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Octoshape on Ubuntu 14.04

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Background

I installed Octoshape player 2 years ago on Ubuntu 12.04. A year ago, I upgraded the OS to Ubuntu 14.04.

Problem

I tried running Octoshape streaming service on a sample test page tonight. Unluckily, it failed to work. On the test page, the output on the right-hand side was similar to the one listed below.

20:35:57.368: OctoProgressEvent: 0 - Connecting to Octoshape client
20:35:57.382: Player is waiting for a link input (this does not mean
that Octoshape is ready).
20:35:57.509: OctoProgressEvent: 83 - Connecting to Octoshape client
20:35:57.623: OctoProgressEvent: 166 - Connecting to Octoshape client
20:35:57.748: OctoProgressEvent: 249 - Connecting to Octoshape client
20:35:57.880: OctoProgressEvent: 332 - Connecting to Octoshape client
20:35:58.011: OctoProgressEvent: 415 - Connecting to Octoshape client
20:35:58.138: OctoProgressEvent: 498 - Connecting to Octoshape client
20:35:58.271: OctoProgressEvent: 581 - Connecting to Octoshape client
20:35:58.370: OctoProgressEvent: 664 - Connecting to Octoshape client
20:35:58.470: OctoProgressEvent: 747 - Connecting to Octoshape client
20:35:58.574: OctoProgressEvent: 830 - Connecting to Octoshape client
20:35:58.704: OctoProgressEvent: 913 - Connecting to Octoshape client
20:35:58.804: OctoProgressEvent: 996 - Connecting to Octoshape client
20:35:58.808: OctoProgressEvent: 1000 - Connecting to Octoshape client

Cause

I ran ls in /opt/octoshape, which is the folder in which Octoshape player had been installed.

$ pwd
/opt/octoshape
$ ls
eula.rtf                     sua-1011082-0-marker.txt
eula.txt                     sua-1011082-0-module.xml
OctoshapeClient              sua-1011082-0-OctoshapeClientSUA
setup.xml                    sua-1011082-0-OctoshapeClientSUA.sig
sua-1011082-0-confirmed.txt  sua-1011082-0-suapack-versions.txt
sua-1011082-0-dynfiles.zip

I suspected that the version of Octoshape was too old.

Solution

I removed the folder where Octoshape was installed, and re-installed the player again, then it worked.

(Added on AUG 3RD, 2015)

This only worked for a while. After reboot, it won’t start again.

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