[slim] Re: Black Screen of Death?

2005-05-02 Thread earthbased
Snowflake Wrote: > I've been searching for "losing connection" and "black screen" and > "blank screen" and haven't found a description that matches the problem > i'm seeing... Maybe someone here has seen it. > > I'm running a brand new Squeezebox2, just received it a week and a half > ago. I ha

[slim] Re: Black Screen of Death?

2005-05-03 Thread max . spicer
Snowflake: would you mind using a non-animated avatar? Having it pinging away in the corner of posts is really distracting! Thanks, Max -- max.spicer The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws b

[slim] Re: Black Screen of Death?

2005-05-03 Thread JJZolx
> Internet Explorer (ick...) Animated avatars are OK with me. Grown men who use the term "ick" give me the creeps. -- JJZolx ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: Black Screen of Death?

2005-05-03 Thread Jim
Regarding the avatar bickering: The other 2 guys need to have a beer, or a smoke. Regarding your SB problem: You need to have plenty of coffee or have a sniff and stay awake all night to see the exact moment your SB BlackSOD's :D Nah, in all seriousness this happens quite a bit and can be a few

[slim] Re: Black Screen of Death?

2005-05-04 Thread Snowflake
Re: the possibility of it being a windows problem: 100% impossible. I am running Slimserver on a Linux Fedora Core 3 box, and the only windows box in the house is a laptop that hasn't been used in at least the past week. The last time the laptop was used, I connected wirelessly to the same rout

[slim] Re: Black Screen of Death?

2005-05-05 Thread Snowflake
dean Wrote: > Has it ever gone black while music was playing? Did the music stop? No. Never died while playing music. > When it does go black next time, press the UP button on the remote. > What does it say? I'll try this next time I see it. -- Snowflake ___

[slim] Re: Black Screen of Death?

2005-05-06 Thread Snowflake
Snowflake Wrote: > No. Never died while playing music. Never fails that as soon as I report this, that's exactly what happened. This morning while I was eating breakfast, the music stopped. I looked over at the SB2 to see "connecting to wireless network" on the screen. No countdown, no name o

[slim] Re: Black Screen of Death?

2005-05-06 Thread Snowflake
dean Wrote: > That sounds like your wireless access point has crashed or otherwise > become unavailable. Is it working for other wireless devices at this > point? My access point only serves the SB2, generally. The only other unit that accesses it wirelessly is a laptop which only gets occasion

[slim] Re: Black Screen of Death?

2005-05-22 Thread Snowflake
dean Wrote: > Ah, now I think we're getting somewhere... > > Model: Linksys WRT54G > > Fware: Satori-4.0 v2.07.1.7sv[/color] > I don't think that we've tested with this configuration. > Unfortunately, we've found that there are a lot of bugs in access > points that cause incompatibilities. T

Re: [slim] Re: Black Screen of Death?

2005-05-03 Thread Nick Silberstein
JJZolx wrote: Animated avatars are OK with me. Grown men who use the term "ick" give me the creeps. My post was probably helpful to a few people. Your post was textual flatulence. Animated avatars are OK with you? Grown men who use the term ick give you the creeps? Who cares? Shudder, if yo

Re: [slim] Re: Black Screen of Death?

2005-05-04 Thread dean blackketter
Snowflake, On May 4, 2005, at 8:55 PM, Snowflake wrote: I do have a bit of an update, though: the SB2 sits in my living room, and the router (Linksys WRT54G) is in the basement, one floor and one wall away. I happened to check the wireless signal strength on the SB2, and found it fluctuating betwe

Re: [slim] Re: Black Screen of Death?

2005-05-06 Thread dean blackketter
Hi, That sounds like your wireless access point has crashed or otherwise become unavailable. Is it working for other wireless devices at this point? Also, what's the model number and firmware version for your access point? On May 6, 2005, at 11:18 AM, Snowflake wrote: Snowflake Wrote: No.

Re: [slim] Re: Black Screen of Death?

2005-05-07 Thread dean blackketter
Ah, now I think we're getting somewhere... On May 6, 2005, at 9:42 PM, Snowflake wrote: Also, what's the model number and firmware version for your access point? Model: Linksys WRT54G Fware: Satori-4.0 v2.07.1.7sv I don't think that we've tested with this configuration. Unfortunately, we've foun

OT: disable animated avatars (was Re: [slim] Re: Black Screen of Death?)

2005-05-03 Thread Nick Silberstein
max.spicer wrote: Snowflake: would you mind using a non-animated avatar? Having it pinging away in the corner of posts is really distracting! Since you can't really control who does what, it's best to restrict things like this locally. To not display animated gifs in your browser, follow these d