[SOLVED] Multiple issues preventing MPD from starting

Question

Hey, Arch noob here. I installed MPD and ncmpcpp according to the Wiki. However, I cannot get MPD to run.
Terminal output after running the mpd --verbose --no-daemon command:
config_file: loading file /etc/mpd.conf
server_socket: bind to '0.0.0.0:6600' failed: Address already in use (continuing anyway, because binding to '[::]:6600' succeeded)
fatal_error: Failed to set group 45: Operation not permitted
This is the journal output, after systemctl start mpd:
Sep 10 23:37:34 arch sudo[7173]: lightning : TTY=pts/3 ; PWD=/ ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl start mpd
Sep 10 23:37:34 arch sudo[7173]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Sep 10 23:37:34 arch sudo[7173]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
Sep 10 23:37:35 arch mpd[7176]: server_socket: bind to '0.0.0.0:6600' failed: Address already in use (continuing anyway, because binding to '[::]:6600' succeeded)
Sep 10 23:37:35 arch mpd[7176]: mapper: Failed to stat directory "/mnt/DATA/Music": Permission denied
Sep 10 23:37:35 arch mpd[7176]: errno: Failed to open database file "/var/lib/mpd/mpd.db": No such file or directory
Sep 10 23:37:35 arch dbus[246]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.Avahi' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.Avahi.service'
Sep 10 23:37:35 arch dbus[246]: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.freedesktop.Avahi.service': Unit dbus-org.freedesktop.Avahi.service failed to load: No such file or directory.
Sep 10 23:37:35 arch mpd[7176]: state_file: failed to open /var/lib/mpd/mpdstate: No such file or directory
Sep 10 23:37:35 arch mpd[7176]: update: Failed to stat /mnt/DATA/Music: Permission denied
My /etc/mpd.conf, just for kicks:
# See: /usr/share/doc/mpd/mpdconf.example
user "mpd"
pid_file "/run/mpd/mpd.pid"
db_file "/var/lib/mpd/mpd.db"
state_file "/var/lib/mpd/mpdstate"
playlist_directory "/var/lib/mpd/playlists"
music_directory "/mnt/DATA/Music"
audio_output {
type "alsa"
name "Intel [HDA Intel]"
mixer_type "software" # optional
DATA is a NTFS partiton mounted to /mnt/DATA through fstab, as explained in the Beginner's Guide (I think).
If you need more information or would like me to change something in this post, feel free to ask.
Thanks!
Last edited by noobshit (2014-09-14 01:00:54)

Answer 1

I believe the permissions should already be set, according to my fstab:
# /dev/sdb1
UUID=984791e7-1af3-4d5d-9a9b-b1c363a0d73a / btrfs rw,relatime,space_cache 0 0
# /dev/sdb5 LABEL=DATA
UUID=480DD2BD2018AB6E /mnt/DATA ntfs rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=lightning,gid=users 0 2
# /dev/sda1 LABEL=Sistema\134x20Reservado
UUID=58C633D5C633B1DC /mnt/winC ntfs rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=lightning,gid=users 0 2
# /dev/sda2
UUID=966A33666A334273 /mnt/win2 ntfs rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=lightning,gid=users 0 2
# /dev/sda3
UUID=3632E40132E3C449 /mnt/win3 ntfs rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=lightning,gid=users 0 2
/DATA/Music /var/lib/mpd/music none bind
The usb drive has no hardware switch, and thunar mounted it I believe, through either gvfs or thunar-volman. I did find this entry in journalctl:
Sep 11 22:01:32 arch kernel: ntfs: (device sdd1): load_system_files(): $LogFile is not clean. Mounting read-only. Mount in Windows.
Probably because I didn't eject it the last time I used it...