Squeezebox Radio would not connect to LMS 8: "Update required"

[slartibartfast]

I'm confused! (not unusual these days)

I have a radio which has the patch installed. I still get the bug message in the server log:

[20-04-09 10:17:18.0916] main::init (388) Starting Logitech Media Server (v8.0.0, 1586408756, Thu Apr 9 07:19:42 CEST 2020) perl 5.026001 - i686-linux-gnu-thread-multi-64int

[20-04-09 10:17:26.8198] Slim::Networking:iscovery::getFakeVersion (129)
You're using a Radio with a buggy firmware not recognizing this version of Logitech Media Server.
Please consider patching it. Until then we'll try to play nice and return a fake version number...

Uninstall and reinstall the patch. I think the patch has been updated as well.

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[mherger]

> Uninstall and reinstall the patch. I think the patch has been updated as
> well.

Correct. I had to set some flag visible to LMS when the Radio was
patched. Or I wouldn't be able to stop the nagging when it's done. In
order to add this flag I had to update the patch - which unfortunately
doesn't update on the device automatically.

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Michael

[castalla]

> Uninstall and reinstall the patch. I think the patch has been updated as
> well.

Correct. I had to set some flag visible to LMS when the Radio was
patched. Or I wouldn't be able to stop the nagging when it's done. In
order to add this flag I had to update the patch - which unfortunately
doesn't update on the device automatically.

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Michael

Okay - thanks

[gerardluc]

Hi all
If you use iPeng there is a other way to connect an unpatched radio to LMS 8+. You kan find Radios which have lost the connection to their LMS and which are not connected to my squeesebox.com in iPeng as "not connected player" in the playerlist.
If you don't see them proceede a factory reset. After that you have to choose the language and then choose the netwok. The radio connects to the choosen network. Leave the radio at this point. You will find it in iPeng as "not connected player" in the playerlist. Tap it and choose the LMS to connect it with. This happens, and on the screen of the radio you will see the menu of the choosen LMS. Now you can download the patch as described. From now on you can change to any LMS you want with the menu of the radio. Until a factory reset witch unfortunately removes the patch.

[mherger]

> If you use iPeng there is a other way to connect an unpatched radio to
> LMS 8+. You kan find Radios which have lost the connection to their LMS
> and which are not connected to my squeesebox.com in iPeng as "not
> connected player" in the playerlist.

The latest LMS8 would let them connect anyway. Most likely the
workaround I put in place will continue to work. But I added a check to
ask the user to patch their units, as fixing the version string
comparison on the Radio is the real fix.

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Michael

[badboygolf16v]

I have two SBR connected as a stereo pair. On one the screen doesn't work at all, I've covered with electrical tape.

Any suggestions how I can patch the SBR with no screen?

I was able to select the one with no screen for playback control from the one with a screen but it doesn't allow a plugin to be installed.

[mherger]

> Any suggestions how I can patch the SBR with no screen?

If SSH was enabled on the unit you could patch it manually.

Otherwise you'll have to rely on the assumption that faking the server
version string under some circumstances won't break anything, but let
you use your device as before.
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Michael

[badboygolf16v]

Thanks Michael

SSH isn't enabled so I'll just have to hope the server patch continues to work.

Or downgrade LMS as a fallback.

[pumpkin]

How about creating a real fixed new firmware for Radios altogether? Or is this not possible due to licencing/copyright issues?

[mherger]

> How about creating a real fixed new firmware for Radios altogether? Or
> is this not possible due to licencing/copyright issues?

I think the message in LMS explains that we were not able to create a
new firmware when we tried last time (which admittedly was a few years ago).

Now that said, there are always people more dedicated and brave than a
company who's asked to maintain a long abandoned device... There's
indeed an effort going on to provide an updated firmware for the Radio:

http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111663

It's not available to a larger audience, and I have no idea where the
journey goes. But just as a hint as to what is involved in getting this
stunt pulled off: the build is run on a Linux from 2010. Such an old
system is having a hard time satisfying today's web servers and has a
hard time downloading from them. That was one of the reasons why we
(well, mostly me, tbh) gave up trying last time...

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Michael