Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Update to LMS 8.0

2020-06-09 Thread bernreddy
mherger wrote: > > > I usually recommend using piCorePlayer in situations like yours. Because > > it's super simple. No command line experience should be required. > > -- > > Michael I'm now the proud owner of a Raspberry Pi 4, with one microSD card booting to the Raspberry Pi OS (no good

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Update to LMS 8.0

2020-06-02 Thread bernreddy
mherger wrote: > > > That's way too much. No need for the disk, nor hub. Just leave the files > > on the NAS. The NAS is designed to serve files. Set up LMS on the Pi, > mount the NAS to it, and scan the library from the NAS directly. I've > been doing this with a ReadyNAS Duo v2 for a while

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Update to LMS 8.0

2020-05-30 Thread bernreddy
mherger wrote: > > ... > I think I should phase out support for those old ReadyNAS models, tbh. > Lack of IO::Socket::SSL they'll be useless with music services or even > radio stations who all start to stream over https - not to mention that > > those NAS devices all must have a certain age

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Update to LMS 8.0

2020-05-29 Thread bernreddy
mherger wrote: > > 22 lines [uninformative] for 8.0.0, but really only 3 different ones: > > squeezeboxserver_safe started. > > Did you apply the change I suggested a few postings up? > > -- > > Michael You are correctly skeptical of my ability to follow instructions. In my attempt with LMS

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Update to LMS 8.0

2020-05-28 Thread bernreddy
mherger wrote: > > The only things I can figure out from this: (1) Confirmation that the > > AirPlay bridge isn't working; (2) I'm glad I'm not trying to use > > Spotify; and (3) I'm glad I'm not trying to use Rhapsody. > > I'd recommend you get rid of all non-functional and unused plugins > b

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Update to LMS 8.0

2020-05-28 Thread bernreddy
mherger wrote: > > > Now use WinSCP to navigate to /etc/default. There you'd edit the file > squeezeboxserver to add "--d_startup" to the SLIMOPTIONS. Restart LMS. > > When done, navigate to /c/.squeezeboxserver/log to grab a copy of > server.log. Post here or upload to > https://www.dropbo

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Update to LMS 8.0

2020-05-27 Thread bernreddy
Progress of a sort. (1) I succeeded in installing PuTTY, managed to log in as "root", and got a command line on my NAS. Didn't know what to do with it, but I was there (2) I succeeded in installing WinSCP, managed to log in as "root", and got a window looking at the file tree of my NAS. Small s

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Update to LMS 8.0

2020-05-27 Thread bernreddy
I'm game. Yesterday I enabled SSH on my NAS (well, the NAS management software says I did; my recent experiences with LMS on my NAS make me skeptical). I then figured out how to fire up the command line OpenSSH client on Win10 and burst out laughing. I was reminded of my first days of taking high

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Update to LMS 8.0

2020-05-26 Thread bernreddy
I've never tried to set up SSH on my Netgear NAS, because I don't trust myself; I've essentially no experience with Linus, other than once every 5 years or so booting my Windows machine(s) (using removable media) for rescue/repair. If I need to enable SSH, I can do so--Netgear offers an "Enable R

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Update to LMS 8.0

2020-05-26 Thread bernreddy
mherger wrote: > > I've been running LMS for years on a Netgear ReadyNAS Ultra Pro (and > on > > What package did you install? > > > a Windows desktop). I decided to update both devices from 7.92 to 8.0 > or > > at least 7.93. Everything went fine for the update on Win10 to LMS > 8.0. > > On th

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Update to LMS 8.0

2020-05-25 Thread bernreddy
I've been running LMS for years on a Netgear ReadyNAS Ultra Pro (and on a Windows desktop). I decided to update both devices from 7.92 to 8.0 or at least 7.93. Everything went fine for the update on Win10 to LMS 8.0. On the NAS, 8.0 (and later 7.93) ran into the same problem: the install would see