Spotty playback stops & LMS server hangs

> Everything works fine for some time but after a while playback stops and
> the connection to LMS is stopped. I need to restart the LMS to get back
> to a responsive & normal state.

Could it be the spotty helper application crashed? Next time this
happens, can you try to log in to the box and check whether there's
still a copy of spotty running (using ps or top)? Are you running low on
memory?

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Michael