Slimserver 6.5 - linkstation - freelink

[aubuti]

Well, if you can access the LS after flashing then you're in good shape -- congrats! So you shouldn't have to worry about the DHCP setting any more.

After flashing to FreeLink I had to temporarily add the following two lines to /etc/hosts so that the LS would know where to find the packages I was trying to get with apt-get. Later on I was able to get it to resolve normally, though right now I don't remember how.

194.109.137.218 security.debian.org
204.152.191.7 mirrors.kernel.org

[aubuti]

Okay, just took another look and see that I edited /etc/resolv.conf to include:

nameserver <my.router's.local.ip>

That might not be the best way to do it, but it works for me. Note that it has to be the local ip address (eg, something like 192.168.0.1) and not the public ip address. Other people sometimes insert the ip addresses of their ISP's name servers, which is more direct than what I've done.

[stevos]

okay freelink seems slightly easier so far, however i can't work out how to access webmin.

What is the default username / password or where can they be located?

[stevos]

Never mind worked it out. However still can't work out how to access the shared files on windows. Currently it requires a password and username which i don't know.

[aubuti]

Sharing directories to Windows is done by Samba, which can be configured through webmin. The username and password depends on how you configured Samba. Try defining a new share that includes your music library and see if you can access that. You'll also want to make sure that the username you connect with has appropriate permissions for those files/directories, or that Samba is configured with the right permissions.

[stevos]

right got to the slimserver part and coming up with the same error i go before

Can't exec "mysql_config": No such file or directory at Makefile.PL line 76.
Can't exec "mysql_config": No such file or directory at Makefile.PL line 454.
Can't exec "mysql_config": No such file or directory at Makefile.PL line 454.
Can't exec "mysql_config": No such file or directory at Makefile.PL line 454.
Can't exec "mysql_config": No such file or directory at Makefile.PL line 454.
Can't exec "mysql_config": No such file or directory at Makefile.PL line 454.
Can't exec "mysql_config": No such file or directory at Makefile.PL line 454.
Failed to determine directory of mysql.h. Use

perl Makefile.PL --cflags=-I<dir>

to set this directory. For details see the INSTALL.html file,
section "C Compiler flags" or type

perl Makefile.PL --help
There was a problem creating Makefile - exiting!


What am i missing?

[aubuti]

It looks like you haven't installed MySQL, or that slimserver can't find it. See this thread, http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25391 , and this one will probably help too http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26468. In fact, you might want to print those threads, or bookmark them until you get this installed..... ;o)

Note that MySQL has to be at least version 4.1.x, and version 5.0 is recommended.

[stevos]

Hi,

It appears i am using mysql v4.0.24, how do i install version 5 or 4.1?

[aubuti]

Did you look at the second link I pointed you to? Like Dan Sully says, you need to update MySQL by using one of the 'testing' or 'unstable' repositories. Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file to include a debian 'testing' or 'unstable' repository. (I think that's the right path, but I can't check it now because I'm literally on the other side of the world from my LS right now.) Then do 'apt-get update' to add the new repositories, and then you can upgrade *all* the mysql pieces using apt-get. When you're done, remove (or comment out) the testing/unstable repositories from your sources.list file.

Unfortunately, because my LS isn't available, I don't have access to the URL for the specific repository I used, but I'm pretty sure it ended in debian.de. A couple minutes with google or looking around debian.org should find it for you. And don't be put off by the scary words 'testing' and 'unstable' -- MySQL 5.0 is fine.

[stevos]

Will give it ago, out of interest the version of mysql that i currently have installed in a few minutes whilst mysql on openlink took hours. How long should mysql5.0 take to install via freelink /apt-get?