Thanks to everyone for all the suggestions and help. I got Squeezebox
working with my old box running Ubuntu Server. I used the wiki to do
the installation last night and it was surprisingly easier than I
thought it would be. I didn't need to mess with any dependencies (but I
was anticipating I
mark2 wrote:
Thanks to everyone for all the suggestions and help. I got Squeezebox
working
Did you pass the Bar?
What kind of memory does your system use? I have a bag of assorted old
memory, I might be able to send you a chip or two.
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Pat Farrell
http://www.pfarrell.com/
Hey Pat,
I won't know about the Bar for a few months. It was three days of
tests, essays and multiple choice questions, but I was studying for a
few months before the test so hopefully I did well enough to pass.
I really appreciate your offer to send some of your memory to me.
Honestly, I'm not
If you new to Linux you might want to try VortexBox. It will replace the
Ubuntu install you already have but it will configure everything for
you. SqueezeCenter will be installed and running and it even has an
automatic CD ripper that will rip your CDs to that hard drive.
--
agillis
rip, tag,
mark2;399518 Wrote:
Pat, I would run a GUI but the box just isn't powerful enough. We're
talking an old Dell PII, maybe 450 Mhz with, I think 128 Mb RAM. It
serves tens of thousands of files of all kinds (oh, the wonders of a
digital camera) across the network but I don't think it could
pfarrell;399272 Wrote:
...You need to modify your /etc/apt/sources.list to include the proper
repository. Then do the usual apt-get update and apt-get install
squeezecenter.
Mark2 To save you some time searching, you'll find full
instructions for implementing Pat's advice at
Pat Farrell wrote:
You just need to install SqueezeCenter on your ubuntu box.
You can do it from the synaptics's GUI. The Wiki has instructions.
If you were a unix/linux guru, you could do it with apt-get install,
but I don't recommend that unless you are facile with the command shell
and
Diana;399281 Wrote:
Mark2 To save you some time searching, you'll find full instructions
for implementing Pat's advice at
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/DebianPackage
It gives the URL for the slimdevices repo.
Follow the instruction in the wiki (note requirement for additional
You absolutely don't need a GUI to install SqueezeCenter, just follow
the instructions on the wiki which was already linked to
(http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Debian_Package). I have it
running on Ubuntu 8.10 headless and I upgrade one of my servers every
day, takes no time at all.
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Although I agree you don't need it for squeezecenter, running a headless
machine is lots easier if you can bring up a gui. IMHO, the most
straightforward ways are:
if you have an x-server running on another machine, just run xclients
pointing to it.
otherwise, use VNC.
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Millwood
2 SB3, 1
Pat, cdmackay, Diana, Ramage, radish, and Millwood,
Thanks for all of the suggestions and help! My setup is like Ramage's,
with a headless Ubuntu Server OS. I saw that there is a dependency
issue with Ubuntu so I'll need to take care of that but it'll be a
learning experience. Pat, I would run a
mark2 wrote:
powerful enough. We're talking an old Dell PII, maybe 450 Mhz with, I
think 128 Mb RAM.
I ran squeezecenter (then called slimserver) for years on a P2-500
Worked fine. GUI was slow.
I'm taking the California Bar this
week
Good luck, I've heard that they are very tough tests.
I agree that a GUI is probably the way to go for all but the most
experienced command line jocks. I'm going to see about getting a GUI if
I can't get the command line thing to work.
The Bar is quite difficult - three days of testing fun.
Mark
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mark2
mark2;399518 Wrote:
We're talking an old Dell PII, maybe 450 Mhz with, I think 128 Mb RAM.
Hmmm, Squeezecenter isn't exactly lightweight for a box with those kind
of specs. The amount of RAM is concerning. 128MB sounds awfully small,
even for a headless install. And you're right, I wouldn't
Agreed, this is an old box but it worked real well as a file server
until I found Squeezebox.
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mark2
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cooppw02;399555 Wrote:
Hmmm, Squeezecenter isn't exactly lightweight for a box with those kind
of specs. The amount of RAM is concerning. 128MB sounds awfully
small, even for a headless install. And you're right, I wouldn't
attempt to use a GUI with that machine. Even if you were to
mark2;399574 Wrote:
Agreed, this is an old box but it worked real well as a file server
until I found Squeezebox.
Oh, no doubt. But SC adds another ~60MB of RAM demands to the mix.
I'm not sure what your current load is, but if it starts using a lot of
swap space and you're running
Hi,
I just got my Squeezebox today and I'm beyond impressed. Everything I
read said I would be blown away and I am. I set it up with Windows XP
initially just so I could get it running. However, I run a Linux file
server and I was hoping to direct Squeezebox right to the server.
My problem is
mark2 wrote:
My problem is that, unlike the documentation for Linux I've seen so
far, my server has no user interface. There is no monitor connected to
the server
Does it have a video card or other video output?
If so, I strongly suggest you temporarily install a monitor, keyboard
and mouse.
Thanks for the quick reply, Pat.
My server has all the regular inputs/outputs (video card, audio card,
mouse, keyboard) and I even have a KVM switch I could use with it. I
purposely chose a Linux distribution with no user interface (GUI)
because the box is kind of old and it works better with
mark2 wrote:
My server has all the regular inputs/outputs (video card, audio card,
mouse, keyboard) and I even have a KVM switch I could use with it. I
purposely chose a Linux distribution with no user interface (GUI)
because the box is kind of old and it works better with fewer resources
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