My Music/File server has been running 6.06 for some time. Now that Ubuntu 8.04 LTS is out, it would soon mean an end for security updates for 6.06, so it seemed like the right time to upgrade to the most recent LTS version.
The upgrade itself ran smoothly, although a bit slowly (the server runs on a VIA 1.2 Ghz processor, so no surprise there).
What did fool me though, was that during the upgrade Slimserver was uninstalled. I didn't notice any messages about this during the upgrade. After trying to connect to Slimserver via a browser, it was apparent that it wasn't running. Trying to start the Slimserver service resulted in a load of errors. The confusing thing was that although it had been uninstalled, there were plenty of Slimserver files left behind, which made it look as if everything was still there.
After about an hour and a half of messing around I found a post on the Slimserver forums which stated that Slimserver was uninstalled after upgrading to 8.04. Once I knew this, it was easy to download the Slimserver deb and install it again. Fortunately all my previous plugins and settings had been left untouched, so I didn't have to set it up all over again.
That leaves me with two other machines to upgrade (desktop and laptop), although there is no hurry for them as they both run 7.10 so are still getting updates.
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