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#1 2010-09-28 09:45:41

guriinii
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mpd won't recognise my external music collection anymore.

I'm using mpd and sonata. I keep my music collection on an external and I has set up mpd to read it as my default music directory. I installed pcmanfm-git and ever since then it hasn't worked.

I've changed the mpd set-up and config a few times and I can't get it to work. Can anyone please help?

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#2 2010-09-28 12:34:19

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Re: mpd won't recognise my external music collection anymore.

show us the mpd config where you define your library path and then the output of mount command.

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#3 2010-09-28 12:46:29

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Re: mpd won't recognise my external music collection anymore.

mpd.conf

music_directory         "/media/4BD6-EE42/_backups/music"

mount output:

# mount
proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime)
sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,relatime)
udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,nosuid,relatime,size=10240k,nr_inodes=31152,mode=755)
/dev/disk/by-uuid/d751362f-58e8-474c-898b-057dd95fa98a on / type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=0,data=writeback)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
shm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
/dev/sda1 on /boot type ext2 (rw)
/dev/sda4 on /home type ext3 (rw)
/dev/sdb1 on /media/4BD6-EE42 type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks,uid=1000,gid=100,shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1)

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#4 2010-09-28 12:54:04

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Re: mpd won't recognise my external music collection anymore.

And can you ls /media/4BD6-EE42/_backups/music ? I mean do you see the files in there using your user? Also, what user are you using to run mpd?

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#5 2010-09-28 13:16:24

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Re: mpd won't recognise my external music collection anymore.

when I ls /media/4BD6-EE42/_backups/music I can see everything. I'm not sure about the user, I think its ran as the non-root user, I followed this wiki:http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mpd#Alternative_setup 
The user in mpd.conf is mpd.

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#6 2010-09-28 13:20:16

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Re: mpd won't recognise my external music collection anymore.

so, log in as mpd (as root do su - mpd) and check to see if you see the files in that directory.

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#7 2010-09-28 13:30:10

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Re: mpd won't recognise my external music collection anymore.

yes I can see the content but they're not being recognised as directories or music files. i.e. The directories aren't written in blue text, just default colour.

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#8 2010-09-28 13:33:53

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Re: mpd won't recognise my external music collection anymore.

I think you should add mpd user in group with gid=100 (if it's not), as I can see the partition is mounted for that.

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#9 2010-09-28 13:35:53

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Re: mpd won't recognise my external music collection anymore.

If we're thinking it's permissions, you should just fix them:

sudo find /media/4BD6-EE42/_backups/music -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
sudo find /media/4BD6-EE42/_backups/music -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;

That makes things readable by everyone (including mpd).  This is pretty sane for nonsensitive data like a music collection.  Plus, it had to be this way at one point for it to have worked previously with this setup.

Remember that mpd specifically (or everyone in general) will also need +x on media, 4BD6-EE42, and _backups or the sub directory's permissions don't matter because he can't even make it to them.

I just run mpd as myself...

Last edited by brisbin33 (2010-09-28 13:37:43)

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#10 2010-09-28 13:36:55

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Re: mpd won't recognise my external music collection anymore.

guriinii wrote:

yes I can see the content but they're not being recognised as directories or music files. i.e. The directories aren't written in blue text, just default colour.

No, that's just because as mpd you don't have ls --color aliases or dircolors going.  Don't rely on color for something like this, show us ls -l.

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#11 2010-09-28 13:41:23

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Re: mpd won't recognise my external music collection anymore.

I apologise for my ignorance, but how do I do that?

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#12 2010-09-28 13:48:53

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Re: mpd won't recognise my external music collection anymore.

ok this is a big list :

# ls -l /media/4BD6-EE42/_backups/music/
total 120400
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 Jun 24 09:25 !!!
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 Jun 19 09:50 +-
drwx------  2 guriinii users     16384 Mar 13  2010 28 days later
drwx------ 23 guriinii users     16384 Aug 20 09:35 65daysofstatic
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 Jul 11 12:08 Adult Swim
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  9 11:15 And You Will Know Us By The Trail of The Dead
drwx------  7 guriinii users     16384 May  9 11:24 Animal Collective
drwx------  4 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:49 apparat
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:52 Apparat and Ellen Allien
drwx------  4 guriinii users     16384 May  9 11:26 Arcade Fire
drwx------  7 guriinii users     16384 May 10 03:21 A silver Mt. Zion
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  9 02:42 A Sunny Day in Glasgow
drwx------  4 guriinii users     16384 May  4 11:13 Atlas Sound
drwx------  5 guriinii users     16384 May  8 17:18 Autechre
drwx------  2 guriinii users     16384 Jul 15 13:22 Bananfluer Overalt EP
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  9 03:00 Bat for Lashes
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May 12 03:35 Battles
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  9 02:39 Beach House
drwx------  4 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:52 Bear McCreary
drwx------ 19 guriinii users     16384 May 10 19:00 Boards of Canada
drwx------  4 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:47 Bon Iver
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  9 11:19 Booka Shade
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  9 03:57 Broadcast
drwx------  6 guriinii users     16384 Jul 25 09:12 Caribou
drwx------  4 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:49 casino versus japan
drwx------  5 guriinii users     16384 May 12 02:37 Caspian
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:52 Ceephax
drwx------  2 guriinii users     16384 May 27 17:55 Chunk of Change
drwx------  4 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:48 Clark
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:47 Cora Novoa
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:57 Creedence Clearwater Revival
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:57 Crystal Antlers
drwx------  5 guriinii users     16384 May 10 19:00 Crystal Castles
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  9 02:47 Cymbals Eat Guitars
drwx------  4 guriinii users     16384 May  9 11:26 Dan Deacon
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:48 Dan Le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 Jul 25 09:09 Darondo
drwx------  6 guriinii users     16384 May  6 18:39 Deerhunter
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 Jun 25 21:43 Dimlite
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 Jul  8 12:26 Does It Offend You Yeah
drwx------  6 guriinii users     16384 May 11 17:40 Do Make Say Think
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May 24 15:07 Edge Of Dawn
drwx------  7 guriinii users     16384 May  7 21:53 Electrelane
drwx------  4 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:57 Ellen Allien
drwx------  6 guriinii users     16384 May  6 18:47 Ellen Allien + Apparat
drwx------  5 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:49 El Ten Eleven
drwx------  7 guriinii users     16384 May 10 03:21 Eluvium
drwx------  6 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:51 End
drwx------ 13 guriinii users     16384 May 15 03:15 Envy
drwx------  5 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:49 Errors
drwx------ 11 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:50 Explosions in the Sky
drwx------  5 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:56 Extrawelt
-rwxr-xr-x  1 guriinii users   4651466 May 10 18:56 Factory Floor - Post Is Here.mp3
drwx------  4 guriinii users     16384 Jul 25 09:13 Fake Blood
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  1 14:10 FC Kahuna
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  9 03:01 Fever Ray
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May 14 01:23 Fifths of Seven
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  9 00:01 Florence And The Machine
drwx------  7 guriinii users     16384 May  9 02:39 Flying Lotus
drwx------  2 guriinii users     16384 Jun  8 22:48 Flying Lotus - L.A. EP 2 X 3 (Bleep Version)
drwx------  4 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:58 Four Tet
drwx------  5 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:51 Fuck Buttons
drwx------ 19 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:50 Genghis Tron
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  9 03:05 Girls
drwx------  2 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:48 God Is An Astronaut
drwx------  8 guriinii users     16384 May  1 14:52 Godspeed You! Black Emperor
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:47 GodSpeed You Black Emperor!
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May 20 16:52 Grails
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  9 03:02 Grizzly Bear
drwx------  6 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:58 Holy Fuck
drwx------  4 guriinii users     16384 Jun 25 21:46 Hudson Mohawke
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 Jul 11 12:07 Human League
drwx------ 14 guriinii users     16384 May  7 19:48 Interpol
drwx------ 12 guriinii users     16384 May 11 19:21 Isis
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:58 Jaga Jazzist
drwx------  8 guriinii users     16384 May 24 10:15 Jeff Buckley
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  7 19:48 JJ72
drwx------  4 guriinii users     16384 May  9 11:20 Joanna Newsom
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:56 Joey Beltram
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  9 11:24 Justice
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 Jul 25 09:10 Kashmere Stage Band
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 Aug 22 19:52 Kidda
drwx------  5 guriinii users     16384 May 10 03:23 Ladytron
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  9 11:21 LCD Soundsystem
drwx------  5 guriinii users     16384 May  9 11:26 Liars
drwx------  5 guriinii users     16384 May  9 03:59 Lightning Bolt
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  3 13:13 Lisa Hannigan
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  9 02:39 Lykke Li
drwx------  5 guriinii users     16384 May  9 04:30 M83
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 Jul 11 12:12 Madvillain
drwx------  2 guriinii users     16384 May 27 17:53 Manners
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May 10 20:51 Mastodon
drwx------  2 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:58 Mastodon - Crack The Skye [2009]
drwx------  4 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:55 Maybeshewill
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  9 03:00 Memory Tapes
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  9 11:22 M.I.A
drwx------  5 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:57 midi miliz
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:48 Mike Patton
drwx------  2 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:55 Moderat
drwx------  6 guriinii users     16384 May  7 18:38 Modeselektor
drwx------  8 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:51 Mogwai
drwx------ 15 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:52 Mono
drwx------ 23 guriinii users     16384 May 13 12:47 Mouse on Mars
drwx------  4 guriinii users     16384 Jul 25 09:12 Mr Oizo
drwx------ 10 guriinii users     16384 May  4 11:13 Muse
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:56 nathan fake
drwx------  4 guriinii users     16384 May  9 11:16 Neko Case
drwx------  4 guriinii users     16384 May  9 02:59 Neon Indian
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:48 Next life
drwx------  4 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:52 Nisennenmondai
drwx------  4 guriinii users     16384 May  9 11:25 No Age
drwx------  4 guriinii users     16384 May 18 12:09 Nosaj Thing
drwx------ 17 guriinii users     16384 May 24 09:22 Oceansize
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:57 Octopus Project
drwx------  4 guriinii users     16384 May 24 10:14 Passion Pit
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May 20 16:53 Pendulum
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:52 Philip Glass
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  9 02:59 Phoenix
drwx------  8 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:57 Pivot
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:48 Plaid
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  9 02:37 Portishead
drwx------  6 guriinii users     16384 Jun 22 21:57 Qemists
drwx------ 54 guriinii users     16384 May  3 08:27 Radiohead
drwx------  5 guriinii users     16384 Jun 24 11:39 Ratatat
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  9 03:03 Real Estate
drwx------ 10 guriinii users     16384 May  7 16:20 Red sparrowes
drwx------  4 guriinii users     16384 May 24 15:07 Rolo Tomassi
drwx------  8 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:59 russian circles
drwx------  4 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:55 Sebasien Tellier
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:56 Secret Chiefs 3
drwx------  4 guriinii users     16384 May  6 23:46 Set Fire To Flames
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:57 Shining
drwx------ 10 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:55 Sigur Ros
drwx------ 11 guriinii users     16384 May  6 18:41 Sigur Rós
drwx------  2 guriinii users     16384 Jul 10 22:40 simple kid
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  9 11:23 Stars of the Lid
drwx------  2 guriinii users     16384 May 27 18:16 Teenage Bad Girl - Cocotte
drwx------  2 guriinii users     16384 May 27 18:16 TEPR - En Direct de la Côte
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  9 02:42 The Antlers
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 Jun  9 15:03 The Ascent of Everest
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:56 The Black Mages
drwx------ 14 guriinii users     16384 May 10 19:00 the dillinger escape plan
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May 20 16:54 The Enid
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  9 11:25 The Field
drwx------  4 guriinii users     16384 Jul 21 18:23 The Flashbulb
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  9 11:19 The Knife
drwx------ 19 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:50 the locust
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:49 Them crooked vultures
drwx------  2 guriinii users     16384 May 10 02:59 The Milk Of Human Kindness
drwx------  7 guriinii users     16384 May 13 12:47 The Music
drwx------  8 guriinii users     16384 May 24 10:14 The National
drwx------ 12 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:52 The Notwist
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 Jun 21 09:36 The Ocean
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  9 03:57 The Postal Sevice
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  9 03:57 The Rapture
drwx------  7 guriinii users     16384 May 11 01:55 The Sea And Cake
drwx------  4 guriinii users     16384 May 14 01:22 These New Puritans
drwx------  5 guriinii users     16384 Jun 25 12:53 The Twilight Sad
drwx------  4 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:58 Three trapped Tigers
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May 12 03:34 Tortoise
drwx------  4 guriinii users     16384 Sep 24 17:57 Totally enormous extinct dinosaurs
drwx------  4 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:58 trentemoller
drwx------  4 guriinii users     16384 May 27 18:23 TTC
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:59 Tyondai Braxton
-rwxr-xr-x  1 guriinii users 115718444 May 10 18:55 untitled.wav
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 Aug 20 09:33 Vex'd
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  9 04:29 Vitalic
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 Jul 11 12:11 Wallace Collection
drwx------  4 guriinii users     16384 Jul 13 22:07 Washed Out
drwx------ 17 guriinii users     16384 May 12 00:58 Why
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  9 02:57 Wild Beasts
drwx------  4 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:49 Wisp
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 Jun 11 09:32 Wolves in the Throne Room
drwx------  7 guriinii users     16384 May 20 20:54 World's End Girlfriend
drwx------  5 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:55 worriedaboutsatan
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  9 11:18 Xiu Xiu
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:48 Yann Tiersen
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  9 04:00 Yeah Yeah Yeahs
drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 May  3 13:12 Yndi Halda
drwx------  8 guriinii users     16384 May 10 18:51 You Are See

How would I run mpd as my user?

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#13 2010-09-28 17:14:31

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Re: mpd won't recognise my external music collection anymore.

im mpd.conf replace

user mpd

with

user guriinii

last.fm

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#14 2010-09-28 18:30:54

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Re: mpd won't recognise my external music collection anymore.

by the way

drwx------  3 guriinii users     16384 Jun 24 09:25 !!!

drwx------ means a directory that only the owner (guriinii) can read/write/execute.  No wonder mpd can't see it smile.

Did you try my chmod commands to fix these permissions? If you did, then it didn't have any effect and it could be mount options messing with the permissions, and that strays a bit outside my expertise...

//github/

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#15 2010-09-28 21:52:27

guriinii
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Re: mpd won't recognise my external music collection anymore.

I've edited mpd.conf so I (guriinii) am the user and I still cannot see my library. I tested to see if mpd had started, this was the output:

$ sudo /etc/rc.d/mpd restart

:: Stopping Music Player Daemon                                          [BUSY] /etc/rc.d/mpd: line 6:  1762 Aborted                 /usr/bin/mpd --kill /etc/mpd.conf &>/dev/null
                                                                         [FAIL] 
:: Starting Music Player Daemon                                          [BUSY] /etc/rc.d/mpd: line 6:  1769 Aborted                 /usr/bin/mpd /etc/mpd.conf &>/dev/null
                                                                         [FAIL]

I think this is causing sonata to not connect:

$ sonata
2010-09-28 22:40:27  [Errno 111] Connection refused
2010-09-28 22:40:27  Not connected

Thank you for your patience so far, it is appreciated smile

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#16 2010-09-29 01:10:01

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Re: mpd won't recognise my external music collection anymore.

please try the following to get some more info:

sudo pkill mpd
sudo mpd --verbose --no-daemon 2>&1 | tee mpd_output.log

See if you get errors or if it runs, whatever.  When satisfied, press Ctrl-C to kill it all of the output will be available in the .log file so you can post snippets here.

//github/

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#17 2010-09-29 12:00:35

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Re: mpd won't recognise my external music collection anymore.

here is the complete output, their isn't very much.

listen: binding to any address
listen: binding to socket address [::]:6600
listen: binding to socket address 0.0.0.0:6600
path: path_set_fs_charset: fs charset is: UTF-8
output: No "audio_output" defined in config file
output: Attempt to detect audio output device
output: Attempting to detect a alsa audio device
output: Successfully detected a alsa audio device

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#18 2010-09-29 14:20:43

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Re: mpd won't recognise my external music collection anymore.

Hmm, it looks like it started and was running ok.  Did you try to connect with sonata while it was running?

//github/

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#19 2010-09-29 14:44:53

guriinii
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Re: mpd won't recognise my external music collection anymore.

Yes it now connects but still doesn't see my library.

$ sonata

2010-09-29 15:41:34  [54@0] {update} already updating

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