Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] OT: I'm impressed

2008-01-11 Thread funkstar
You know, part of this problem is motherboard and chipset manufacturers and their oh so reliable chipset driver packs? :) True Windows should be able to deal with it better, but it isn't completely MS's fault. -- funkstar

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] OT: I'm impressed

2008-01-11 Thread egd
funkstar;257147 Wrote: > True Windows should be able to deal with it better, but it isn't > completely MS's fault. I'd accept that argument because I know that chipsets > and associated drivers are often times buggy, especially when first released. However, Linux doesn't appear to have the sam

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Slimserver 6..5.5 on Buffalo Linkstation - MySQL Problem

2008-01-11 Thread hazzy
Hi Slimnick, I tried MySQL 5.0.45 and that seemed to fix the problem I was having. I wonder what's up with 5.0.32. Thanks for the suggestion. John -- hazzy hazzy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?us

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] OT: I'm impressed

2008-01-11 Thread bobkoure
The windows issue is the HAL (hardware adaptation layer). In earlier versions of NT, you could swap hardware, stick your NT CD in, boot to that CD, run "repair" and that would replace your old HAL with the right one. This went to "sometimes worked" in Win2K, and they seem to have completely disabl

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] OT: I'm impressed

2008-01-11 Thread servies
bobkoure;257226 Wrote: > The windows issue is the HAL (hardware adaptation layer). In earlier > versions of NT, you could swap hardware, stick your NT CD in, boot to > that CD, run "repair" and that would replace your old HAL with the > right one. > This went to "sometimes worked" in Win2K, and t

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] OT: I'm impressed

2008-01-11 Thread egd
servies;257283 Wrote: > This way of building a kernel gives slightly more overhead and a bit > bigger kernel but it runs on almost everything... and is the default > choice for people building distributions. And the best part of that is that > despite the larger than perhaps necessary kernel, m

[SlimDevices: Unix] slimbox: wireless encryption failure

2008-01-11 Thread monroeja
Hello all, I recently made some slight changes to my router. My slimbox was recognized just fine with my original encryption setup: - WPA-PSK - TKIP I switched my encryption to AES and I started getting a: Problem: Wireless Encryption Failure message on the slimbox so I reverted back to my o

[SlimDevices: Unix] Package in Debian's/Ubuntu's repos

2008-01-11 Thread rmjb
Hello, I use slimserver for MClient and always found it a bit clunky but see many people sing it's praises. Looking at the Server Settings in the interface I see it can do a lot, but quite a bit never really work out correctly for me. Two examples are the rendevouz support and the transcoding of w

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Favored linux version?

2008-01-11 Thread bobkoure
ik632;255610 Wrote: > I agree that the Ubuntu route will probably be the easiest since there > are apt repositories for the things that you'll need. There isn't a repository with SqueezeCenter in it, is there? I was just expecting to install the debian package, but I'm a linux semi-novice so mayb

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Favored linux version?

2008-01-11 Thread Pat Farrell
bobkoure wrote: > There isn't a repository with SqueezeCenter in it, is there? I was just > expecting to install the debian package, but I'm a linux semi-novice so > maybe that's very much the -wrong- approach...(?) Yes, there is, its an "unstable" repository, or at least it was last time I check

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Package in Debian's/Ubuntu's repos

2008-01-11 Thread Diana
rmjb;257414 Wrote: > ...I finally decided to look at the README files in > /usr/share/doc/slimserver and see that for the Debian package some > things in slimserver were removed for copyright and other non-free > reasons. Is there a guide on re-enabling what's missing for this > package? > > I k

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] slimbox: wireless encryption failure

2008-01-11 Thread Diana
The only time I've had this kind of problem is when I've made a slight error when entering the passkey. May be worth testing by turning the encryption off completely and trying to connect? -- Diana -- Diana Diana's Profi

Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] OT: I'm impressed

2008-01-11 Thread Diana
egd Wrote: > ...I still find... mp3tag indispensable for managing FLAC metadata. > Unfortunately, Linux doesn't yet IMHO have credible alternatives in > this space. I recently discovered that mp3tag runs extremely well under Wine on my Ubuntu Feisty box. Can't tell you how pleased I am not to