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Hi, Would be grateful for a little advice on getting Slimserver to install and run correctly.
http://www.slimdevices.com/su_downloads.html
If I could control my Squeezebox with my Eee I would be very psyched. I followed the Debian install instructions here -- http://wiki.slimdevices.com/?DebianPackage -- to no avail.
Thanks in advance from a Linux noob.
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Can't you install slimserver on a desktop and control it from the EeePC using the web interface?
Slimserver requires quite a few new packages be added to the EeePC (101 to be exact), so it's not something to do lightly. Mostly perl, but also mysqlserver and libc6. Upgrading libc6 may make your system unstable.
Having said that, here is what you need to do to install slimserver:
1. Add the slimserver repo
1.1 Open synaptic
1.2 Click Settings from the menu
1.3 Choose Repositories
1.4 Click New
1.5 Enter the URI http://debian.slimdevices.com
1.6 Enter the distribution stable
1.7 Enter the section main
1.8 Click okay
2. Enable the Debian etch repository
2.1 Follow the steps above, but the URI is http://http.us.debian.org/debian/
2.2 distribution is etch, section is main non-free contrib
3. Click the reload button
4. Click Search and type in slimserver
5. Click slimserver and select Install
6. Hold Alt and click the window to drag it up. Click OK.
Slimserver is now installed in /usr/share/
You can start the server by typing in the console:
sudo /etc/init.d/slimserver start
You'll have to figure out how to set up your music library yourself.
Last edited by deadDuck (2007-12-11 7:29:12 am)
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Thank you deadDuck! Sorry for the repeat question, i.e. not searching the forums before asking in the other thread.
Yes slimserver should really be on a desktop or a box in the basement. Having it on the eee might be nice though because it's a low power device, boots fast, and is quiet. It could also be demonstrated at other peoples house without taking the server box.
After getting past the permission errors in synaptic, I still can't get the package to install due to this error:
"W: Failed to fetch /pool/main/libp/libpath-class-perl/libpath-class-perl_0.15-1_all.deb. Size Mismatch"
I tried using apt-get as well but got the same mismatch error.
I did pin the system to the asus eee repo, and am wondering if that was expected/assumed in your instructions?
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Skunk wrote:
I tried using apt-get as well but got the same mismatch error.
I did pin the system to the asus eee repo, and am wondering if that was expected/assumed in your instructions?
I didn't use pinning, so that may be your problem. It may be looking elsewhere for the package in question. I had ONLY the Asus and US Debian repos enabled. I got Slimserver running on my system, so I'm sure you can do it, too.
In the end, I'll run slimserver from my desktop and use the EeePC to control it over the wireless network.
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Thanks for the detailed instructions. I think the step that had been messing me up was the last one. I had no idea how to actually start the service!
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