[SOLVED] mpc won't connect to mpd

Question

Hi.
I'm having some troubles with mpd.  It used to work fine, but now it is really finicky and has a hard time opening port 6600.
I can get it to start, but none of the clients can connect to it.
First off, here's mpd.conf:
music_directory "/media/external/music"
playlist_directory "/media/external/music"
db_file "/var/log/mpd/mpd.db"
log_file "/var/log/mpd/mpd.log"
error_file "/var/log/mpd/mpd.error"
pid_file "/var/run/mpd/mpd.pid"
user "root" #yeah...I'll change that later
bind_to_address "localhost"
port "6600"
audio_output
type "alsa"
name "My ALSA Device"
mixer_type "software"
When I run mpd, it returns this:
unable to bind port 6600: Cannot assign requested address
maybe MPD is still running?
This happens if I use 127.0.0.1, localhost, or JORDAN (my hostname).  If I use 192.168.1.101 (my local IP) it will start without complaining.
Here's my hosts file in case it might be wrong:
#<ip-address> <hostname.domain.org> <hostname>
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
127.0.0.1 JORDAN
So, let's assume I have used
bind_to_address "192.168.1.101"
and everything seems to be cool.
I try to open a playlist using mpc:
mpc load a
it gives me this:
error: timeout in attempting to get a response from "192.168.1.101" on port 6600
I've looked around and found a few people with similar problems, but they either got no answers or got solutions that didn't work for me.  Any help is appreciated.
Last edited by jordanmthomas (2007-07-10 18:46:38)

Answer 1

jordanmthomas wrote:
Here's my hosts file in case it might be wrong:
#<ip-address> <hostname.domain.org> <hostname>
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
127.0.0.1 JORDAN
I don't know if your hosts file is correct or not, but you can simply do:
#<ip-address> <hostname.domain.org> <hostname>
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost JORDAN
I assume you also have the hostname set in rc.conf and lo is enabled?