[Gnump3d-users] Server drops back to command line under Windows

[Kevin Reilly]

This is driving me insane. My installation of GNUMP3d version 2.7 under 
Windows 2000 seems to be running OK from the RUN.BAT batch file, except 
that after serving a single page of HTML, or a single MP3 stream, or a 
single ANYTHING, the server drops back to the command line and needs to 
be run again. There are no error messages either to the console or the 
log file. It just exits.

I've looked through the FAQ, mailing list and usenet archives but can 
find no record of anyone suffering from similar problems so it HAS to be 
something to do with my configuration. I just can't figure out what it 
could be.

I've tried both the Windows-specific and standard installations with the 
requisite edits. I've tried putting the root directory in different 
places within the file system. I've tried the various updates from the 
CVS archive that use batch files instead of script calls under Windows. 
I've tried both the current and previous versions of ActivePerl. I've 
even taken a look at the Perl scripts themselves hoping for inspiration 
(although to be fair my ability to understand the code becomes vague at 
best whenever it varies significantly from the look of TCL with which 
I'm more familiar).

Nothing has helped. My gut instinct is that it's something to do with 
the pseudo-implementation of the fork() command under ActivePerl, 
because it seems as though the parent process of the server is shutting 
down instead of the spawned child process. But then I can't see how it 
can be that, given that there are many Windows users of this program who 
are using the same implementation of Perl with no problem.

Does anyone have any clue what's going on here? I'm really reluctant to 
start searching for another solution to my MP3 streaming requirements 
because GNUMP3d, when it works, is just about perfect for my needs.

As it is I've bodged a work-around by putting the server call within 
RUN.BAT inside an infinite loop so it re-runs each time it exits. It's 
far from ideal, though, because browsing the MP3 directories causes the 
currently playing track to abort :(

Any help will be VERY much appreciated. I am literally losing sleep over 
this crazy problem.

--
Kev
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