http:\/\/www.slimdevices.com\/downloads\/SlimServer_v6.5.1\/SlimServer_v6.5.1.tar.gz<\/a>
\ntar -xzvf SlimServer_v6.5.1.tar.gz
\nmv SlimServer_v6.5.1 \/mnt\/slimserver
\ncd \/mnt\/slimserver\/Bin
\nmkdir mipsel-linux-gnu-thread-multi
\ncd mipsel-linux-gnu-thread-multi
\nln -s \/mnt\/hda\/opt\/mysql mysqld
\n\/mnt\/slimserver\/Bin\/build-perl-modules.pl<\/p>\nenter the relevent paths for your install<\/p>\n
==
\nInstall \/mnt\/slimserver
\nExtract <enter with defaults>
\nTmp \/mnt\/slimserver
\n==
\nmkdir \/mnt\/hda\/opt\/slim-data
\ncd \/mnt\/hda\/opt\/
\nchown -R slimserv:slimserv slim-data
\ncd \/mnt\/
\nchown -R slimserv:slimserv slimserver<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
To make it start automatically do this
\ncd \/etc\/init.d\/
\ncreate a file called slimserver containing the following:<\/p>\n
====
\n#!\/bin\/sh<\/p>\n
# slimserver init.d script for Linux
\n#
\n# Daemon needs to be your install path
\nDAEMON=\/mnt\/slimserver\/slimserver.pl
\nPIDFILE=\/var\/tmp\/slimserver.pid
\nLOGFILE=\/mnt\/hda\/opt\/slim-data\/slimserver.log
\nUSER=slimserv
\nSLIMSERVER_OPTS=””<\/p>\n
test -x ${DAEMON} || exit 0<\/p>\n
case “$1” in
\n\u00a0start) echo -n “Starting Slimserver: ”
\n\u00a0 HOME=\/home\/$USER
\n\u00a0 start-stop-daemon –start –quiet –exec $DAEMON
\n\u00a0\u00a0 –chuid ${USER} — –daemon
\n\u00a0\u00a0 –prefsfile=\/mnt\/hda\/opt\/slim-data\/slimserver.pref –pidfile=${PIDFILE}
\n\u00a0\u00a0 –cachedir=\/mnt\/hda\/opt\/slim-data –pidfile=${PIDFILE}
\n\u00a0\u00a0 –logfile=${LOGFILE} ${SLIMSERVER_OPTS}
\n\u00a0 echo “slimserver started”
\n\u00a0 ;;<\/p>\n
\u00a0stop) echo -n “Stopping Slimserver: ”
\n\u00a0start-stop-daemon –stop –quiet –user ${USER} –pidfile ${PIDFILE} –retry 5
\n\u00a0echo “done”
\n\u00a0;;<\/p>\n
\u00a0 force-reload|restart) $0 stop
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0$0 start
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0;;
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0 *) echo “Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|force-reload}”
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 exit 1;
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ;;<\/p>\n
esac<\/p>\n
exit 0<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
====
\nchmod +x \/etc\/init.d\/slimserver
\ncd \/etc\/rc.d\/rc2.d
\nln -s \/etc\/init.d\/slimserver S90slimserver
\nSlimserver runs well at streaming but the interface can be a bit sluggish – this I need to sort out later ..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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