I've had good luck running the svn code on linux lately. Since you already have slimserver installed, you ought to be able to install and run the 6.5x branch pretty easily. This will give you all the latest cool stuff in the 770 skin.
Log in as root. Perform these steps: Code: -------------------- service slimserver stop mkdir /usr/local/slimserver65 svn co http://svn.slimdevices.com/repos/slim/branches/6.5/ /usr/local/slimserver65 chown -R slimserver:slimserver /usr/local/slimserver65 cp /etc/slimserver.conf /etc/slimserver.conf.org cp /etc/sysconfig/slimserver /etc/sysconfig/slimserver.org -------------------- Now edit the /etc/sysconfig/slimserver file so that it reads: Code: -------------------- # Edit this to suit your setup SLIMSERVER_USER="slimserver" SLIMSERVER_HOME="/usr/local/slimserver65/server" SLIMSERVER_CFG="/etc/slimserver.conf" SLIMSERVER_LOG="/var/log/slimserver" SLIMSERVER_ARGS="--daemon --prefsfile=$SLIMSERVER_CFG --logdir=$SLIMSERVER_LOG" -------------------- Also, edit your /etc/slimserver.conf file and replace any references to "/usr/local/slimserver" with "/usr/local/slimserver65". Now, when you execute a "service slimserver start" you should be running the 6.5x branch code. You'll need to reconfigure all your settings and rescan your music library, of course. Any time you want to "freshen up" the 6.5x code with the latest svn, do the following: Code: -------------------- service slimserver stop svn up /usr/local/slimserver65 chown -R slimserver:slimserver /usr/local/slimserver65 service slimserver start -------------------- To my mind, that is the real advantage of using the svn code: the ability to apply any slimserver bug fixes and new features with a couple of commands that can be put in a shell script. If you don't like what you see with this 6.5x code, you can go back to your original setup by simply doing this: Code: -------------------- service slimserver stop cp /etc/sysconfig/slimserver.org /etc/sysconfig/slimserver cp /etc/slimserver.conf.org /etc/slimserver.conf service slimserver start -------------------- Caveat: I've really only run slimserver on Fedora, and really only with the trunk code, not the 65 branch, so I don't know if any of these details will need to change if you use a different distro. I suppose, also, that you may have to update your version of perl and run /usr/local/slimserver65/server/Bin/build-perl-modules.pl to get the latest perl packages for the 6.5x code. -- gharris999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ gharris999's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=115 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36560 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss