Ah, one advantage my car server has is I've negated the clock, so it boots quickly without the time being present. And since I'm not streaming it doesn't have to find a network either. I've considered networking it to the car for streaming, but then I thought why bother and it would be just another monthly expense. I'm using Jivelite for the screen saver (no clock) and don't have any issues with it starting. It starts playing within 30 seconds and the screen is back to 'normal' in 60.
Cheers Redrum wrote: > My 2 cents - > > I have LMS on a pi3b+ in a remote area with frequent power failures > (tall trees + high winds), maybe 12 per year. > > I have a 2TB HDD attached for my library. At first, I chose to move > cache and prefs to the HDD when I was building the pcp (I followed the > instructions). I experienced the same as you power failure, lms bricked, > shutdown everything, startup, repeat, sometimes I needed to rebuild > pcp/LMS. > > After a few times I realized what was happening is that pcp was "losing" > the mounted HDD, and since the LMS prefs and cache weren't on it, LMS > would not start. Recovery got easier, go into pcp, unmount, then remount > the HDD, fixed. > > I then moved cache and prefs back to the SD. In fact @Paul- recommended > I use a 3rd partition on the SD for cache and prefs. The thought being > that perhaps if the power cut occurred during SD read/write, if there is > to be harm, it might not be to the pcp partitions, allowing pcp to boot. > > > Since that time, I have survived maybe 3 years of power cuts, and the > worst I have had to do is reboot pcp** > > Two other thoughts: > 1) As @ktp mentioned, backup :) > 2) ** Note that sometimes the cut isn't the only issue, the restore can > cause problems as well. On boot, pcp boots quick, and it looking for the > internet for NTP (time). If it doesn't see it, it moves on. My ISP modem > boots very slow, so it is never there in time. What happens is some time > based functions of LMS can get affected. For example, Radio Paradise > FLAC (interactive and regular) streams use this info, so they won't > work. I have read the same is true with Spotty, don't use it. > > The other thing is the screen saver clock on my touch goes black (no > clock). Its kind of funny as I use this (black screen) and an indicator > that the power was out when I was gone :) > > Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=117262 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
