MPD problem

I'm trying to setup MPD by following the tutorial on the Arch Linux wiki. But I'm running into permission problems, I want to use MPD with my user non-root user but to create the MPD database I need to be root. Using the root user or sudo doesn't work because MPD uses the username specified in the configuration file which in my case is my user (the non-root user). How can I accomplish this? I can't change the user in the configuration file because then it wont put my non-root users music into the database. The submission in the wiki is not very clear may I say.

a) use absolute paths in config (pointing to a directory where your user has access to)
here is how i have done it:
music_directory "/mnt/media/_music"
playlist_directory "/mnt/media/_music/.mpd/playlists"
db_file "/mnt/media/_music/.mpd/mpd.db"
log_file "/mnt/media/_music/.mpd/mpd.log"
error_file "/mnt/media/_music/.mpd/mpd.error"
pid_file "/mnt/media/_music/.mpd/mpd.pid"
state_file "/mnt/media/_music/.mpd/mpdstate"
b) set the user in mpd.conf to your user (or whoever has access to that folder)

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[SOLVED] mpd problems

I have installed mpd according to the wiki.
The installation seems fine, playlists are updated, etc. However, when I try to play an mp3, the time-progress display starts, but no sound. No error in the logs, either. The time, however, seems to skip ahead, like every couple of seconds it jumps forward so in maybe 20 seconds the progress advances one minute. Any ideas what could be wrong? This is for any mp3 I try to play. I am a little lost about what else I could do, I tried alsa, then pulse, but no luck.
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Last edited by awayand (2011-05-31 05:53:43)

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^fg(white) | ^fg(white)Wednesday 26 Aug 2009 07:51:39 PM
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I never had this problem until I started messing with all this new stuff.... I'll check mpd in a different environment and see what happens... in the mean time, here is my relevant mpd.conf, although nothing has changed since when it was working:
music_directory "/mnt/storage/Music"
playlist_directory "/home/heleos/.mpd/playlists/"
db_file "/home/heleos/.mpd/mpd.db"
log_file "/home/heleos/.mpd/mpd.log"
error_file "/home/heleos/.mpd/mpd.error"
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state_file "/home/heleos/.mpd/mpdstate"
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CoolWhip, better open a thread on your own and refer back to this one. You will be more in control besides being more actual.
(You can even mark your thread as [SOLVED] if you get this far. )
Closing this one.

Mpd and ncmpcpp

well I installed ncmpcpp, but when ever I try to run it I get this:
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Last edited by k0rfain (2008-09-29 10:09:09)

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######################## DAEMON OPTIONS ########################
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# started by. If left unspecified, MPD will not drop root
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user "k0rfain"
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######################### NORMALIZATION ########################
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# skipping while playing HTTP streams, you may wish to increase
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########################### HTTP PROXY #########################
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############################# LIMITS ###########################
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#max_command_list_size "2048"
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# after changing this (use mpd --create-db).
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Which sound-mixing program (for multiple sounds)?[SOLVED]

I'm looking at wiki here but there's tons of different software mixers and I don't know which one to go for. I think I use alsa-drivers for everything regarding sound and I want to play like; mplaye, xine-ui and xmms at the same time. Any suggestions?
/Richard

I just changed xmms to use ALSA and it's now mixing fine.
jaboua wrote:Configure XMMS to use ALSA in that case. However, I thought OSS would work just as fine since the OSS emulation layer is over ALSA with dmix...
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1. mpd + mpygmy or ncmpc for Speed and Console
2. amaroK for Looks and Features
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Regards
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[edit]
082419/home/riwa# ncmpc
error [15]: problems getting a response from "localhost" on port 6600 : Connection refused
I also got:
082149/home/riwa# mpd
problem opening file "//.mpd/mpd.log" for writing
[/edit]

[SOLVED] Problem with MPD and ALSA

Hello, I'm having problems with mpd using alsa output.
My alsa system works, I can play mp3 using mplayer -ao alsa, and flash plugin plays sound, my user (and also mpd user)is in the audio group.
But then mpd can't open the alsa device.
If I tell mpd to autodetect audio, it can't find anything:
(Running as root to see output, if using /etc/rc.d/mpd start, it just fails)
output: No "audio_output" defined in config file
output: Attempt to detect audio output device
output: Attempting to detect a alsa audio device
ALSA lib confmisc.c:768:(parse_card) cannot find card '0'
ALSA lib conf.c:4184:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_card_driver returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib confmisc.c:392:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings
ALSA lib conf.c:4184:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1251:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name
ALSA lib conf.c:4184:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:4663:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2212:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default
alsa: Error opening default ALSA device: No such file or directory
output: Attempting to detect a oss audio device
oss: Error opening OSS device "/dev/dsp": No such file or directory
oss: Error opening OSS device "/dev/sound/dsp": No such file or directory
output: Attempting to detect a pulse audio device
mpd: src/output/pulse_output_plugin.c:400: pulse_output_wait_connection: Assertion `po->mainloop != ((void *)0)' failed.
and if I set up a basic alsa config...
audio_output {
type "alsa"
name "HDA-Intel"
It starts, but then playing anything:
% mpc play
Caspian - La Cerva
[paused] #2/10 0:00/4:59 (0%)
volume: n/a repeat: off random: off single: off consume: off
ERROR: problems opening audio device
mpc.log output:
ALSA lib confmisc.c:768:(parse_card) cannot find card '0'
ALSA lib conf.c:4184:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_card_driver returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib confmisc.c:392:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings
ALSA lib conf.c:4184:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1251:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name
ALSA lib conf.c:4184:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:4663:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2212:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default
Sep 22 10:08 : output: Failed to open "HDA-Intel" [alsa]: Failed to open ALSA device "default": No such file or directory
I tried with different device and mixer settings and the error is always the same. It can't open alsa device.
Any Ideas?
Thank you.
Last edited by xzakox (2011-09-22 20:04:33)

Check that mpd is really being run as the mpd user, and that id lists audio for the mpd user. Also post your whole mpd.conf and the output from amixer when running as the user you run mpd as.
Last edited by Mr.Elendig (2011-09-22 11:43:35)

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# list.
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# This setting enables automatic update of MPD's database when files in
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# Limit the depth of the directories being watched, 0 means only watch
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# Symbolic link behavior ######################################################
# If this setting is set to "yes", MPD will discover audio files by following
# symbolic links outside of the configured music_directory.
#follow_outside_symlinks "yes"
# If this setting is set to "yes", MPD will discover audio files by following
# symbolic links inside of the configured music_directory.
#follow_inside_symlinks "yes"
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# If this setting is set to "yes", service information will be published with
# Zeroconf / Avahi.
#zeroconf_enabled "yes"
# The argument to this setting will be the Zeroconf / Avahi unique name for
# this MPD server on the network.
#zeroconf_name "Music Player"
# Permissions #################################################################
# If this setting is set, MPD will require password authorization. The password
# can setting can be specified multiple times for different password profiles.
#password "password@read,add,control,admin"
# This setting specifies the permissions a user has who has not yet logged in.
#default_permissions "read,add,control,admin"
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plugin "curl"
# proxy "proxy.isp.com:8080"
# proxy_user "user"
# proxy_password "password"
# Audio Output ################################################################
# MPD supports various audio output types, as well as playing through multiple
# audio outputs at the same time, through multiple audio_output settings
# blocks. Setting this block is optional, though the server will only attempt
# autodetection for one sound card.
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# other audio outputs.
# An example of an ALSA output:
audio_output {
type "alsa"
name "My ALSA Device"
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# mixer_device "default" # optional
# mixer_control "PCM" # optional
# mixer_index "0" # optional
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# type "alsa"
# name "Sound Card"
# options "dev=dmixer"
# device "plug:dmix"
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#audio_output {
# type "oss"
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## format "44100:16:2" # optional
## mixer_type "hardware" # optional
## mixer_device "/dev/mixer" # optional
## mixer_control "PCM" # optional
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#audio_output {
# type "shout"
# encoding "ogg" # optional
# name "My Shout Stream"
# host "localhost"
# port "8000"
# mount "/mpd.ogg"
# password "hackme"
# quality "5.0"
# bitrate "128"
# format "44100:16:1"
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## user "source" # optional
## description "My Stream Description" # optional
## genre "jazz" # optional
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## timeout "2" # optional
## mixer_type "software" # optional
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#audio_output_format "44100:16:2"
# If MPD has been compiled with libsamplerate support, this setting specifies
# the sample rate converter to use. Possible values can be found in the
# mpd.conf man page or the libsamplerate documentation. By default, this is
# setting is disabled.
#samplerate_converter "Fastest Sinc Interpolator"
# Normalization automatic volume adjustments ##################################
# This setting specifies the type of ReplayGain to use. This setting can have
# the argument "off", "album" or "track". See <http://www.replaygain.org>
# for more details. This setting is off by default.
#replaygain "album"
# This setting sets the pre-amp used for files that have ReplayGain tags. By
# default this setting is disabled.
#replaygain_preamp "0"
# This setting enables on-the-fly normalization volume adjustment. This will
# result in the volume of all playing audio to be adjusted so the output has
# equal "loudness". This setting is disabled by default.
#volume_normalization "no"
# MPD Internal Buffering ######################################################
# This setting adjusts the size of internal decoded audio buffering. Changing
# this may have undesired effects. Don't change this if you don't know what you
# are doing.
#audio_buffer_size "2048"
# This setting controls the percentage of the buffer which is filled before
# beginning to play. Increasing this reduces the chance of audio file skipping,
# at the cost of increased time prior to audio playback.
#buffer_before_play "10%"
# Resource Limitations ########################################################
# These settings are various limitations to prevent MPD from using too many
# resources. Generally, these settings should be minimized to prevent security
# risks, depending on the operating resources.
#connection_timeout "60"
#max_connections "10"
#max_playlist_length "16384"
#max_command_list_size "2048"
#max_output_buffer_size "8192"
# Character Encoding ##########################################################
# If file or directory names do not display correctly for your locale then you
# may need to modify this setting.
filesystem_charset "UTF-8"
# This setting controls the encoding that ID3v1 tags should be converted from.
#id3v1_encoding "ISO-8859-1"
# SIDPlay decoder #############################################################
# songlength_database:
# Location of your songlengths file, as distributed with the HVSC.
# The sidplay plugin checks this for matching MD5 fingerprints.
# See http://www.c64.org/HVSC/DOCUMENTS/Songlengths.faq
# default_songlength:
# This is the default playing time in seconds for songs not in the
# songlength database, or in case you're not using a database.
# A value of 0 means play indefinitely.
# filter:
# Turns the SID filter emulation on or off.
#decoder {
# plugin "sidplay"
# songlength_database "/media/C64Music/DOCUMENTS/Songlengths.txt"
# default_songlength "120"
# filter "true"

milso wrote:
type "alsa"
name "equal"
device "default"
format "44100:16:2" # optional
mixer_device "default" # optional
mixer_control "PCM" # optional
mixer_index "0" # optional
I have mine set to plug:plugequal as I use an equalizer with alsa, but when I set it to default it works fine, try that.
That didn't work out.
Mr.Elendig wrote:Tell mpd to be more verbose. And check that mplayer -ao alsa whatever works.
Here's the output of mpd -v
listen: bind to '0.0.0.0:6600' failed: Address already in use (continuing anyway, because binding to '[::]:6600' succeeded)
path: path_set_fs_charset: fs charset is: UTF-8
database: reading DB
disabling the last.fm playlist plugin because account is not configured
daemon: opening pid file
daemon: daemonized!
daemon: writing pid file
Doesn't contain anything unusual.
EDIT: oh, and mplayer -ao alsa works fine.
Last edited by arthd (2011-02-09 15:14:09)

Mpd and pulse problem - Connection refused [SOLVED]

I'm having problems getting mpd to play nice with pulse-audio. Pulse is installed and works with vlc, mplayer, flash, etc. just fine. When I try to play through mpd the song in the gui simply shows a status of "paused" and the following gets written to the mpd.log.
Advice is appreciated.
# tail -f /var/log/mpd/mpd.log
Oct 08 11:12 : output: Failed to enable "pulse audio" [pulse]: pa_context_connect() has failed: Connection refused
Oct 08 11:12 : output: Failed to enable "pulse audio" [pulse]: pa_context_connect() has failed: Connection refused
Oct 08 11:12 : output: Failed to enable "pulse audio" [pulse]: pa_context_connect() has failed: Connection refused
Oct 08 11:12 : player_thread: problems opening audio device while playing "Not_So_Hard_Stuff/Disturbed-The Sickness-2000/01_Voices.flac"
Here is my mpd.conf
$ sed '/#/d' /etc/mpd.conf
music_directory "/media/data/all_genres"
playlist_directory "/var/lib/mpd/playlists"
db_file "/var/lib/mpd/mpd.db"
log_file "/var/log/mpd/mpd.log"
pid_file "/var/run/mpd/mpd.pid"
state_file "/var/lib/mpd/mpdstate"
user "mpd"
gapless_mp3_playback "yes"
zeroconf_enabled "yes"
zeroconf_name "Music Player"
input {
plugin "curl"
audio_output {
type "pulse"
name "pulse audio"
mixer_type "software"
audio_buffer_size "35000"
buffer_before_play "5%"
The pulseaudio wiki suggests that a 'pulse' group and 'pulse-access' and even 'pulse-rt' groups may be required? I have used mpd for a year now with no such groups on my system.
EDIT: solved in post #13
Last edited by graysky (2011-10-16 13:42:46)

graysky wrote:
I too modified my /etc/mpd.conf to use alsa even though I don't have alsa-utils installed at all.
$ sed '/#/d' /etc/mpd.conf
music_directory "/media/data/all_genres"
playlist_directory "/var/lib/mpd/playlists"
db_file "/var/lib/mpd/mpd.db"
log_file "/var/log/mpd/mpd.log"
pid_file "/var/run/mpd/mpd.pid"
state_file "/var/lib/mpd/mpdstate"
user "mpd"
gapless_mp3_playback "yes"
zeroconf_enabled "yes"
zeroconf_name "Music Player"
input {
plugin "curl"
audio_output {
type "alsa"
name "My ALSA Device"
mixer_type "software"
audio_buffer_size "35000"
buffer_before_play "5%"
Doesn't work for me I get this error when I try to play something with your configuration:
ALSA lib pulse.c:229:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: Connection refused
Oct 16 18:23 : output: Failed to open "My ALSA Device" [alsa]: Failed to open ALSA device "default": Connection refused

Mpd and sonata setup problems

To get sonata working I have followed the instructions in the archlinux wiki [1] and went with the mentioned alternative setup. I have mpd running in the background, but when I open sonata I get nothing.
When I launch Sonata from the terminal I get the following output:
Error grabbing key 173, 0x?????? (some address)
Thanks for any help.
1. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mpd

Looks like a port problem, but can be wrong. First check that nothing goes wrong when you start mpd.
Also check if Sonata connects to localhost over the correct port and that you have something like: bind_to_address "any" in your mpd configuration.
If you start mpd as local user then ~/.mpdconf is used, else /etc/mpd.conf is used.

Problem in MPD file

hi,
I could able to synthesis using rxil -device=xc5vlx110 -all using 10.1i
then
1.I copied the sparc.ngc in the netlist file and removed .edf
2.I didn't modify the .xmp.
3.I tried to create the project of xps type then
the error came as follows
ERROR:MDT - IPNAME:ccx2mb HW_VER:2.00.a - Can not find valid MPD
INFO:MDT - Check the following for possible causes of not finding MPD:
- If HW_VER is specified in MHS, it must follow literal form X.YY.Z
- There is no Ip with given name
- Ip exists but not that version
- Ip (directory) exists but 2.1.0 MPD file is not available
- Ip exist in myip directory (only pcores is supported)
ERROR:MDT - IPNAME:iop_fpga HW_VER:2.00.a - Can not find valid MPD
INFO:MDT - Check the following for possible causes of not finding MPD:
- If HW_VER is specified in MHS, it must follow literal form X.YY.Z
- There is no Ip with given name
- Ip exists but not that version
- Ip (directory) exists but 2.1.0 MPD file is not available
- Ip exist in myip directory (only pcores is supported)
ERROR:MDT - IPNAME:ccx2mb INSTANCE: ccx2mb-0 -
/home/netuser/m070269ec/open_sparc/design/system.mhs line 279 - could not
find the MPD!
ERROR:MDT - IPNAME:iop_fpga INSTANCE: iop_fpga_0 -
/home/netuser/m070269ec/open_sparc/design/system.mhs line 306 - could not
find the MPD!
in .mhs it was 1.00.a I changed and used 2.00.a still the problem exist.
I changed the iop_fpga_v2_1_0.bbd also to point to my sparc.ngc
please ,help me to solve this...

hi,
I could do it once I did the upgradtion to 10.1 from 9.2 (I am using 10.1)
no other modification is required ....

MPD + Pulseaudio problem

Hey guys, I'm having trouble with mpd coupled with pulseaudio when trying to play surround sound (5.1) songs.
The issue seems to be that mpd completely ignores my front-right speaker - nothing comes out of it.
deadbeef and amarok can play the songs perfectly fine, and aplay -c 6 tests show that it's fine, as does the KDE settings multimedia speaker test
Anyone got any ideas? My mpd config output is as follows:
audio_output {
type "pulse"
name "My Pulse Output"
sink "alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-surround-51" # optional
I've tried with and without the sink option, it makes no difference.

Thx nTia89.
I tried, but it makes no difference. It still needs about 12 seconds to get from SLiM to the Desktop.
/etc/rc.conf
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng dbus network netfs crond alsa cups clamav mpd)
and the error message is still there too:
/var/log/messages.log
Mar 12 17:17:39 localhost pulseaudio[4228]: main.c: Unable to contact D-Bus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed: /usr/bin/dbus-launch terminated abnormally with the following error: Autolaunch error: X11 initialization failed.
[ ----- EDIT ------- ]
What I found out. I think pulseaudio starts before even X11 is ready... perhaps that is the problem. According the wiki, pulseaudio should be startet through start-pulseaudio-X11 and not before Gnome/KDE is started up. How can I stop Pulseaudio from starting on his own before X11?
Last edited by gnomeye (2011-03-12 17:29:16)

Mpd-svn build problems

I maintain the mpd-svn package on the AUR. Somewhat recently (a month or two?) I was unable to build this package anymore.
1) It is not a problem with newer mpd code. Older revisions that I have built in the past give the same error that I'm getting in the newer versions. I attempted to trace what packages in Arch Linux were changed which could have lead to this problem, but was unsuccessful.
2) It is not a problem with the PKGBUILD. If I checkout the code manually and do everything by hand the same problem arises. I am not familiar with the build processes involved here, like autoconf/automake/etc. Perhaps someone with more knowledge will have a better idea. It seems reasonable to assume mpd's code is incompatible with a newer version of something in Arch Linux.
After ./configure, this is the output:
You are now ready to compile MPD
Type "make" to compile MPD
make all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory `/var/abs/local/mpd-svn/src/mpd'
Making all in src
make[2]: Entering directory `/var/abs/local/mpd-svn/src/mpd/src'
Making all in mp4ff
make[3]: Entering directory `/var/abs/local/mpd-svn/src/mpd/src/mp4ff'
if /bin/sh ../../libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -DUSE_TAGGING=1 -march=i686 -O2 -pipe -MT mp4ff.lo -MD -MP -MF ".deps/mp4ff.Tpo" -c -o mp4ff.lo mp4ff.c;
then mv -f ".deps/mp4ff.Tpo" ".deps/mp4ff.Plo"; else rm -f ".deps/mp4ff.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
mv: cannot stat `.deps/mp4ff.Tpo': No such file or directory
make[3]: *** [mp4ff.lo] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/abs/local/mpd-svn/src/mpd/src/mp4ff'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/abs/local/mpd-svn/src/mpd/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/abs/local/mpd-svn/src/mpd'
make: *** [all] Error 2
The text in bold being the actual error. It appears that this file that is missing should have been created by ./autogen.sh or ./configure.
The current PKGBUILD is here: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?d … =1&ID=1911

prim wrote:This probably won't help you but I was able to build mpd-svn rev. 4952 (using your PKGBUILD) as well as mpc-svn, ncmpc-svn and gmpc-svn just yesterday.
My system is up to date.
That's weird. Everything is up to date on my machine too but I keep having the same problem

[Solved] Some problems.. (cron, sudo, mount, mpd)

Hello all, glad to be back with archlinux again :)
A few errors I encountered though that I would like some help with:
I have this script here:
$ ls /etc/cron.hourly/
totalt 4,0K
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 34 2 dec 03.44 pacman.hourly.sh
$ cat /etc/cron.hourly/pacman.hourly.sh
#!/bin/bash
pacman -Sy
return 0;
Cron can't run it, errors from the log:
30-Dec-2007 00:02 initgroups failed: root Operation not permittedChangeUser failed (root): /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.daily
30-Dec-2007 00:02 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 23281 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.daily
30-Dec-2007 00:22 initgroups failed: root Operation not permittedChangeUser failed (root): /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.weekly
30-Dec-2007 00:22 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 10195 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.weekly
30-Dec-2007 01:01 initgroups failed: root Operation not permittedChangeUser failed (root): /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
30-Dec-2007 01:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 15952 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
30-Dec-2007 02:01 initgroups failed: root Operation not permittedChangeUser failed (root): /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
30-Dec-2007 02:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 9428 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
30-Dec-2007 02:54 /usr/sbin/crond V3.2 dillon, started
30-Dec-2007 03:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 11302 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
30-Dec-2007 04:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 7751 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
30-Dec-2007 05:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 16539 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
30-Dec-2007 06:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 7280 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
30-Dec-2007 07:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 26785 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
30-Dec-2007 08:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 18862 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
30-Dec-2007 09:01 FILE /var/spool/cron/root USER root pid 6531 cmd /usr/sbin/run-cron /etc/cron.hourly
hm, apparently it's working now? Strange.
ok, problem number 2.
I like to mount my smb shares from fstab.
//Goamania.se/Muzax /mnt/Muzax smbfs credentials=/home/willie/.smbpassword,uid=1000,gid=1000,noauto 0 0
/home/willie/.smbpassword
$ ls /home/willie/.smbpassword
-rw------- 1 root root 30 26 dec 04.06 /home/willie/.smbpassword
$ sudo cat /home/willie/.smbpassword
user=someuser
password=somepass
If I sudo mount as a user I get the following error:
$ sudo mount /mnt/Muzax
1601: session setup failed: ERRDOS - ERRnoaccess (Access denied.)
SMB connection failed
But no problem mounting as root, or unmounting as user with sudo.
/etc/sudoers:
$ sudo cat /etc/sudoers
# sudoers file.
# This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
# Failure to use 'visudo' may result in syntax or file permission errors
# that prevent sudo from running.
# See the sudoers man page for the details on how to write a sudoers file.
# Host alias specification
# User alias specification
# Cmnd alias specification
# Defaults specification
# Runas alias specification
# User privilege specification
root ALL=(ALL) SETENV: ALL
willie ALL=(ALL) SETENV: ALL
# Uncomment to allow people in group wheel to run all commands
# and set environment variables.
# %wheel ALL=(ALL) SETENV: ALL
# Same thing without a password
# %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: SETENV: ALL
# Samples
# %users ALL=/sbin/mount /cdrom,/sbin/umount /cdrom
# %users localhost=/sbin/shutdown -h now
Oh, and a last question:
Is there someone who knows if there is a way to get mpd to play alac (apple lossless) files? Faad2 doesn't seem to support alac. :/
Last edited by WiLLiE (2008-01-03 23:21:04)

byte wrote:/usr/sbin/run-cron expects executable (+x) files in /etc/cron.*
Yeah, I missed that when posting the question. Seems to work now.
Still have the sudo + mounting problem though. (I'm forced to su to root to mount)
Edit:
Solved. Me being stupid, had user= in my credentials file (but it is the same credentials file i've used like a year on other dists)
Last edited by WiLLiE (2008-01-03 23:19:51)

Mpd and JACK - problem with ncmpcpp

I have archlinux with kde installed on my desktop computer, however I was curious and wanted to record sound from movies and games with recordmydesktop. I went with the jack solution, but halfway through the process I ended up with this:
[wyrm88@nbabic ~]$ jackd -d alsa
jackd 0.118.0
Copyright 2001-2009 Paul Davis, Stephane Letz, Jack O'Quinn, Torben Hohn and others.
jackd comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; see the file COPYING for details
JACK compiled with System V SHM support.
loading driver ..
creating alsa driver ... hw:0|hw:0|1024|2|48000|0|0|nomon|swmeter|-|32bit
control device hw:0
configuring for 48000Hz, period = 1024 frames (21.3 ms), buffer = 2 periods
ALSA: final selected sample format for capture: 32bit integer little-endian
ALSA: use 2 periods for capture
ALSA: final selected sample format for playback: 32bit integer little-endian
ALSA: use 2 periods for playback
Now, I'm not sure if it has to stop there or is there anything else supposed to follow after this... Anywho, if I don't do this, i can't start mpd normally. If I do this, mpd starts normally , ncmpcpp also, but I have a conky with covers displaying according to the song, which worked before this all jack-messing, now notify-osd doesn't work at all. This is my conky (first post). Also I have qjackctl and alsa-plugins installed, I unchecked realtime in the setup of qjackctll but jack still isn't working.
Any help appreciated.

Hmm, managed to get mpd start without inputing "jackd -d alsa", had to delete /etc/asound.conf, also got cover showing to work. If anybody has any advice about setting jack I'll be very happy.

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