Squeezebox server not starting

[bt107]

I paid for the Squeezebox server even though it's still beta. It appeared in my Available Apps tab on the dashboard with the warning that it's still in testing. It seemed to install OK but didn't appear in the running servers list. When I went to http://squeeze I got this:

Service Temporarily Unavailable

The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.
Apache/2.2.17 (Fedora) Server at squeeze Port 80

So putty'd in and tried to restart the squeezebox server. Got this:

[root@server ~]# service squeezeboxserver restart
Stopping Squeezebox Server: [FAILED]
Starting Squeezebox Server: The following CPAN modules were found but cannot work with Squeezebox Server:
CGI::Cookie (loaded <not found>, need 1.27)

To fix this problem you have several options:
1. Install the latest version of the module(s) using CPAN: sudo cpan Some::Module
2. Update the module's package using apt-get, yum, etc.
3. Run the .tar.gz version of Squeezebox Server which includes all required CPAN modules.

Tried updating perl using

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yum install perl-CPAN

and it appeared to install correctly (no errors) but still no joy. Same errors as above.

Anybody know what these errors mean?

[bt107]

I think I solved it, maybe. After installing CPAN I learned that I had to run it to install the missing module. So I entered CPAN tried to install CGI::Cookie. Didn't work. It complained of not having a FCGI dependency. I installed FCGI for Fedora 14 via yum and a perl-FCGI rpm package. Then I was able to get squeezeboxserver to start. It appears to be working. I was able to get to http://squeeze, login and find the music share but I haven't tried to link it to the Duet yet.

I wish I could list the exact package names but it was getting late and I just can't remember. I really just sort of stumbled through it (with Google's help of course). If it's relevant, my hda is running Amahi 6 upgraded from Amahi 5 via the upgrade guide in the wiki.

[bt107]

Update:
Well I'm a dummy! This was already documented in the Amahi wiki here http://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Squeezebox_Server. Should've looked there first.

Anyway, Squeezeserver is working great with the Logitech Duet. The Duet is wirelessly streaming all my music, including Pandora, from the Amahi server to my stereo system. Way, way cool. Highly recommended.

[bigfoot65]

Heheeheheh. That's why we put it there, to make things easier for users to find. In future, the wiki should be one of your first sources of help.

As we have progressed over the last several months, we have been asking folks to document more of these types of things in the wiki. Forums are just not a good place for How To's and guidance.

Glad your issue has been resolved.