Announce: SuperDateTime - Current Date/Temperature and/or Baseball Screensaver

[GoCubs]

# 3.2.0 06/09/05
Added support for tracking of multiple baseball teams.
Added option to display humidity level.

Please test this version out. I cleaned up the code quite a bit and hopefully didn't introduce any new bugs. The new version should also make it easier for me to add additional sports in the future

[peecee]

I'm trying to user SuperDateTime, and I can't unzip it. I've tried WinZip on Windows, gunzip & unzip on linux, all without any luck. What the heck can I use to unzip this thing?

Paul

[GoCubs]

I'm trying to user SuperDateTime, and I can't unzip it. I've tried WinZip on Windows, gunzip & unzip on linux, all without any luck. What the heck can I use to unzip this thing?

This is really weird. I post to other forums at other websites that utilize the same forum software backend with no problems at all. Perhaps the files are being saved as ascii and not binary? I'll try attaching again using a different computer, but I'm not sure what else to do. Opening the file using winzip on my system works fine.

BTW- This version has NBA support. I just added it, so until the next live game I'm not sure if it will work.

[GoCubs]

Okay- I could be wrong, but I think something is set up wrong on the forum software. I have tried uploading the zip file using both IE and Moxilla Firefox. Upon uploading, if I download the file using IE (which most people use), it comes in corrupts. However, if I use FireFox (www.getfirefox.com), it downloads fine.

My guess is that the forum software is treating .txt and .zip files the same, and is saving them as ascii. Firefox somehow figures this out and converts the file back to binary.

[crimson]

GoCubs, that appears to be a correct assessment of the problem. I couldn't get it to download correctly using IE, but downloading via GetRight (a downloader program) was just fine. Strange.

Oh, and great program by the way. Even though I don't use it, the integration of sport scores is a very slick idea.

[peecee]

That works for me. Thanks!

Now, why the heck doesn't it show up in the Plugins or on my squeezebox menu? I turned on d_plugin and that doesn't show me anything. I'm on FC3 running 6.0.2_1 (latest stable 6.0 release) via rpm.

Paul

[kdf]

Quoting peecee <peecee.1qizzc (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com>:

>
> That works for me. Thanks!
>
> Now, why the heck doesn't it show up in the Plugins or on my squeezebox
> menu? I turned on d_plugin and that doesn't show me anything. I'm on
> FC3 running 6.0.2_1 (latest stable 6.0 release) via rpm.
>
you MUST look at the startup messages in d_plugin to determine that. Turning
d_plugins on from the UI will be of no help in cases like this.

In this case, stop the service and run manually:

sudo /etc/init.d/slimserver stop

/usr/local/slimserver/slimserver.pl --d_plugins

if the plugin has a problem (usually a missing perl module) then you will see
the messages there. If the plugin tests fail, then the plugin is not loaded
and you will not see any reference to it from the UI or any debugging after
startup.

-kdf

[peecee]

I think this may be it...

Can't load Plugins::SuperDatetime for Plugins menu: Undefined subroutine &Plugins::SuperDatetime::getDisplayName called at /usr/local/slimserver//Slim/Buttons/Plugins.pm line 184.

Next?

[kdf]

Quoting peecee <peecee.1qj2rb (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com>:

>
> I think this may be it...
>
> Can't load Plugins::SuperDatetime for Plugins menu: Undefined
> subroutine &Plugins::SuperDatetime::getDisplayName called at
> /usr/local/slimserver//Slim/Buttons/Plugins.pm line 184.
>
> Next?

you would be looking for more than this. This can be a result of something
else.
-k

[peecee]

you would be looking for more than this. This can be a result of something
else.
-k

Here's the whole output (although I don't know if it will help...)

[root@mythtvmbe slimserver]# /usr/local/slimserver/slimserver.pl --d_plugins


2005-06-12 17:17:35.6604 BROWSE_MUSIC does not exist. creating...
2005-06-12 17:17:35.6617 Registering screensaver Now Playing (Jump back on wake.)
2005-06-12 17:17:57.4109 Requiring Plugins::RadioIO plugin.
2005-06-12 17:17:57.4327 Requiring Plugins::Picks plugin.
2005-06-12 17:17:57.4509 Requiring Plugins:ateTime::Plugin plugin.
2005-06-12 17:17:57.4695 Requiring Plugins::Rescan plugin.
2005-06-12 17:17:57.4889 Requiring Plugins::SavePlaylist plugin.
2005-06-12 17:17:57.5056 Requiring Plugins::MusicMagic::Plugin plugin.
2005-06-12 17:17:57.5624 Requiring Plugins::Visualizer plugin.
2005-06-12 17:17:57.5791 Requiring Plugins::SlimTris plugin.
2005-06-12 17:17:57.6008 Requiring Plugins::SuperDatetime plugin.
2005-06-12 17:17:57.6654 Can't load Plugins::SuperDatetime for Plugins menu: Undefined subroutine &Plugins::SuperDatetime::getDisplayName called at /usr/local/slimserver//Slim/Buttons/Plugins.pm line 184.

2005-06-12 17:17:57.6677 Requiring Plugins::iTunes plugin.
2005-06-12 17:17:57.7145 Requiring Plugins::RssNews plugin.
2005-06-12 17:17:57.7693 Requiring Plugins::ShoutcastBrowser plugin.
2005-06-12 17:17:57.8656 Requiring Plugins::Live365 plugin.
2005-06-12 17:17:57.9487 PLUGINS does not exist. creating...
2005-06-12 17:17:57.9491 Adding RadioIO to menu: RADIO
2005-06-12 17:17:57.9493 RADIO does not exist. creating...
2005-06-12 17:17:57.9498 Adding Picks to menu: RADIO
2005-06-12 17:17:57.9506 Adding SlimTris to menu: GAMES
2005-06-12 17:17:57.9510 GAMES does not exist. creating...
2005-06-12 17:17:57.9516 SCREENSAVERS does not exist. creating...
2005-06-12 17:17:57.9519 Adding RssNews to menu: PLUGINS
2005-06-12 17:17:57.9524 Adding ShoutcastBrowser to menu: RADIO
2005-06-12 17:17:57.9528 Adding Live365 to menu: RADIO
2005-06-12 17:17:57.9551 Registering screensaver PLUGIN_SCREENSAVER_DATETIME
2005-06-12 17:17:57.9557 Registering screensaver PLUGIN_SCREENSAVER_VISUALIZER_SPECTRUM_ANALYZER
2005-06-12 17:17:57.9560 Registering screensaver PLUGIN_SCREENSAVER_VISUALIZER_ANALOG_VUMETER
2005-06-12 17:17:57.9564 Registering screensaver PLUGIN_SCREENSAVER_VISUALIZER_DIGITAL_VUMETER
2005-06-12 17:17:57.9572 Registering screensaver PLUGIN_RSSNEWS_SCREENSAVER
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/local/slimserver//Slim/Buttons/Plugins.pm line 82.
Use of uninitialized value in string comparison (cmp) at /usr/local/slimserver//Slim/Buttons/Plugins.pm line 90.
Use of uninitialized value in string comparison (cmp) at /usr/local/slimserver//Slim/Buttons/Plugins.pm line 90.
Use of uninitialized value in string comparison (cmp) at /usr/local/slimserver//Slim/Buttons/Plugins.pm line 90.
Use of uninitialized value in string comparison (cmp) at /usr/local/slimserver//Slim/Buttons/Plugins.pm line 90.
2005-06-12 17:17:57.9679 RSS Feed Info:
2005-06-12 17:17:57.9681 BBC News World Edition, http://news.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline...age/rss091.xml
2005-06-12 17:17:57.9685 CNET News.com, http://news.com.com/2547-1_3-0-5.xml
2005-06-12 17:17:57.9687 New York Times Home Page, http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/...t/HomePage.xml
2005-06-12 17:17:57.9690 RollingStone.com Music News, http://www.rollingstone.com/rssxml/music_news.xml
2005-06-12 17:17:57.9693 Slashdot, http://slashdot.org/index.rss
2005-06-12 17:17:57.9696 Yahoo! News: Business, http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/business
2005-06-12 17:17:57.9698


It seems like that Plugins.pm problem on line 184 is the only error.