Re: [slim] Slimserver not starting under XP

2008-01-23 Thread mike_k
hi Bill, sorry to jump in (with nothing helpful) but I have almost identical symptoms and have been working with tech support for nearly 3 months now. we've tried all sorts of uninstalls, registry cleans, reinstalls of nightly builds but so far no luck. (I run XP too). If we get a fix, I'll ke

Re: [slim] Slimserver not starting under XP

2008-01-10 Thread BillMoyer
No ... in fact what I did was to first clear all the event logs, and then tried to start slimserver. What I posted were the only events noted under Application and System. slimserverMySql was getting start and stop signals, but slimserver was not posting anything. -- BillMoyer ---

Re: [slim] Slimserver not starting under XP

2008-01-10 Thread Phil Leigh
hmmm..nothing about slimserver.exe? -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT RCS 2.2X with Good Vibrations S/W - MF X-DAC V3/X-PSU/X-10 buffer (Audiocomm full mods)- Linn 51

Re: [slim] Slimserver not starting under XP

2008-01-10 Thread BillMoyer
Oh, I forgot to mention the Event Viewer. Under Application: C:\PROGRA~1\SLIMSE~1\server\Bin\MSWIN3~1\mysqld.exe: ready for connections. Version: '5.0.22-community-nt' socket: '' port: 9092 MySQL Community Edition (GPL) C:\PROGRA~1\SLIMSE~1\server\Bin\MSWIN3~1\mysqld.exe: Normal shutdown C:\

Re: [slim] Slimserver not starting under XP

2008-01-10 Thread Phil Leigh
But is there anything in the event viewer in control panel - administrative services? -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT RCS 2.2X with Good Vibrations S/W - MF X-DAC V

Re: [slim] Slimserver not starting under XP

2008-01-10 Thread BillMoyer
I don't know what to do to uninstall more completely than I have. I used Control Panel first to uninstall slimserver. Then I searched the registry for slimserver references and deleted them before massaging it with Registry Mechanic. I deleted Program Files\slimserver directory. I rebooted. I

Re: [slim] Slimserver not starting under XP

2008-01-10 Thread Phil Leigh
Sounds to me that you may not have completely deleted the previous installation. Do you have anyhting in the Control Panel Event Viewer? -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI -

Re: [slim] Slimserver not starting under XP

2008-01-10 Thread JJZolx
BillMoyer;256893 Wrote: > I had done a total new install - having erased the slimserver directory > in Program Files and searched/cleaned the registry as good as I could. > > Still won't start. You've rebooted the machine, right? -- JJZolx Jim ---

Re: [slim] Slimserver not starting under XP

2008-01-10 Thread BillMoyer
Michael, there is nothing listening on port 9000. No, I am not running Windows Media Player. I don't share songs. Jim, that would make sense - but I think we know the reason for the error at this point. Just don't know why slimserver comes to that conclusion. I had done a total new install - h

Re: [slim] Slimserver not starting under XP

2008-01-10 Thread JJZolx
Michael Herger;256678 Wrote: > > What are the last few lines of your slimserver.log file? What exact > version are you trying to install? With SlimServer 6.5 and lower, don't you have to specify a log file location as a command line option before any log file will be created and any logging d

Re: [slim] Slimserver not starting under XP

2008-01-10 Thread Michael Herger
> "ERROR: There is already another copy of the SlimServer running on this > machine. " Are you by chance running Windows Media Player with UPnP server (don't know its name, sorry), sharing songs? Run "netstat -anb" in a command window - is there something listening on port 9000? -- Michael _

Re: [slim] Slimserver not starting under XP

2008-01-10 Thread BillMoyer
Now we are getting somewhere. Thanks for the idea of running slim.exe from the command line. The error I get is: "ERROR: There is already another copy of the SlimServer running on this machine. " I checked the list of processes in Windows Task Manager, and there is not any other copy of slim a

Re: [slim] Slimserver not starting under XP

2008-01-10 Thread Michael Herger
> I have used that powerful search facility. There is no slimserver.log Hmm... not that powerful after all :-). Ok, try running slimserver from the command line: "slim.exe" What are the last few lines you see when it crashes? -- Michael ___ discuss

Re: [slim] Slimserver not starting under XP

2008-01-10 Thread BillMoyer
I have used that powerful search facility. There is no slimserver.log file in any folder, hidden, system or otherwise, on any drive on my computer. I am still looking for a way to figure out why slimserver is not starting. -- BillMoyer -

Re: [slim] Slimserver not starting under XP

2008-01-10 Thread Michael Herger
> Thanks for your quick response. I did a search for slimserver.log. > In fact, under Program Files\slimserver there seem to be no *.log files > at all. Where do I look? Windows has a powerful search tool in the Start menu... -- Michael ___ discuss

Re: [slim] Slimserver not starting under XP

2008-01-10 Thread BillMoyer
Michael, Thanks for your quick response. I did a search for slimserver.log. In fact, under Program Files\slimserver there seem to be no *.log files at all. Where do I look? I have tried two different versions of slimserver. 6.5.4 and the daily of 6.5.5. - Bill -- BillMoyer -

Re: [slim] Slimserver not starting under XP

2008-01-09 Thread Michael Herger
> minute or so it reports "stopped". Under XP Services, I started the > slimserverMySQL manually, and then started slimserver. I get a message > "The slimserver service on Local Computer started then stopped. Some > services stop automatically if they have not work to do, for example, > the Perf

[slim] Slimserver not starting under XP

2008-01-09 Thread BillMoyer
Slimserver has been working fine on my XP machine until this past week. I have loaded some other software (TurboTax) and have put on the latest Microsoft patches - and Slimserver stopped working. I completely uninstalled slimserver, and even cleaned the registry of references to it. I than inst

[slim] Slimserver not starting after 6.3 install

2006-07-03 Thread Britbonic
Hi, I've happily running and updating versions of Slimserver since the 5.X days on my Mandrake Linux server with no problem. Today I downloaded and installed 6.3 using the same process as always. After I install, I get confirmation that everything has been installed properly. However, whenever I

[slim] Slimserver not starting? - Possible solution:

2006-06-19 Thread planetsweet
I've been experiencing a problem with SlimServer not starting on my Windows PC. I've noticed that some other people appear to have the same problem but I have not yet seen a solution. I've done some investigating and discovered the following: I have to say that I am not 100% sure about what I am

RE: [slim] SlimServer Not starting

2006-02-11 Thread Karl
Tried another reinstall and is now working -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Karl Sent: 11 February 2006 12:26 To: 'Slim Devices Discussion' Subject: RE: [slim] SlimServer Not starting I only have 256 in it And having checke

RE: [slim] SlimServer Not starting

2006-02-11 Thread Karl
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Herger Sent: 11 February 2006 12:18 To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim] SlimServer Not starting > Just done an install and when I mouse over the icon is says slimserver > starting - but gets no further Has the scan finished? What's the cp

Re: [slim] SlimServer Not starting

2006-02-11 Thread Michael Herger
Just done an install and when I mouse over the icon is says slimserver starting - but gets no further Has the scan finished? What's the cpu load? If it isn't obviously scanning your collection, just remove and re-install it again. Sounds odd, but this has helped others... I'm trying to run

[slim] SlimServer Not starting

2006-02-11 Thread Karl
Just done an install and when I mouse over the icon is says slimserver starting – but gets no further   It was like this on win 2000 so tried a clean install of XP and it’s the same   I’m trying to run this on a Via 600 motherboard / processor – should this work ok   Any help as wha

[slim] Slimserver not starting

2005-07-23 Thread mikelis
Slimserver is not starting upon my underpowered Pentium Pro WinXP pro system. Could it be that i don;t have enough memory (only 96mb) although i have a large page file. when i try to start it it that it's starting up but never actually starts. How can i check to see what the problem is? Thanks.