On Monday, October 10, 2011, Martti Kühne wrote: > On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 3:25 AM, Madhurya Kakati <mkakati2805@xxxxxxxxx<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > On Sunday, October 9, 2011, Martti Kühne wrote: > > > >> On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Madhurya Kakati <mkakati2805@xxxxxxxxx<javascript:;> > <javascript:;>> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > The last entry in mpd.log is from 02 oct. I doubt that will help. > >> However > >> > when I try to start mpd I get this error, > >> > [papul@archlinux ~]$ sudo rc.d start mpd > >> > :: Starting Music Player Daemon > >> > [BUSY] /etc/rc.d/mpd: line 6: 9910 Aborted > /usr/bin/mpd > >> > /etc/mpd.conf &>/dev/null > >> > > >> > >> Usually I put in hashes ('#') into the /etc/rc.d/mpd script to check > >> what output there is destroyed. Could be useful. > >> > >> cheers! > >> mar77i > >> > > > > After adding '#' in /etc/rc.d/mpd here's what I get when I try to start > it, > > [papul@archlinux ~]$ sudo rc.d start mpd > > :: Starting Music Player Daemon > > [BUSY] listen: bind to '0.0.0.0:6600' failed: Address already in use > > (continuing anyway, because binding to '[::]:6600' succeeded) > > 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 pulse.c:229:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: > > Connection refused > > > > alsa: Error opening default ALSA device: Connection refused > > 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. > > /etc/rc.d/mpd: line 6: 27833 Aborted /usr/bin/mpd > > /etc/mpd.conf > > > > [FAIL] > > > > > wow that fails for several reasons. you should: > 1. configure alsa in mpd.conf, then mpd will be mixed over dmix (which > won't fix the actual problem) > 2. make sure the user which runs mpd to the audio group > and figure out why both alsa and pulse would refuse the connection. > who (uid/gid) runs those, what other security mechanisms could stick > in between, like a too restrictively configured firewall etc. > > oh and you should figure out if mpd is already running, or if this > config option is plain wrong that makes mpd try to "bind to > '0.0.0.0:6600' failed: Address already in use" ... sometimes mpd hangs > up and you have to kill it with SIGABRT / 6. > > I'm just at a very similar issue a friend of mine is having with mpd > and jack. you should get those permissions right in the first place... > :) I'll go there and adjust /etc/group until it works, I guess. > > cheers! > mar77i > Forget about mpd. Why doesn't audio play on vlc and in browsers? I regularly visit sites like grooveshark,com. Also I do have my username in audio group. Everything was fine until I ran pacman -Syu. :(