SS bug? / Fishbone Pop3 bug?

[rbl]

I am getting the following error message when trying to load the SS web interface: "Starting Slimerver Failed. Please see the Event Viewer and Contact Support" with a big red cross on the left hand side.

Seems in particular to happen after using the Fishbone POP3 EMail plugin. The SB3 keeps on working via the remote, I just can't access the web interface. I have to stop and restart SS to get it going again. I can find the following in the Event Viewer.

Source: application
Category: None
Type: Error
Event ID: 0

The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( Application ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: Can't locate object method "screen2updateOK" via package "Slim::Display::Squeezebox2" at C:\Program Files\SlimServer1\server/Slim/Display/Squeezebox2.pm line 404.



I am running SS 6.5.1-10980 although this has happened with earlier builds too.

[kdf]

On 16-Dec-06, at 6:41 AM, rbl wrote:

>
> I am getting the following error message when trying to load the SS web
> interface: "Starting Slimerver Failed. Please see the Event Viewer and
> Contact Support" with a big red cross on the left hand side.
>
> Seems in particular to happen after using the Fishbone POP3 EMail
> plugin. The SB3 keeps on working via the remote, I just can't access
> the web interface.

rather unusual. If the server is crashing, which the error message and
event viewer seem to indicate, then there is nothing to keep the SB
working aside from network setup options.

Does the problem coincide with the timing you have set for the email
check?

otherwise, it looks like some sort of confusion over the display type.
Have you been playing with the style options of SS along the way?

-kdf

[rbl]

I have never touched the style settings in SS. It seems to happen after an email has been seen coming in. Looking at the windows event viewer again (the last email a few minutes ago just triggered the same problem) there are no error/warning events for several hours. Seems odd that it tells me to look in the event viewer and there is nothing new there?!

If I stop SS and restart then everything starts working again, not surprisingly.

[Triode]

screen2updateOK should exist for all display types - it is defined in Slim/Display/Display.pm. It would be worth checking you have all the upto date files (perhaps remove the Slim directory and reinstall)

[rbl]

That file and subroutine do seem to be there. I guess I better delete the directory and start again. A bit of a drag since it always takes ages to set up all the options and settings again.

[kdf]

On 17-Dec-06, at 3:48 AM, rbl wrote:

>
> That file and subroutine do seem to be there. I guess I better delete
> the directory and start again. A bit of a drag since it always takes
> ages to set up all the options and settings again.
>
save the slimserver.pref file and you can avoid that.
-kdf