[SlimDevices: Beta] 7 won't start on Ubuntu

[Robin Bowes]

Patrick Dixon wrote:
> Robin Bowes;227555 Wrote: 
>> Patrick,
>>
>> The best way to use trunk is to grab the latest code using subversion.
>> You can then update to the latest code easily. That should fix your
>> dependency issues too.
>>
>> That said, what O/S are you running and how are you "upgrading"?
>>
> 
> That's what I'd do if it was anything other than ubuntu/debian. 
> Unfortunately ubuntu/debian have a 'different' way of doing things, and
> the file locations and startup scripts are all different.
> 
> Upgrade is by changing the repo to the unstable one, and apt-get
> install slimserver.  It's Feisty BTW - 7.04 IIRC.
> 
> I'm reluctant to move too far off the standard path, because my server
> now runs mythtv too, and I get into trouble if I break it.

Patrick,

I would be relatively easy to add another IP address to your server and
run slimserver trunk on the other IP address - that way you would always
have 6.5x available.

R.