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canadianpanda

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From: Nanaimo BC. Canada

Registered: 2011-05-08

Posts: 2

[SOLVED]mpd not working?

Hello,

Well I recently installed arch and gnome and everything has been going great for the most part. I saw MPD and decided to install it as i have a massive music collection and from the reviews I have seen it is amazing.

I followed the arch install guide located here.
http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Install

I got to the step where you enter : (tried with and without sudo)

/etc/rc.d/mpd create-db

When I type that and press enter I get:

$ /etc/rc.d/mpd create-db
usage: /etc/rc.d/mpd {start|stop|restart}

Next for the sake of trying something I tried start,stop , restart and all 3 return FAIL as the result.

I tried google before I came here but with no luck and being tired I figured I would try here.

Any help is appreciated,
Thanks!

Last edited by canadianpanda (2011-05-09 00:43:55)

litemotiv

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Registered: 2008-08-01

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Re: [SOLVED]mpd not working?

Welcome to the forums canadianpanda. It is advised to use Arch's own wiki instructions: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mpd

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Rasi

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From: Germany

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Re: [SOLVED]mpd not working?

wow... mpds own wiki is very outdated it seems...

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canadianpanda

Member

From: Nanaimo BC. Canada

Registered: 2011-05-08

Posts: 2

Re: [SOLVED]mpd not working?

Thanks! Yeah now that I look at both of them, their is really a big difference.

I am going to set it up using the wiki now and once I know it is working I will mark the thread "Solved" .

EDIT:
SOLVED! Took me a few tries as I forgot to setup pulse/alsa correctly.

I got to say I really like mpd!

Last edited by canadianpanda (2011-05-09 00:43:32)