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[bob]

No change in the menu/popup issues with this build.  Anything else I can test?  Would a log help?

I don't think a log would help and I don't seem to be able to reproduce this no matter what Distro, Architecture and Desktop manager I use.
If there was a way I could get it to happen here I'm sure it could be fixed...

[Rizlaw]

Problem with 22.0.51 download. Error message:

"This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below."

[Awesome Donkey]

Yep, access denied error again, can't download the latest build.

[Awesome Donkey]

The build's link is still broken with an access denied error.

[bob]

Sorry, fixed now...

[bob]

A couple of important changes in the .56 build. The eventing processing loop has been re-written. For those that have issues with dropdown boxes, etc see if this makes a difference.

Also, mouse pointer hiding and displaying, especially in full screen video has changed.

[mwillems]

A couple of important changes in the .56 build. The eventing processing loop has been re-written. For those that have issues with dropdown boxes, etc see if this makes a difference.

Also, mouse pointer hiding and displaying, especially in full screen video has changed.

No change in the dropdown box issue for me with this build unfortunately.  Out of curiosity I spun up a debian Jessie VM and couldn't reproduce the issue, even though the VM had the exact same operating system and DE.  So there's either some idiosyncratic configuration causing this, or the native (non-virtualized) intel graphics hardware is causing it.  I'm rebuilding my server next month after the stretch freeze.  I guess we'll find out more definitively whether it's config or hardware then (Assuming you don't crack it between now and then :-) )

[BryanC]

Hi Bob,

MC is still displaying over my lower taskbar in MATE. I can't resize the window after maximizing. This started happening around the time the Theater View builds were introduced. If you need any more info let me know.

[bob]

No change in the dropdown box issue for me with this build unfortunately.  Out of curiosity I spun up a debian Jessie VM and couldn't reproduce the issue, even though the VM had the exact same operating system and DE.  So there's either some idiosyncratic configuration causing this, or the native (non-virtualized) intel graphics hardware is causing it.  I'm rebuilding my server next month after the stretch freeze.  I guess we'll find out more definitively whether it's config or hardware then (Assuming you don't crack it between now and then :-) )

If you still have it running, can you try changing skins and the scale size?

[bob]

Hi Bob,

MC is still displaying over my lower taskbar in MATE. I can't resize the window after maximizing. This started happening around the time the Theater View builds were introduced. If you need any more info let me know.

Hi Bryan,

What distro and architecture?
I loaded MATE onto Debian 8 AMD64 NVidia Legacy display driver and MC works fine with the default desktop.
It doesn't load over the taskbar and I can resize it (if not in maximized mode of course).

[mwillems]

If you still have it running, can you try changing skins and the scale size?

I don't unfortunately, I rebuilt my server over the weekend for Debian stretch and everything's working fine now.

However, I have a machine where MC takes up the whole screen after switching out of theater view, so that it obscures the Gnome title bar like Bryan is describing if you need testing on that.  It's an Arch box running the latest Gnome.

[bob]

I don't unfortunately, I rebuilt my server over the weekend for Debian stretch and everything's working fine now.

However, I have a machine where MC takes up the whole screen after switching out of theater view, so that it obscures the Gnome title bar like Bryan is describing if you need testing on that.  It's an Arch box running the latest Gnome.

Is that with current builds?
One display or more?

[mwillems]

Is that with current builds?
One display or more?

With current builds and only one display.  It seems to happen after MC has been in theater view for a little while.  Just switching to theater view and back doesn't seem to do it, switching to theater view playing a song or two, stopping playback, and then switching back seems to do it.

[bob]

No change in the dropdown box issue for me with this build unfortunately.  Out of curiosity I spun up a debian Jessie VM and couldn't reproduce the issue, even though the VM had the exact same operating system and DE.  So there's either some idiosyncratic configuration causing this, or the native (non-virtualized) intel graphics hardware is causing it.  I'm rebuilding my server next month after the stretch freeze.  I guess we'll find out more definitively whether it's config or hardware then (Assuming you don't crack it between now and then :-) )

Ok, can you try this from a terminal window:

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xdpyinfo | grep -i backing
and post the results from both the VM and machine with the issue?

[mwillems]

Ok, can you try this from a terminal window:

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xdpyinfo | grep -i backing
and post the results from both the VM and machine with the issue?

On the VM that doesn't exhibit the issue

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options:    backing-store WHEN MAPPED, save-unders NO

On the bare metal machine that does

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options:    backing-store WHEN MAPPED, save-unders NO

Doesn't look like that's it

[BryanC]

Hi Bryan,

What distro and architecture?
I loaded MATE onto Debian 8 AMD64 NVidia Legacy display driver and MC works fine with the default desktop.
It doesn't load over the taskbar and I can resize it (if not in maximized mode of course).

Fedora 25 x86_64

So I've been playing around with the window and here's what I'm experiencing.

If I maximize standard view using the maximize button and then enter and exit theater view, the MC window covers my taskbar and I am unable to resize the MC window at all. If I then click the restore window button, MC doesn't do anything but if I enter and exit theater view again the screen will have restored itself and I can see my taskbar again and resize the MC window.

[Awesome Donkey]

Trying to change Buffer Time from 500000 to 600000 causes an instant crash/segmentation fault. Trying to change Period Time from 100000 to something like 110000 causes MC to lock up. Tested both Ubuntu and Arch Linux, in addition to my virtual machines.

[bob]

Trying to change Buffer Time from 500000 to 600000 causes an instant crash/segmentation fault. Trying to change Period Time from 100000 to something like 110000 causes MC to lock up. Tested both Ubuntu and Arch Linux, in addition to my virtual machines.

It's a bug in the configuration settings that I introduced while working on native Bitstreaming. It will be fixed in the next build.

[PPatla]

I'm having issues after the upgrade from .106 to .111

Upon startup, Mediacenter 22 appears to startup then lockup and then reboot.

This is an endless cycle.  I can alt tab to see JR there, and then it disappears.  Then I wait for my script to start it again, and then it locks up and restarts.

Any suggestions on to intercept and troubleshoot are welcome.

-Pat

[bob]

I'm having issues after the upgrade from .106 to .111

Upon startup, Mediacenter 22 appears to startup then lockup and then reboot.

This is an endless cycle.  I can alt tab to see JR there, and then it disappears.  Then I wait for my script to start it again, and then it locks up and restarts.

Any suggestions on to intercept and troubleshoot are welcome.

-Pat

Is there anything you have it setup to do when it starts up (like connecting to a library server)?

[PPatla]

This is the main library server in my setup.  I have it starting up with the script that is posted here and it just constantly tries to boot up (after the script figures out MC22 is not running).

main library server Ubuntu 16.04 and was MC22 .106, now .111

after .111 it's just constant rebooting.  You can see the screen for a split second then it disappears.

I usually access this machine via VNC, but when I logged on locally I have the same issue.

I just went and checked my workstation that connects remotely to that library and it was also upgraded to .111 It's also locking up, I was able to submit the detail log as to the error.

I went to another remote client machine in my setup that is still running .106 and it starts up fine (but has nothing to connect to because of the main server not running)

this was after a

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade

update to the system

when I remotely log in there are no updates, no security updates available to the system.

It's a dual core AMD with 8GB of memory.

[bob]

This is the main library server in my setup.  I have it starting up with the script that is posted here and it just constantly tries to boot up (after the script figures out MC22 is not running).

main library server Ubuntu 16.04 and was MC22 .106, now .111

after .111 it's just constant rebooting.  You can see the screen for a split second then it disappears.

I usually access this machine via VNC, but when I logged on locally I have the same issue.

I just went and checked my workstation that connects remotely to that library and it was also upgraded to .111 It's also locking up, I was able to submit the detail log as to the error.

I went to another remote client machine in my setup that is still running .106 and it starts up fine (but has nothing to connect to because of the main server not running)

this was after a

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade

update to the system

when I remotely log in there are no updates, no security updates available to the system.

It's a dual core AMD with 8GB of memory.

Go to a terminal prompt.
cd /usr/lib/jriver/Media\ Center\ 22
ldd -d *.so* | grep -i found

See if anything shows up, if so post it here.

[bob]

I'm having issues after the upgrade from .106 to .111

Upon startup, Mediacenter 22 appears to startup then lockup and then reboot.

This is an endless cycle.  I can alt tab to see JR there, and then it disappears.  Then I wait for my script to start it again, and then it locks up and restarts.

Any suggestions on to intercept and troubleshoot are welcome.

-Pat

MC ships with some libraries in a private path to be able to run on the widest variety of distributions.
The fix to the private library paths in this build seems to be an issue on Ubuntu 16, previously a few of the system libraries were being used in place of the ones shipped with MC.
I was able to get it working on 22.0.111 by removing one of the libraries from the MC install so it uses the system library.
You can try this. Remove the all of the libgpg-error.so* from /usr/lib/jriver/Media Center 22 from a terminal thusly:
sudo rm /usr/lib/jriver/Media\ Center\ 22/libgpg-error.so*

[PPatla]

Thank you, I'll try this when I get home tonight.  I'll report out my results!

-Pat

[PPatla]

I rm'd the library using

sudo rm /usr/lib/jriver/Media\ Center\ 22/libgpg-error.so*

it still has the same behavior, here is what was left in the directory after the rm

alsacap                   libgnutls.so          libJRReader.so
Data                      libgnutls.so.28       libJRTools.so
JRWorker                  libgnutls.so.28.41.7  libnettle.so
libboost_regex.so.1.59.0  libhogweed.so         libnettle.so.4
libcryptlib.so            libhogweed.so.2       libsoxr.so
libgcrypt.so              libidn.so             libsoxr.so.0
libgcrypt.so.20           libidn.so.11          libsoxr.so.0.1.1
libgcrypt.so.20.0.3       libidn.so.11.6.8      License.txt
libgmp.so                 libJRDisc.so          Plugins
libgmp.so.10              libJRImage.so         Skins
libgmp.so.10.2.0          libJRPlayer.so

I tried it on the workstation (which I use to remote access the main library server)

and on the main library server (which is where I first discovered the problem).

and I did the grep command

cd /usr/lib/jriver/Media\ Center\ 22
ldd -d *.so* | grep -i found

and didn't find anything

-Pat

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0 packages can be updated.
0 updates are security updates.

[bob]

Thanks for testing.
Do you have either MC 20 or MC 21 installed on the same machine?

[PPatla]

nope. Just MC22

/usr/lib/jriver$ ls
MC22 Media Center 22

-Pat

[PPatla]

can I just download the .108 .deb package and install that over .111 and will that get me back online for the 4th of July :-)

[bob]

can I just download the .108 .deb package and install that over .111 and will that get me back online for the 4th of July :-)

Please try this build hot off the press:
http://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v22/latest/MediaCenter-22.0.111-2-amd64.deb

Or update via the repo and it will install automatically.
Report back please!

[PPatla]

I updated via the repo and it installed .110-2

It still isn't starting up

-Pat

Thanks for the support here, I'm trying to demo this to two guys at work so that they buy two IDs and install JR

[bob]

I updated via the repo and it installed .110-2

It still isn't starting up

-Pat

Thanks for the support here, I'm trying to demo this to two guys at work so that they buy two IDs and install JR

Sorry about that.
Please go back to the 108 build. I'll pull the 111 stuff from the repo.

[bob]

I've pulled the 22.0.111 build for AMD64. There is something odd going on with the libraries.
If you were having issues with 22.0.111 you can reinstall the 22.0.108 build from the link or from the repo.
If doing it from the repo, you would do

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --reinstall mediacenter22=22.0.108

Sorry for the issues.

Had to edit this to specify the version to install.

[PPatla]

sudo apt-get install --reinstall mediacenter22
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Reinstallation of mediacenter22 is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

I'll try the .deb file next

-Pat

[PPatla]

sudo apt-get --purge remove mediacenter22

sudo apt autoremove

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install mediacenter22

and I'm back with .108

Thanks for all of your help...

Plus I leared more Linux command lines thru this exercise :-)  (I learned Linux because I wanted to install JR Media Center for Linux and after a few months I've converted my whole house to Linux as part of this learning experience)

Thanks!
Pat

ps. I couldn't get the .deb file to install over .111 this is why I went the route I posted here

[bob]

The 22.0.111-5 build should resolve the crashing issues caused by the private libraries.