Linux server problems.

[Bruno A.]

Everything works ok but I can't play items.
System: xubuntu 11.04, java installed and vlc in usr/bin

Console out:
22-sep-2011 17:49:46 org.gmote.server.GmoteServer startServer
INFO: Waiting for TCP connection on port: 8889
Waiting for a connection on port: 8889
22-sep-2011 17:51:41 org.gmote.server.MulticastServerThread
handleServiceDiscoveryRequest
INFO: Received an ip request
22-sep-2011 17:51:41 org.gmote.server.MulticastServerThread
sendDiscoveryReply
INFO: Sending packet to: /192.168.1.35
22-sep-2011 17:51:44 org.gmote.server.MulticastServerThread
handleServiceDiscoveryRequest
INFO: Received an ip request
22-sep-2011 17:51:44 org.gmote.server.MulticastServerThread
sendDiscoveryReply
INFO: Sending packet to: /192.168.1.35
22-sep-2011 17:51:47 org.gmote.server.MulticastServerThread
handleServiceDiscoveryRequest
INFO: Received an ip request
22-sep-2011 17:51:47 org.gmote.server.MulticastServerThread
sendDiscoveryReply
INFO: Sending packet to: /192.168.1.35
22-sep-2011 17:51:52 org.gmote.common.security.AuthenticationHandler
performAuthentication
INFO: Waiting for authentication reply
22-sep-2011 17:51:52 org.gmote.common.security.AuthenticationHandler
performAuthentication
INFO: Authentication reply received.
22-sep-2011 17:51:52 org.gmote.common.security.AuthenticationHandler
performAuthentication
ADVERTENCIA: Authentication attempt: server version = 2.0.0 - client
version = 2.0.4
22-sep-2011 17:51:52 org.gmote.server.GmoteServer startServer
INFO: Waiting for TCP connection on port: 8889
Waiting for a connection on port: 8889
22-sep-2011 17:51:52 org.gmote.server.GmoteServer handleReceiveData
INFO: Received command: Command: BASE_LIST_REQ

22-sep-2011 17:51:52 org.gmote.server.GmoteServer handleReceiveData
INFO: Sent reply to client
22-sep-2011 17:51:56 org.gmote.server.GmoteServer handleReceiveData
INFO: Received command: Command: LIST_REQ

22-sep-2011 17:51:56 org.gmote.server.GmoteServer handleReceiveData
INFO: Sent reply to client
22-sep-2011 17:52:01 org.gmote.server.GmoteServer handleReceiveData
INFO: Received command: Command: LIST_REQ

22-sep-2011 17:52:01 org.gmote.server.GmoteServer handleReceiveData
INFO: Sent reply to client
22-sep-2011 17:52:09 org.gmote.server.GmoteServer handleReceiveData
INFO: Received command: Command: RUN

At this point the server doesn't play the file I chose (nothing
happens) and also stops responding to my mobile phone requests. Any
solution? Is there any linux distro where the server is known to work?

Thanks

[piemonkey]

Hi, Unfortunately Gmote uses a dead Java project to interface with vlc
(jvlc which requires vlc version 1.0.6), and Ubuntu since Maverick
(10.10) has had a higher version than this.

For now the only way I could get this to work on Ubuntu 11.04 is to
downgrade my vlc version, which required adding repositories for Lucid
(10.04) and installing from there (using $ sudo apt-get install
vlc=1.0.6-1ubuntu1.8 ) and downgrading any packages that it complains
about in a similar manner (use $ apt-cache show <package name> to find
the available versions, find one low enough or add more lucid repos
until one appears, then install it using $ sudo apt-get install
<package>=<version> which should downgrade it. This worked fine for
me, but may break things for you and you'll have to live with any
feature regressions or security issues of the older version.

Let me know if you have trouble and want more help (I can't be
bothered writing a better walk-through if no one wants one), or if you
find a better way.

For the future, I want to work with the existing Devs to port Gmote to
vlcj (I don't know where they get their names from...), which should
support newer versions, but they're not available at the moment, so
I'm not sure how long it'll take.

Rich