[Voyage-linux] Problem creating database on alix

Gianluca Bonalumi (spam-protected)
Thu Feb 6 00:50:00 HKT 2014


Intermittent problem with the Alix was found, the cpu was not well soldered
to the board, infact, flexing it a little showes that the cpu looses
contact and the o.s. crashes. I've tried to reflow it in a oven but got a
totally non working board and melted connectors (even if checking the temp
i've not got it over 220°C), so, did you sell only alix 3D2 alone? If yes
at how much (I'm in Italy)? Database creation still to be investigated.

Thank you, best regards.

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2014-02-04 Gianluca Bonalumi <bonalux.lc8 at gmail.com>:

> Hi there, the log didn't helped because mpd was crashing on different
> files any of the times I've tried. Being very hangry at that time I've
> tried to install mpdpup version 0.9.3 with mpd 0.16.8 and bang!! It updated
> the database without problem, even very fast (but probably is the new NAS).
> It also solved some problems of the latest version with some internet
> radios, that sometime caused mpd to crash and restart (but sometimes not
> restart at all). Probably something changed in version 0.17.2 of mpd that
> was the first version causing me some random problems, never so big maybe
> because since first installation I've always retained the database and only
> updated it (because the rebuild from scratch was very low then...). This
> doesn't mean that the problem is not some of my files, but sure there is
> some sort of bug in latest mpd. So I will try to investigate more on this
> and let you know if I find something.
>
> See you.
>
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> 2014-02-04 Kim-man 'Punky' TSE <punkytse at punknix.com>:
>
> Hi,
>>
>> I seems to get some reports on updating database on 0.9.2.
>>
>> One test case would be reading 24/44.1 wav file for database. This eats
>> CPUs but not memory.
>>
>> My recommendation would be a verbose log_level to trace, add
>>
>> log_level                      "verbose"
>>
>> to /etc/mpd.conf, restart mpd, and monitor the log /var/log/mpd/mpd.log
>>
>> When mpd increase CPU, look at near the end of the log and locate what
>> songs it is reading.  A successful reading of file would be:
>>
>> Feb 04 05:38 : update: reading public/wav/09 So Sad.wav
>> Feb 04 05:38 : update: added public/wav/09 So Sad.wav
>>
>> Your log will not show "update: added ..." after "update: reading ..."
>> message if the song is problematic to mpd, e.g.
>>
>> Feb 04 05:38 : update: reading public/XXXX.wav
>>
>> Regards,
>> Punky
>>
>>
>> On 2/4/2014 4:03 AM, Gianluca Bonalumi wrote:
>>
>>> Hi kim, I'm struggling to find a solution to the database creation
>>> problem, I've cutted down to the fact that it seems to be a memory leak
>>> problem, I've tried 2 more pc's other than the Alix, one with 1Gb of ram
>>> and the other with 6Gb (voyage uses only 2,5Gb) and noted that when
>>> launching the database update, looking at memory with the top command, it
>>> starts to eat memory at a rate of 5Kib a second more or less. The Alix
>>> hangs only after 1 or 2 minutes from start of the update, the PC with 1Gb
>>> works for 8-10 minutes at least and the one with 2,5Gb works for half an
>>> hour, but for all 3 when the memory is very low the result is the same, mpd
>>> hangs. I've tried to reinstall all (0.9.2), and also with differents USB
>>> key, tried to eliminate the buffer in mpd.conf but any try was with no
>>> luck...I'm really down, I like so much the combination of Alix and mpd and
>>> since bought it from you, it has worked for more than a year with no
>>> problem at all (apart from occasional WaveIO problems on startup...). I've
>>> also tried mpdpup that has mpd version 17.0 or 17.2, don't remember well,
>>> but got the same problem.
>>>
>>> Please, have you got any clue? I've also resetted completely the router,
>>> changed NAS, PSU, tried with and without WaveIO connected but no way.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for your support, Best Regards.
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> 2014-01-20 Gianluca Bonalumi <bonalux.lc8 at gmail.com <mailto:
>>> bonalux.lc8 at gmail.com>>:
>>>
>>>
>>>     Hi Kim, thanks for your quick reply. I've managed easily to create a
>>> swap file on the SD, the problem is that
>>>     looking at the memory use (using TOP command) even with the swap
>>> file active the system uses only ram, not even a
>>>     byte of the swap. Is the system locked in ram in some way? Thank
>>> you, best regards.
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>     2014/1/20 Kim-man 'Punky' TSE <punkytse at punknix.com <mailto:
>>> punkytse at punknix.com>>
>>>
>>>
>>>         Hi,
>>>
>>>         This wiki may help you:
>>>
>>>         https://wiki.debian.org/Swap
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>         On 1/19/2014 6:49 AM, Gianluca Bonalumi wrote:
>>>
>>>             Hi all, I'm having problems rebuilding the database on my
>>> alix after reinstalling voyage-mpd-0.9.2 (but
>>>             the same problem was present before), probably due to low
>>> ram. It starts regularly with the update but
>>>             after few minutes mpd crashes.
>>>             I've tried to add a swapfile but the kernel is ignoring it
>>> and it's not used, anyone knows how can I
>>>             temporarily force mpd to run on a swap file? I'm a noob on
>>> linux.
>>>
>>>             Thank you.
>>>
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>>>         --         Regards,
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>> Kim-man "Punky" Tse
>>
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