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@jcard

Where would you questions/bugs etc?  Here or on the google code site?

I've tried putting avahi on as a package.  Installed fine though doesn't appear in the 'services' area. 
I checked the system log and found

daemon.err avahi-daemon[472]: Failed to find user 'default'

There is some suggestion online that some post install for this package sets up a user called 'avahi' and a group of the same name.

I've tried to create a group, that worked.  However when trying to create a user 'avahi' I get:

chmod: /home/avahi: No such file or directory
HTTP/1.1 303
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Location: /cgi-bin/usersgroups.cgi

I tried creating the directory by hand, this led the error message not appearing, just going back to the user screen with no user added.

Haim

Me again

Anyone running the miniDLNA package through alt-f?

I've installed and it says its running.  Have set up a folder to share.

However log file says it couldn't create the .pid file.  So I've chmod'ed /var/run for all to be able to use  it (nice security ) and it could create a .pid file.
However still not visible on the network. (using UPnP Inspector on ubuntu which is based on conference it seems).
When I stop and start the service it gets puts an error that it can't open the pid file agian, but this time because it already exists!  If I delete it, then it can start again without warning.
I've tried deleting the .db file, this recreates each time, no warnings.

But still not visible

Anyone got ideas on
1.  How I can get it to deal with the .pid file nicely?  I'm not clued up on how alt-f is dealing with users, does it run things as root?  Was I supposed to create some other users after install which are necessary?
2.  Getting miniDLNA to be visible on the network.

I might pop this over in the main thread too, now that I think about it.

Cheers

Haim

haim wrote:

Me again

Anyone running the miniDLNA package through alt-f?

I've installed and it says its running.  Have set up a folder to share.

However log file says it couldn't create the .pid file.  So I've chmod'ed /var/run for all to be able to use  it (nice security ) and it could create a .pid file.

I must admit that I haven't use or test packages since a long time. And perhaps Alt-F has evolved in ways that makes some packages to fail now.

minidlna author does not tag cvs and does not makes source releases, so I just got the package as it was from cvs.

But I have installed minidlna just now (on a pre 0.1B6) and had no problems.
No pid file created but I think to remember that it run OK this way, without the problem of removing the pid file when stopping (and again on restart)
But you are right, I could only use it with xbmc when invoking it from cli as root: "minidlna -d"

I remember that I tested all upnp/dlna packages with xbmc, as I couldn't find none to work with my media-center...

"minidlna" is a system user of the "multimedia" group (cat /etc/passwd /etc/group)

Thanks

However still not visible on the network. (using UPnP Inspector on ubuntu which is based on conference it seems).
When I stop and start the service it gets puts an error that it can't open the pid file agian, but this time because it already exists!  If I delete it, then it can start again without warning.
I've tried deleting the .db file, this recreates each time, no warnings.

But still not visible

Anyone got ideas on
1.  How I can get it to deal with the .pid file nicely?  I'm not clued up on how alt-f is dealing with users, does it run things as root?  Was I supposed to create some other users after install which are necessary?
2.  Getting miniDLNA to be visible on the network.

I might pop this over in the main thread too, now that I think about it.

Cheers

Haim

Big job Jcard!!! Congratulations!!! If alt-f is stable and working with a good upnp server like minidlna like a charm it is perfect for me. I need it "only" to share media, and as you wrote it is your priority. It will be nice for me see it working fine with a bt, emule client.

Thank you very much for your effort.

WayRunner

I just installed and so far I am very impressed.  However, I have one big issue - What is the username / password for the SWAT page?

Last edited by dwmcqueen (2010-11-19 04:25:50)

wayrunner wrote:

I flashed my CH3SNAS with Alt-F 0.1B5. I formatted my two hard disks in RAID 1 with ext4. It's working perfect. Great!

What's the next step to install minidlna as Alt-F package?

Thanks.

Go into the web admin pages, to the packages section and add the minidlna package.

After that you'll need to make sure it's enabled and running in the 'services' section under 'user' services.  And also click on the 'configure' button to select the folders to share.

I think in theory that's all you have to do, however it's not working properly for me yet.  It's next on my list to sort out after avahi and netatalk.

Others are running it though, I'm sure someone will post if there are other steps.

The minidlna package is available for selection from the alt-f web admin pages.

So pop your NAS IP address in the browser, then navigave to the 'Packages' area, there you can choose Alt-f or FFP.  Choose Alt-f packages, then you can see the list of available 'native' packages for alt-f, click the install button for miniDLNA. 

Then you can do as I wrote above about setting up in the services area.

dwmcqueen wrote:

I just installed and so far I am very impressed.  However, I have one big issue - What is the username / password for the SWAT page?

Use "root" (without quotes) for the username and for the password use the web administration password.

wayrunner wrote:

Thanks haim,
And what package do you recommend for ed2k and bt download that I can choose the usb disk to download the files for the RAID to sleep?

Only "Transmission" is available for now.

To install a package your box must be able to access the internet, you must supply a gateway and a nameserver IP; usually those are your router IP and/or ISP nameserver IP.
Set it up in the Setup->Host menu.

Some end-user packages, such as Transmission,  have a configuration web page, that you can find under the Services menu.
Those packages configuration can be found under the Services menu, either at System, Network or User sub menus.

dwmcqueen wrote:

I didn't have a web admin password, and "root" with no password didn't work.  I tried to change the web admin password, but got this error:

cat: can't open '/etc/web-secret': No such file or directory

So, you didn't supply a password the first time you login?

Logout first and then try to go to some page. The login page should appear, and supplying a password and confirming it should fix the problem. Did it?

Can you reproduce the steps you took to loose the password file?

Remember to save settings (System->settings) when you wish to save something definitively in flash. It doesn't need to be every time that you change anything, only when you have a final set a changes.

Thanks

Can I SSH in and set the password that way?  If so, what should I use for the password?

dwmcqueen wrote:

I never had a password to being with ... and I leave the password blank when I log in.

That is a bug, should be corrected by now.
I never expected users to have blank passwords... a too many years unix user :-)

I can't set a password now (per the above).  When I go to the password page and (leaving it blank) click on "ChangePassword", I get this:

Another bug. Same reason.

1-If there is no web password file, in the Login page  ( *not* the System->Utils->changePass), two input fields should appear for you to fill.
Not two input fields? continue with 2.
Two input fields? Enter a ***non empty*** password -- whatever you want, no spaces or strange characters, and repeat it in the second input field.
Login OK? If a "not matched" message appears, continue with 2.

2-telnet the box (not ssh, ssh doesn't allow empty passwords), login as "root" (no quotes) and give an empty password (assuming it)
Login accepted? If not go to 4.
If yes, type
   rm /etc/web-secret
Go to 1. If it does not work again, goto 3.

3-If you telnet OK but 2 followed by 1 didn't work, type
   echo foo > /etc/web-secret
go to the web page, logout, then try to go to any page (other than status). Only one input field should appear? Enter "foo" as password, and login. Succeeded? No? continue with 5 but first read 4.

4-Try the disaster recovery method:
Press and keep pressing the box back button for more than 10 but ***less*** than 20 seconds.
This opens a no password telnet server on port 26. Go to step 2, but telnet using port 26. No password is asked.

5-If you keep the back button pressed for more than 20 seconds all flash settings are erased, including the box IP, and the unity will re rebooted in a pristine state. You have to discover what IP is the box using, read the Wiki.

Hope that the above works... -- anyhow these are all the available possibilities.

Please report back what worked.

0.1B6 will not accept empty passwords. If anybody has empty passwords please change them now.

haim wrote:

and now I have to log in to do anything other than see the status.

But only if you logout, right? You shouldn't need to login for every page you want to access!