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claudici

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Registered: 2020-07-28

Posts: 21

[SOLVED] MPD error: No such file or directory

So I am trying to run mpd as a daemon for my user...

However, whenever I run mpd, I get the message: No such file or directory in both clients mpc and ncmpcpp:

$ mpc
MPD error: No such file or directory

In ncmpcpp it says No such file or directory in the bottom right. I can navigate using the file system but sometimes the message switches over to No active MPD connection.

Here is some mpd debugging:

$ mpd --no-daemon --stdout --verbose
config_file: loading file /home/mc/.config/mpd/mpd.conf
libsamplerate: libsamplerate converter 'Fastest Sinc Interpolator'
vorbis: Xiph.Org libVorbis 1.3.7
opus: libopus 1.3.1
sndfile: libsndfile-1.0.31
hybrid_dsd: The Hybrid DSD decoder is disabled because it was not explicitly enabled
exception: Decoder plugin 'wildmidi' is unavailable: configuration file does not exist: /etc/timidity/timidity.cfg
simple_db: reading DB
Failed to initialize io_uring: io_uring_queue_init() failed: Cannot allocate memory
exception: Input plugin 'tidal' is not configured: No Tidal application token configured
exception: Input plugin 'qobuz' is not configured: No Qobuz app_id configured
curl: version 7.75.0
curl: with OpenSSL/1.1.1j
avahi: Initializing interface
exception: RTIOThread could not get realtime scheduling, continuing anyway: sched_setscheduler failed: Operation not permitted
avahi: Client changed to state 101
avahi: Client is CONNECTING
inotify: initializing inotify
inotify: watching music directory

Here is my mpd config:

db_file "~/.config/mpd/database"
music_directory "~/music"
playlist_directory  ~/.config/mpd/playlists"

auto_update "yes"

bind_to_address "0.0.0.0"

audio_output {
    type "pulse"
    name "pulse"
}

audio_output {
    type "fifo"
    name "my_fifo"
    path "/tmp/mpd.fifo"
    format "44100:16:2"
}

follow_outside_symlinks "yes"
follow_inside_symlinks "yes"

Obviously, I've checked to make sure that my mpd music directory (~/music) actually exists and contains music. It has read/write permissions of 755, just thought I'd throw that out there.

I've made sure that no mpd services or sockets are active.

When I run the command ps aux it shows that the user running the mpd process is me.

Any other suggestions? I am at a loss.

Last edited by claudici (2021-02-24 19:50:13)

claudici

Member

Registered: 2020-07-28

Posts: 21

Re: [SOLVED] MPD error: No such file or directory

Solved it.

Turns out I had to set the environment variable MPD_HOST=localhost.

Closing this thread.

Last edited by claudici (2021-02-24 19:49:49)