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Von-Dyke

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Registered: 2009-03-29

Posts: 21

Problem Setting Up MPD

So i followed the instructions to install MPD on the mpd wiki, arch instructions, installed sonata buuut when:

/etc/rc.d/mpd start

is run i get:

aaron@Ghost:~$ /etc/rc.d/mpd start
:: Starting Music Player Daemon                                                                                                                       [BUSY] /etc/rc.d/mpd: line 6:  4523 Aborted                 /usr/bin/mpd /etc/mpd.conf >&/dev/null

What am i doing wrong?

The 6th executable line in mpd.conf is:

pid_file "/var/run/mpd/mpd.pid"

If that helps at all.
Suggestions?

SamC

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From: Calgary

Registered: 2008-05-13

Posts: 611

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Re: Problem Setting Up MPD

What happens when you just run "mpd"?

Von-Dyke

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Registered: 2009-03-29

Posts: 21

Re: Problem Setting Up MPD

failed to stat playlist directory "/home/aaron/.mpd/playlists" (config line 16): No such file or directory
could not open pid_file "/var/run/mpd/mpd.pid" (at line 39) for writing: Permission denied
Aborted

rusty99

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Registered: 2009-03-18

Posts: 253

Re: Problem Setting Up MPD

In /etc/mpd.conf try changing the pid path to /home/aaron/.mpd/mpd.pid and then (as non-root) do

touch ~/.mpd/mpd.pid

Might be worth double checking your playlist path as well, at present it is reading it as being in .mpd

Last edited by rusty99 (2009-04-02 09:51:46)

Convergence

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Registered: 2005-07-02

Posts: 377

Re: Problem Setting Up MPD

Would you post your mpd.conf?

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peets

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From: Montreal

Registered: 2007-01-11

Posts: 936

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Re: Problem Setting Up MPD

This is most likely a permission problem.

If you start mpd as root, I think it changes immediately to the "mpd" user. Make sure that user has write permission on /var/run/mpd. Make sure your playlist directory exists and that mpd can write to it. Make sure it is allowed to read your songs (songs copied from a Windows FS (FAT, NTFS) will most likely have wrong permissions, something like -rwx------).

r6

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From: Melbourne

Registered: 2008-07-02

Posts: 156

Re: Problem Setting Up MPD

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Last edited by r6 (2009-04-22 11:27:10)

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