->)
$lc_ctype =~ s/gb2312/euc-cn/i;
}

# Setup Encode::Guess
$Encode::Guess::NoUTFAutoGuess = 1;

(end)
(replace with ->)
(search ->)
$lc_ctype =~ s/gb2312/euc-cn/i;
}

# ADD THIS LINE:
$lc_ctype = 'utf8';

# Setup Encode::Guess
$Encode::Guess::NoUTFAutoGuess = 1;

(end)

chroot /raid/slimserver

cd /usr/local/squeezecenter/
./slimserver.pl

(if errors : chown -R slimserver /usr/local/squeezecenter)
(if all works fine: http://thecus:9000)

Ctrl+c

exit

/raid/slimserver/scripts/startslim.sh

(ALL WORKS FINE !!!)
(READY FOR OTHER UPGRADES... ;-))


thanks to getmythe for his works on thecus !

[valdemar]

Thanks for the new Squeezecenter. Unfortunately I get errors (running as root):

N2100:/raid/module/META/startup/slimserver-static.sh
cat: /raid/slimserver/installer-success: No such file or directory
Connecting to www.freeside.ch[84.73.156.22]:80
tar: ./slimserver/dev/ram16: Cannot change ownership to uid 0, gid 6: No such device or address
tar: ./slimserver/dev/audioctl: Cannot change ownership to uid 0, gid 29: No such device or address
tar: ./slimserver/dev/console: Cannot change ownership to uid 0, gid 5: No such device
tar: ./slimserver/dev/mixer: Cannot change ownership to uid 0, gid 29: No such device or address
tar: ./slimserver/dev/mixer1: Cannot change ownership to uid 0, gid 29: No such device or address

etc.


- Valdemar

[getmythe]

Valdemar,

those are no real errors, just messages from the installer
N2100:/raid/module/META/startup/slimserver-static.sh
cat: /raid/slimserver/installer-success: No such file or directory
-> no valid installation found, going to start installation ...
Connecting to www.freeside.ch[84.73.156.22]:80
tar: ./slimserver/dev/ram16: Cannot change ownership to uid 0, gid 6: No such device or address
tar: ./slimserver/dev/audioctl: Cannot change ownership to uid 0, gid 29: No such device or address
tar: ./slimserver/dev/console: Cannot change ownership to uid 0, gid 5: No such device
tar: ./slimserver/dev/mixer: Cannot change ownership to uid 0, gid 29: No such device or address
tar: ./slimserver/dev/mixer1: Cannot change ownership to uid 0, gid 29: No such device or address

etc.
-> tar cannot extract some of the special device files in /dev
-> taken care of by special chroot script /root/extractslashdev.sh

getmythe

[valdemar]

Hi getmythe,

Thanks for your reply. Problem is that installer aborts and removes package from /raid/iTunes after a series of these messages. Final messages being:

....
tar: ./slimserver/dev/agpgart: Cannot change ownership to uid 0, gid 44: No such device
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors


Sorry for being a Linux novice

- Valdemar

Update: I do not have a chroot installed

[getmythe]

got the culprit,

the installer stumbled over one of it's own checks. It figured something went wrong during installation and therefore delete everything. I just uploaded a new version of the installer. Please try again and thx for helping to debug the beast.

cheers
getmythe

[valdemar]

Many thanks

- Valdemar

[getmythe]

The installer has been updated to SQ 7.2 ;D

[geka]

Sept 12, 2008 16:49:06 GMT 7 getmythe said:

The installer has been updated to SQ 7.2 ;D

GREAT.

I've just install and it works fine after a small telnet and permissions corrections:
chroot /raid/slimserver

and then :
chown -R squeezecenter /var/log/squeezecenter
chown -R squeezecenter /var/cache/squeezecenter
chown -R squeezecenter /var/lib/squeezecenter
chown -R squeezecenter /etc/squeezecenter

thanks again

[dwieringa]

Sept 12, 2008 16:49:06 GMT 7 getmythe said:

The installer has been updated to SQ 7.2 ;D

I was just getting ready to install this for the first time and discovered the documentation (index.html) mentions it works with firmware 2.1.09. I *JUST* upgraded from 2.1.06 to 2.1.10.

Has anyone tried it with 2.1.10? Can I safely try it?

I notice there were several bug fixes specifically for firmware 2.1.09.

I've only installed one other module to my N2100 before and it was over a year ago, so I'm a bit new to this.

Any help appreciated,
Dave

[getmythe]

Jan 27, 2009 22:44:30 GMT 7 dwieringa said:

Has anyone tried it with 2.1.10? Can I safely try it?

It's running fine in 2.0.10, no issues encoutered at all

[woefulthemonkey]

Ok guys first an apology for being utterly clueless.

1. Question - Am I correct in thinking you have squeezecentre working on an N3200?

2. I've only ever added modules using a .mod. Can you give me step by step instructions on how to get squeezecentre on the nas from scratch please (for an absolute linux begginer!)?

If the answer to the first question is no - sorry for wasting your time!

Cheers

[hughwi]

I just wanted to say a huge THANK YOU! To all of you who have dedicated time and effort in making this happen, especially to getmythe and geka.

I now finally have squeezecenter 7.3.2 running on my Thecus N2100 (YES BOX) powering a Squeezebox Duet.

My only slight concern is how slow it is in loading/scanning folders containing more than one or two albums (I have several large artist folders with 10-12 FLAC albums which completely kill it!).

Does anyone have any tips on how to improve performance? I am only using the Remote (the web interface will not load AT ALL).

Thanks

Hugh

[nyborg]

Great work. I had trouble with installing the 6.5 version available on www.onbeat.dk/thecus/index.php/N2100_Module_List, but simply by adding the META module and clicking slimserver ON did the trick.

One lesson learned: remember to set your iTunes folder to public!!! Otherwise the SqueezeCenter cannot read your files.

There is a new version available: is there an easy workaround to update the system to new versions?

// nyborg