Congrats to all! I was able to fix my problem without bothering anyone... I concur with everyone who feels like this is THE BEST forum on the web!

So, what I would do in your situation is the following:
- Run set_empeg_max_fid to patch the player for large numbers of tracks. Regardless.
- Then, nuke the dynamic data partition: connect via serial, and hit Control^C to kill off the player.
- Now nuke the dynamic data, and force a database rebuild, using the following sequence of commands:
cat /dev/zero > /dev/hda3
rwm
rm /empeg/var/[dtp]*
player -i
## wait for the player to rebuild databases and start up,
## then hit Control^C again, and continue with:
rom
exit
Good luck!
These instructions worked to stop a segfault/segkill error that was restarting the player right after it was "Loading Visuals". I'm using V3 Alpha and the visual looks like it was the (stock, not modified) "Image Pan" visual that was crashing the player.
At first, I tried loading the "nukesavearea2.zImage" (from
this post) but that didn't work.
So thank you!!!