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#1 2011-04-15 12:24:33

jeslinmx
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Registered: 2010-11-20
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[SOLVED] MPD empty database after update

I installed MPD the "traditional" way as on the wiki, but I could neither update my database with Sonata, MPC or NCMPCPP. Sonata runs with no errors after attempting to update the database. My music is stored in /home/arch/Music which is a symlink to /mnt/Stuff/Dropbox/Music.

/etc/mpd.conf http://pastebin.com/4HucQndh
resultant /var/lib/mpd/mpd.db http://pastebin.com/NeKE9DY5

Many thanks. I'll be glad to provide additional information.

Last edited by jeslinmx (2011-04-17 00:15:44)


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#2 2011-04-15 13:37:03

redden0t8
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Registered: 2011-01-27
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Re: [SOLVED] MPD empty database after update

Does the user "mpd" have permission to access /mnt/Stuff/Dropbox/Music?

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#3 2011-04-15 15:16:35

jeslinmx
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Re: [SOLVED] MPD empty database after update

Well, this is rather awkward, because I don't think it has. When I get my computer on tomorrow I'll check. Thank you so much!


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#4 2011-04-16 13:27:29

jeslinmx
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Re: [SOLVED] MPD empty database after update

Okay, so both the music files and the directories above it have 777 permissions, and so does the symlink. Just to test I used su mpd, but even as root it doesn't work. Does installing mpd from pacman automatically create the user "mpd" or do I have to create it myself?


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#5 2011-04-17 00:15:00

jeslinmx
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Re: [SOLVED] MPD empty database after update

Never mind, my bad. Home directory has mode 700. Changing the music directory to the direct name fixes everything. Thanks so much!


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