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Note that [[SlimServer]] saves stateful informaiton about server and player settings in a text file. Generally speaking, when you install a [[Subversion]] checkout or a newer version of [[SlimServer]], it may "upgrade" portions of this file. For instance, the top-level player menus changed after [[SlimServer]] version 5.3.x. This is a good thing – unless you switch back to a non-[[Subversion]] or otherwise "earlier" release of [[SlimServer]], which might become confused. For example, on Linux the stateful preferences are stored in a file named .slimserver.pref in the home directory of the user running the [[SlimServer]] software, or in /etc/slimserver.pref. The /etc/slimserver.pref file is used if it exists. On [[MacOS]] X, the preferred location is Home->Library->SlimDevices->slimserver.pref; on Windows,C:\Program Files\SlimServer\server\slimserver.pref. When a user shuts down [[SlimServer]] 5.3.1 and then runs a pre-5.4 version from [[Subversion]], the [[Subversion]] version changed the menu settings for the players in ~/.slimserver.pref so that [[SlimServer]] would offer the new menu hierarchy to the players. If the user subsequently shut down the CVS version and restarted the 5.3.1 release, [[SlimServer]] sees the new menu listings from the changes made to ~/.slimserver.pref by the CVS version. Most of the menu items display & work properly, but some do not. One menu item shows as an empty line with the "->" right arrow on the player... and clicking the right arrow when this is displayed crashes [[SlimServer]] 5.3.1. For that reason, you may wish to save a copy of slimserver.pref before switching [[SlimServer]] versions in case you decide to revert. A simple copy would do fine, though programs like [http://www.gnu.org/software/rcs/rcs.html GNU RCS] offer advantages over simple copying. As of [[SlimServer]] version 6.5, much information is stored in a [[MySQL]] database. This database uses binary files in [[SlimServer]]'s Cache directory, so you will also want to be careful to back up the Cache directory. More information on this and such things as running different versions of [[SlimServer]] 6.5 or newer on the same machine can be found in the forums: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34246 [[Category:Troubleshooting]]

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