Logitech Media Server on Mandriva Linux LE2005

This page needs editing. Should probably be updated for SBS 7.5.1 This is a blow-by-account of my experience of installing slimserver on MandrivaLinux LE2005 to investigate why it doesn't work out-of-the-box.

• Download 3 x ISOs
• Burn 3 x CDs
• Boot aging Compaq Deskpro Pentium II (128MB RAM, 4GB disk) from CD 1.
• Hit Enter to install.
• Error reading CD
• Break open PC and move CDROM drive onto secondary channel
• Boot again from CD 1
• Hit Enter to install
• Error reading CD
• Burn another copy of CD 1
• Boot from new CD 1
• Error reading CD
• Check CD 1 in another PC - booted OK
• Replace CD drive with a spare
• Boot from CD 1
• Hit Enter to install
  • Yay, it's working.
• Select Language - English (British)
• Accept licence agreement
• Select UK Keyboard
• Selected High security level (default)
• Chose to remove Windows (the PC had windows 98 on it)
  • (hard drive partitioned and filesystems created)

/dev/hda1  1619MB  //dev/hda5  ?       swap/dev/hda6  1092MB  /home

• Yes, I've got all three disks.
• No, I don't want to copy them to the hard drive
• Select "No supplementary Installation Media"
• Default package selection:
  • Office Workstation
  • Multimedia Station
  • Internet Station
  • Configuration
  • Console Tools
  • KDE Workstation
• Added "Network Computer Server" (I want ssh).
• Bah, default root filesystem is too small for all these options
• De-selected "Office Workstation"
• Yes, I'm sure I want to install those servers...
• Right, down the pub while the installation chugs away...
• Come back (hic) and put in CD 2
• Put in CD 3
• Set root password
• Added myself as a user
• Configured sound card
• Yes, I have an ISA sound card
• Put in CD 1
  • "Run alsaconf or sndconfig after installation to configure your sound card"
• Configure graphical interface
• Chose graphics card, and Xorg with Hardware Accelaration
• Chose monitor, resolution & colour depth
• Tested configuration
  • It worked!
• Chose to boot into X
• Chose to download updates
  • (not sure if anything happened?)
• Congratulations! Installation complete
• Rebooted
• System came up cleanly into graphical mode
• Firstboot wizard ran
• Skipped survey
• I don't want to join the Mandrake club!
• Cancelled MandrakeOnline wizard.
• Logged in as robin
• Ran System Configuration
  • (authenticated as root)
• Configured existing network interface and set static IP address
• Set hostname to "mandy" :)
• Used ssh to connect to the box remotely
  • Yay I'm in!
• Quick check:

$ perl --versionThis is perl, v5.8.6 built for i386-linux(with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)

• Grabbed the latest slimserver 6.2 nightly:

$ wget http://slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/latest/6.2/slimserver-2005_09_01-1.noarch.rpm

• Changed user to root and Installed the rpm:

$ su -Password:# urpmi slimserver-2005_09_01-1.noarch.rpminstalling slimserver-2005_09_01-1.noarch.rpmPreparing...   #############################################1/1: slimserver   #############################################Point your web browser to http://localhost:/ to configure your server.

• Is slimserver set to start automatically:

# chkconfig --list slimserverslimserver      0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off

• • Yes.

• Is slimserver running?

# service slimserver statusslimserver.pl is stopped

• • No.

• Try to start slimserver:

# service slimserver startStarting SlimServer:                                            [  OK  ]

• Is slimserver still running?

# ps -ef | grep slimroot     16518 14317  0 22:00 pts/1    00:00:00 grep slim

• • No.

• Check the log:

# less /tmp/slimserver.logCan't locate auto/DBI/connect.al in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/local/slimserver/Plugins /usr/local/slimserver /usr/local/slimserver/CPAN /usr/local/slimserver/CPAN/arch/5.8.6/i386-linux /usr/local/slimserver/CPAN/arch/5.8.6/i386-linux/auto /usr/local/slimserver/CPAN/arch/5.8/i386-linux /usr/local/slimserver/CPAN/arch/5.8/i386-linux/auto /usr/local/slimserver/CPAN/arch/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.6/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.4 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at /usr/local/slimserver/Slim/DataStores/DBI/DataModel.pm line 143

• • This is the error I am trying to resolve.

• Check what arch files are installed with slimserver:

# cd /usr/local/slimserver/CPAN/arch/5.8# lsi386-linux-thread-multi/  mipsel-linux/i586-linux-thread-multi/  x86_64-linux/

• • Notice how the @INC (above) doesn't include any of these paths.

• Add a symlink "i386-linux" to i586-linux-thread-multi:

# ln -s i586-linux-thread-multi i386-linux# ls -ltotal 16lrwxrwxrwx  1 root       root         23 Sep  1 22:04 i386-linux -> i586-linux-thread-multi/drwxr-xr-x  3 slimserver slimserver 4096 Sep  1 21:53 i386-linux-thread-multi/drwxr-xr-x  3 slimserver slimserver 4096 Sep  1 21:53 i586-linux-thread-multi/drwxr-xr-x  3 slimserver slimserver 4096 Sep  1 21:53 mipsel-linux/drwxr-xr-x  3 slimserver slimserver 4096 Sep  1 21:53 x86_64-linux/

• Try running slimserver again:

# service slimserver startStarting SlimServer: /usr/bin/perl: symbol lookup error: /usr/local/slimserver/CPAN/arch/5.8/i386-  linux/auto/Time/HiRes/HiRes.so:   undefined symbol: Perl_Tstack_sp_ptr                                                              [FAILED]

• • Ooops.

• Right, remove the symlink and try building the perl modules:

# rm i386-linx# cd /usr/local/slimserver/Bin# ./build-perl-modules.plWelcome to the Slim Devices perl module installer.These packages are needed for SlimServer 6 to function.You will need a C compiler (gcc), make, and perl installed.*** Ignore any warnings about AppConfig. ***Please enter a perl binary to use (defaults to /usr/bin/perl)This must be the same perl binary that you ran this program with -->Please enter the path to your SlimServer directory (ex: /usr/local/slimserver) -->Please enter a directory to download files to -->Downloads will use lwp to fetch tarballs.Downloading Compress-Zlib-1.33.tar.gz to: /usr/local/slimserver/BinUncompressing..Configuring../usr/bin/perl Makefile.PLUp/Downgrade complete.Building..make: *** No rule to make target `/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.6/i386-linux/CORE/EXTERN.h', needed by  `Zlib.o'.   Stop.Couldn't find a valid dynamic library for Compress-Zlib-1.33.tar.gz - something is wrong. Exiting!

• • OK, let's see if some updates will help.

• Went to http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ and chose a few options to give me commands to update my urpmi media:

urpmi.addmedia --update updates http://anorien.csc.warwick.ac.uk/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/LE2005/main_updates/ with media_info/hdlist.czurpmi.addmedia main http://anorien.csc.warwick.ac.uk/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/2005/i586/media/main with media_info/hdlist.czurpmi.addmedia contrib http://anorien.csc.warwick.ac.uk/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/2005/i586/media/contrib with media_info/hdlist.cz

• Ran MandrakeLinux Update from the Graphical interface
  • found 83 updates (300MB!)
  • I notice the perl was one of the updates
  • original version of perl: perl-5.8.6-6mdk
  • new version of perl: perl-5.8.6-6.1.102mdk
• Try starting slimserver:
  • same error as before (connect.al)
• Tried building perl modules again
  • same error as before (EXTERN.h)
• Used rpmdrake to search for EXTERN.h
  • it's in perl-devel.
• Installed perl-devel
• Tried build-perl-modules again
  • ack! gcc not installed!
• Installed gcc-3.4.7
  • rpmdrake identified dependencies and also installed:
    • binutils
    • glibc-devel
    • libbinutils
• Tried build-perl-modules again
• Template Toolkit requires AppConfig
  • ignored this for now as it didn't appear to be a fatal error.
• XML::Parser requires expat to be installed
  • Installed libexpat0-devel
• Tried build-perl-modules again
  • completed successfully.
• Try starting slimserver:
  • Bingo!
• Browse to slimserver on mandy from a different machine on network:

http://mandy.robinbowes.com:9000

• • Can't connect. Hmmm.

• Browse to slimserver on mandy from mandy:

http://mandy.robinbowes.com:9000

• • It works!

• Check firewall in MandrakeLinux Control Centre.

• • Aha, need to open up some ports.

• Use Control Centre to open up the following ports:
  • 3483/tcp
  • 3483/udp
  • 9000/tcp
• Browse to slimserver on mandy from a different machine on network:

http://mandy.robinbowes.com:9000

• • Success!! It's working!