PcP 5.x Zero with hifibery intermidiate stopping squeezelite

[edwin2006]

I got lost in the PcP 5.x thread were i posted a problem with a Pi-zero with hifiberry dac https://forums.slimdevices.com/showt...l=1#post944736
So this is the original post https://forums.slimdevices.com/showt...l=1#post943759

Today again player disappeared. When looking at PcP the dac is still visible and PcP also say's that squeezelite is running but when i restart Squeezelite it gives an error. Only way to get it running is by rebooting the pi.
So that's what i did for now. What would be the next step when the failure happens again?

[TheHypnoToad]

I got lost in the PcP 5.x thread were i posted a problem with a Pi-zero with hifiberry dac https://forums.slimdevices.com/showt...l=1#post944736
So this is the original post https://forums.slimdevices.com/showt...l=1#post943759

Today again player disappeared. When looking at PcP the dac is still visible and PcP also say's that squeezelite is running but when i restart Squeezelite it gives an error. Only way to get it running is by rebooting the pi.
So that's what i did for now. What would be the next step when the failure happens again?

Can you log in to your pi over SSH when it disappears?

[edwin2006]

I'm not 100% sure but I thought I could. Next time it happens I'll try.

[paul-]

I would ssh in and then try to restart squeezelite from command line

sudo /usr/local/etc/init.d/squeezelite restart

See what it says from command line.

[edwin2006]

I will try as soon I've got the problem but it could take some time before this happens.

[TheHypnoToad]

I will try as soon I've got the problem but it could take some time before this happens.

If SSH connection fails, try just 'PINGing' the Pi if you know it's IP address or hostname, sometimes my PiZero will freeze, no SSH access but I'm still able to PING it so it still has network access.

It doesn't happen often, if it did I may look into the hardware watchdog for some sort of auto-reboot when this happens.

[edwin2006]

If SSH connection fails, try just 'PINGing' the Pi if you know it's IP address or hostname, sometimes my PiZero will freeze, no SSH access but I'm still able to PING it so it still has network access.

It doesn't happen often, if it did I may look into the hardware watchdog for some sort of auto-reboot when this happens.

If it's I visible to lms I'm still able to access pcp GUI, so it should be pingable also. So it looks like it's just Squeezelite that has been has stopped. Will try SSH next time.

[paul-]

If it's I visible to lms I'm still able to access pcp GUI, so it should be pingable also. So it looks like it's just Squeezelite that has been has stopped. Will try SSH next time.

If it's visibly to lms, then squeezelite is still running. However, if you stop squeezlite from playing, it will close the alsa output device. So if the device disappears after stopping, squeezelite will keep running. When you try to restart squeezelite it is likely not seeing the required output device, and thus not starting. Starting squeezelite from a ssh command line should see the whole error message.

So likely the board is disappearing from the system. You might also look at dmesg to see if something is in there. Otherwise, it's likely a hardware connection issue. Perhaps a pin with poor connection on the board.

[edwin2006]

I meant invisible but auto correct changed it in I visible
And how do I look for dmesg?

[paul-]

Just type dmesg from command line.

It’s also on one of the diagnostics pages