August 5, 2026
URL and web page content loads after a cold boot on x86
If your Anthias player is a PC rather than a Raspberry Pi, web pages could go missing from its playlist after it was switched on, while images and videos kept playing. Upgrading to Anthias 2026.08.0 with the installer fixes it. On a Debian 13 PC installed from the netinst image, read the known problem below before you run the installer.
On some x86 players, web pages and other URL content were skipped after a cold boot, while images and videos stored on the player played fine. The viewer log showed Asset ... is not available, skipping, and only restarting Docker or the Anthias containers brought the content back, until the next reboot.
The containers could start before the player had its DNS servers, and they kept that empty DNS setup until they were recreated. The project reproduced it on Debian 13, on a PC whose network card is set up by Debian's own network configuration rather than NetworkManager.
From Anthias 2026.08.0, the installer sets up systemd-resolved on x86 and makes /etc/resolv.conf a link to /run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf, a local resolver at 127.0.0.53 that the containers can always reach. Run the installer to upgrade and the change is made. Raspberry Pi and arm64 installs don't get it.
The installer makes this change even if you chose not to let Anthias manage the network, and it replaces an /etc/resolv.conf you manage yourself.
Known problem: DNS can stop while the installer runs
On a Debian 13 PC installed from the netinst image, where dhcpcd sets up the network, the switch to systemd-resolved can leave the player with no working DNS. The installer then stops at its next download with Temporary failure in name resolution. In the project's testing, name lookups on such a PC also stopped again some minutes after a reboot. The installer still does this as of Anthias 2026.10.0.
Before you run the installer on such a PC, give systemd-resolved a fallback DNS server, such as your router's address:
sudo mkdir -p /etc/systemd/resolved.conf.d
printf '[Resolve]\nFallbackDNS=<your router IP>\n' | sudo tee /etc/systemd/resolved.conf.d/99-fallback.confIf the installer already stopped, do the same, run sudo systemctl restart systemd-resolved, and run the installer again.