Debian frustration!!!

[bomellberg]

Hi all!

I've tried to install slimserver per the instructions at the wiki by using:

In sources.list:

deb http://debian.slimdevices.com testing main

By issuing:

apt-get install slimserver

I get no error messages or so, and the binaries seem to install in /usr/sbin/ BUT I dont get any conf-file or startup-script. /etc/init.d/slimserver does not exist so I cant startup the server and configuring it. I know there are ways of installing slimserver from sources and following the start-up script examples, but I shouldn't HAVE to, should I?

At the end of the package install it says:

Ställer in slimserver (6.5.1) ...
bytte ägare av "/etc/slimserver" till slimserver:nogroup
bytte ägare av "/var/cache/slimserver" till slimserver:nogroup

Which is Swedish for:

Configuring slimserver (6.5.1) ...
changed owner of "/etc/slimserver" to slimserver:nogroup
changed owner of "/var/cache/slimserver" to slimserver:nogroup

I have not made a user called "slimserver" before install, should I have to do that? Or is the issue the Swedish environment? This is a command line only box.

If you know what the resolution to this is, please let me know.

Best regards,

/Bo Mellberg

[Dan Sully]

* bomellberg shaped the electrons to say...

>I have not made a user called "slimserver" before install, should I
>have to do that? Or is the issue the Swedish environment? This is a
>command line only box.

The dpkg makes the user automatically.

Your conf file should be in /etc/slimserver/

Is there a slimserver process running on your system?

-D
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Just because they're complaining doesn't mean they're right.

[bomellberg]

* bomellberg shaped the electrons to say...

>I have not made a user called "slimserver" before install, should I
>have to do that? Or is the issue the Swedish environment? This is a
>command line only box.

The dpkg makes the user automatically.

Your conf file should be in /etc/slimserver/

Is there a slimserver process running on your system?



No process is running. No files in /etc/slimserver (although the directory itself exists).

There is a user "slimserver" created and a group "nogroup"

Thanks for helping!

/Bo

[Ben Sandee]

On 10/20/06, bomellberg <
bomellberg.2fzwrz1161379802 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com> wrote:
>
> No process is running. No files in /etc/slimserver (although the
> directory itself exists).
>
> There is a user "slimserver" created and a group "nogroup"


Something definitely went wrong. Try removing the package and reinstalling:

sudo apt-get --purge remove slimserver
sudo apt-get install slimserver

Ben

[bomellberg]

On 10/20/06, bomellberg <
bomellberg.2fzwrz1161379802 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com> wrote:
>
> No process is running. No files in /etc/slimserver (although the
> directory itself exists).
>
> There is a user "slimserver" created and a group "nogroup"


Something definitely went wrong. Try removing the package and reinstalling:

sudo apt-get --purge remove slimserver
sudo apt-get install slimserver

Ben

WORKED!!

It was the "purge" part.

Many thanks!

/Bo