Future Minimserver 2 device releases

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(15-04-2020 11:33)simoncn Wrote:  The update failed with a curl error and I can no longer login as root. I presume the failed update has damaged some system files.

The primitive user interface and fragile error recovery makes me feel I am back in 1975...

Edit: I was eventually able to login but then the gp-update command was not found.

It is indeed a bit bizarre:

rpi6 ~ # which gp-update
which: no gp-update in (/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/opt/bin)
rpi6 ~ # gp-update


Local overlay and gentooplayer scripts will be updated

[OK]

Cloning into 'GP-overlay'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 214, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (214/214), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (149/149), done.
remote: Total 1828 (delta 143), reused 131 (delta 65), pack-reused 1614
Receiving objects: 100% (1828/1828), 563.67 KiB | 1.65 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (990/990), done.

[OK]

Cloning into 'GP-script-2'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 70, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (70/70), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (45/45), done.
remote: Total 1804 (delta 30), reused 50 (delta 25), pack-reused 1734
Receiving objects: 100% (1804/1804), 2.96 MiB | 4.12 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (913/913), done.
Cloning into 'scriptrpi-2'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 428, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (428/428), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (229/229), done.
remote: Total 428 (delta 211), reused 385 (delta 171), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (428/428), 86.59 KiB | 715.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (211/211), done.

[OK]

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[OK]

* Stopping web ... [ ok ]
* Starting web ... [ ok ]
rpi6 ~ #

The GenTooPlayer web interface is a bit primitive and not very responsive. Rebooting from the command line (with `reboot`) yields to a loss of the wireless settings in my system. The command line commands (after remote ssh root login) are not fully consistent with the commands of the web interface.

Still, I have found GenTooPlayer to be more usable than Volumio, DietPi and AudioLinux. I have been running GenTooPlayer in parallel with my own Raspbian-based minimal distribution (basically, MPD, upmpdcli and MinimServer, no HDMI, no bluetooth, no internal audio, no USB bus and eth0) and it works just fine. They both require less than 250mA and streaming via the wireless or (through the onboard MinimServer instance) from the micro SD card sounds very good through a DigiOne Signature powered by UpTone Audio JS-2 (RPi) and LPS-1.2 (DigiOne Signature).