Easy method to use SSODS to run SBS 7.6 betas on Linkstations

[dsdreamer]

[EDIT: 9/25/2010, this hack is not currently working with the ARM binaries in the nightly snapshots for 7.6. This is because the latest Perl modules compiled by Logitech have been linked against GLIBC2.7 whereas SSODS provides only GLIBC2.6]

All,

Flipflip's SSODS is an excellent and complete environment for running SBS on many types of NAS with many advantages. http://oinkzwurgl.org/ssods

Understandably, the author doesn't want to be bothered with trying to keep it in track with nightly snapshots, but has a good track record of upgrading to keep pace with official releases.

On the other hand, SBS 7.6 which makes use of SQLite as its default database is much faster to use on cpu-challenged architectures such as NAS boxes. There is a strong motivation to use the betas of 7.6 to get the benefit of a SBS that is *designed* to run on low powered ARM processors.

I've just recently discovered a really easy way to get SBS7.6 running under SSODS without compiling anything or messing around with build scripts etc.

In short the answer is to use SSODS but to prevent the "any Perl/CPAN stuff to disable?" functionality from running during the installation. I do this by deleting the ! (bang, or invert) character on line 185 of /opt/ssods4/bin/ssctrl, so that it reads:

       # any Perl/CPAN stuff to disable?                                       
        if [  -f "$SSUSEBINARIES" ]; then                                       
            echo -n "."                                                         
            while read -u 5 line; do                                            
                [ -z "$line" -o "${line:0:1}" = "#" ] && continue               
                for F in $SSDIR/$line; do                                       
                    [ "$F" = "${F/-SSODS-/}" ] || continue                      
                    [ -f "$F-SSODS-ignore" -o ! -f "$F" ] && continue           
                    [ "$F" -nt "$F-SSODS-off" ] && mv "$F" "$F-SSODS-off"       
                    serverlog "Disabled $F"                                     
                done                                                            
            done 5< $SSODSDIR/share/sbs/shipped-binaries

instead of

      # any Perl/CPAN stuff to disable?                                       
        if [ ! -f "$SSUSEBINARIES" ]; then

This obviously inverts the logic that was intended, but it will serve our purpose. (Consequently, you shouldn't bother Flipflip if things are going wrong after doing this.) Once the change above is made, the default behavior will be *not* to disable CPAN functionality that is duplicated by SSODS's pre- compiled Perl modules. Now you can start up SSODS and load in the latest SBS 7.6 tarball (making sure to use one with ARM executables in it) and it should all work!

LC_ALL= /opt/ssods4/etc/init.d/rc.ssods start

Please feedback your experiences to this thread so we can get an idea how well this works for other types of Linkstation. My successful test was on a LS-GL running firmware 1.15.

PS: I used http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nig....6.0-30726.tgz, but presumably http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nig...-arm-linux.tgz would have worked just as well.

[mr_hyde]

You could also go the easier way and just use the code as it is.

Just place a file called SSODS_SSUSEBINARIES in the Squeezeboxserver directory and the code prevents ssods from renaming the original binaries.

just go to the squezeboxserver diretory and run the command
'touch SSODS_SSUSEBINARIES'

and it should work. You just have to reinstall SbS to get the correct binaries

[mr_hyde]

You could also go the easier way and just use the code as it is.

Just place a file called SSODS_SSUSEBINARIES in the Squeezeboxserver
directory and the code prevents ssods from renaming the original
binaries.

just go to the squezeboxserver diretory and run the command
'touch SSODS_SSUSEBINARIES'

and it should work. You just have to reinstall SbS to get the correct
binaries


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[dsdreamer]

You could also go the easier way and just use the code as it is.

Just place a file called SSODS_SSUSEBINARIES in the Squeezeboxserver directory and the code prevents ssods from renaming the original binaries.

just go to the squezeboxserver diretory and run the command
'touch SSODS_SSUSEBINARIES'

and it should work. You just have to reinstall SbS to get the correct binaries

I know. But for new users, having to touch a file in a directory that doesn't yet exist, or do the install twice doesn't seem convenient.

Your way is undoubtedly the proper way to do it, and avoids the need to use an editor of any kind, so indeed some might prefer it.

[dsdreamer]

mr_hyde;545069 Wrote:
> You could also go the easier way and just use the code as it is.
>
> Just place a file called SSODS_SSUSEBINARIES in the Squeezeboxserver
> directory and the code prevents ssods from renaming the original
> binaries.
>
> just go to the squezeboxserver diretory and run the command
> 'touch SSODS_SSUSEBINARIES'
>
> and it should work. You just have to reinstall SbS to get the correct
> binaries

I know. But for new users, having to touch a file in a directory that
doesn't yet exist, or do the install twice doesn't seem convenient.

Your way is undoubtedly the proper way to do it, and avoids the need to
use an editor of any kind, so indeed some might prefer it.


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[.:.impossible]

I don't know when/where to do the following:


In short the answer is to use SSODS but to prevent the "any Perl/CPAN stuff to disable?" functionality from running during the installation. I do this by deleting the ! (bang, or invert) character on line 185 of /opt/ssods4/bin/ssctrl, so that it reads:

[.:.impossible]

I don't know when/where to do the following:


In short the answer is to use SSODS but to prevent the "any Perl/CPAN
stuff to disable?" functionality from running during the installation.
I do this by deleting the ! (bang, or invert) character on line 185 of
/opt/ssods4/bin/ssctrl, so that it reads:


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[dsdreamer]

I don't know when/where to do the following:


In short the answer is to use SSODS but to prevent the "any Perl/CPAN stuff to disable?" functionality from running during the installation. I do this by deleting the ! (bang, or invert) character on line 185 of /opt/ssods4/bin/ssctrl, so that it reads:

Once you have untarred SSODS4.8 using the installation instructions at http://oinkzwurgl.org/ssods, but before starting it up.

You will need to have access to a text editor that you know how to use, so that you can go to line 185 of /opt/ssods4/bin/ssctrl and delete the '!' character on that line.

(If you are not comfortable using a text editor on your Linkstation, the procedure outlined by mr_hyde may be more suitable. In that case you need to install a SBS from the SSODS interface before going in and doing 'touch SSODS_SSUSEBINARIES' in the Squeezeboxserver installation directory. Then you will need to reinstall the SBS one more time to get the desired effect.)

[dsdreamer]

..:.impossible;545299 Wrote:
> I don't know when/where to do the following:
>
>
> In short the answer is to use SSODS but to prevent the "any Perl/CPAN
> stuff to disable?" functionality from running during the installation.
> I do this by deleting the ! (bang, or invert) character on line 185 of
> /opt/ssods4/bin/ssctrl, so that it reads:

Once you have untarred SSODS4.8 using the installation instructions at
http://oinkzwurgl.org/ssods, but before starting it up.

You will need to have access to a text editor that you know how to use,
so that you can go to line 185 of /opt/ssods4/bin/ssctrl and delete the
'!' character on that line.

(If you are not comfortable using a text editor on your Linkstation,
the procedure outlined by mr_hyde may be more suitable. In that case
you need to install a SBS from the SSODS interface before going in and
doing 'touch SSODS_SSUSEBINARIES' in the Squeezeboxserver installation
directory. Then you will need to reinstall the SBS one more time to get
the desired effect.)


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[.:.impossible]

arrrgh. for some reason, i do not have permission to save the file after editing; however, everything is set to read/write.

i am very amateur...

can you walk me through step by step, stating the obvious, what is happening here:

Once you have untarred SSODS4.8 using the installation instructions at http://oinkzwurgl.org/ssods, but before starting it up.

You will need to have access to a text editor that you know how to use, so that you can go to line 185 of /opt/ssods4/bin/ssctrl and delete the '!' character on that line.

thanks guys!